[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-23

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
      Thanks to Nigel and Walt for their DU-DXing reports this morning-- and I'd certainly agree with them that this was an NZ-slanted morning (as almost every morning seems to be, on this propagation-boosting Cliff).
      The Kiwi regulars were pounding in as usual on the foggy cliff, with 657-Southern Star and 765-R. Kahungunu reaching their best levels yet during the DXpedition. The apparent Chinese-language station on 936 was in and out, and 585 had some weak audio again (probably the 2 kW Maori station this time, but I was unable to confirm the // with 603 or 765). Efforts were made to go after more exotic fare on 558 (Fiji), 666 (New Caledonia) and 1017 (Tonga), but once again the peak sunrise enhancement period was relatively short, wrapping up around 1315. In addition,  DU propagation didn't seem to favor (favour) much besides New Zealand this morning, except for the usual Aussie big guns and an awesome signal from 738-Radio Polynesie (Tahiti) around the 1300 TOH. This Rockwork 4 cliff faces directly in the Kiwi direction, and there has yet to be a single summer listening session where New Zealand stations didn't pound in (8 out of 8 days so far, including last August). When the !
 NZ propagation really kicks in, this Cliff almost seems like part of Kiwi turf.
     It was great to receive a message from Guy Atkins that the Yachats (OR) DXpedition group has set up their antennas on Cape Perpetua, both at the Highway 101 turn off and at the top (805') level. The greatest limitation here has been the inability to track down all of the vibrant DU's across the entire band (during live DXing) before sunrise enhancement folds each morning. Hopefully the multi-antenna Yachats group can use their Perseus-SDR spectrum-recording capabilities to overcome this delightful "problem."
 
531  PI  Auckland, NZ  Very strong with Samoan talk at 1245, leaving no chance for the UnID Aussie "talker" to sneak though
558  UnID  This frequency had audio in and out this morning, but never vibrant enough to overcome 560 domestic splatter
567  RNZ  Wellington, NZ  Super signal at 1252 with DU English male speech, // 639, 675 and 756
576  2RN  Sydney, Australia  Good strength pop music at 1313, // 792
585  UnID  Fair strength music at 1239 sounded Maori (like Radio Ngati Porou), but not strong enough to confirm // with 603
594  3WV  Horsham, Australia  Decent strength at times with ABC interview programs, but always mixing with NZ Rhema
594  NZ. Rhema  Good strength Christian contemporary music at 1250, usually shoving 3WV down in the noise
603  Radio Waatea  Excellent level Maori choral music at 1227, // equally vibrant 765-Kahungunu
639  RNZ  Alexandra, NZ  Good strength DU English female speech at 1254 through KFI splatter
657  Southern Star  Wellington, NZ  Best signals so far this trip with vibrant Christian music at 1242
              http://www.mediafire.com/listen/bo1yjum6wr6em9v/657-SouthernStar-1242z072313PL380.MP3
675  RNZ  Christchurch, NZ  Joining the vibrant Kiwi trend with potent DU English interview signal at 1253
684  NZ. Rhema  Very good Christian contemporary music // 594 at 1250
738  Radio Polynesie   Mahina, Tahiti  Very strong pop music and French YL speech prior to 1300 TOH fanfare and news
               http://www.mediafire.com/download/e2d4rplhs8uh18a/
756  RNZ  Auckland, NZ  Fair strength DU English speech at 1224 but no match for 750-Portland splatter
765  Radio Kahungunu  Napier-Hastings, NZ  Very strong Maori language choral music at 1226 // 603; best signals yet during
               this cliff trip http://www.mediafire.com/listen/j8xbgpclgu8yh7z/765-R.Kahungunu-1226z072313PL380.MP3  
774  3LO  Melbourne, Australia  One of the best Aussies this morning with ABC interview // 828 at 1305
783  Access Radio  Wellington, NZ  Very good ethnic music signals at 1308; this station has been on a romp so far this trip
792  4RN  ABC ethnic music program at good strength at 1313 but in a snarl with Kiwi Radio Sport this session
792  Radio Sport  Hamilton, NZ  Kiwi-slanted propagation boosted this 5 kW sports station past 4RN though much of session
828  Radio Trackside  Palmerston No., NZ  This 2 kW Kiwi overachiever was in a horse race with Aussie 3GI through session
828  3GI Sale, Australia  Decent signal with Aussie LR network interview // 774 at 1305, but competing with Kiwi R. Trackside
891  5AN  Adelaide, Australia  One of the best Aussie signals with very good DU English interview at 1306, // 774 
936  New Supremo (presumed)  Apparent weak Chinese from this 1 kW station again at 1247, but it was playing hard to get all 
              morning
 
(Many more vibrant DU's were on the higher frequencies, but there was no time to check them all out before sunrise enhancement collapsed around 1320)
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach, OR)
DXing at the "Rockwork 4" ocean side cliff in Tillamook County (photo
at http://www.mediafire.com/view/khqdch7gk0w1v1l/P1100481.JPG )
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
 New Medium Wave 12" DXpedition FSL antenna (photo at
 http://www.mediafire.com/view/8dmg6yx83vl7a0a/12inchFSLprojects-037.jpg )               







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