Re: [IRCA] TP's & DU's for Monday, July 29, 2013

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Mauno,

Well, meeting you, Vlad and Victor (and of course, Bill) on Thursday was one of the highlights of my DXpedition, and I really enjoyed having lunch with you all right on the beach!

<<<   Actually I just suggested that 
Fiji may be inactive, because there wasn't even a carrier there.   >>>

This is an interesting situation. On 558 kHz I had pretty good carriers (and some weak audio) every morning on the Rockwork 4 cliff, but I never could dig out any ID clues because of domestic splatter. I was trying hard for Radio Fiji One, but there is no parallel to check the programming. After I talked with you at lunch, I figured that 558-Fiji was gone, so I moved on to other targets :-) No matter, though-- I have a good MP3 of 558-Fiji made in August of 2010 at Lincoln City, OR. 

<<<    I can 
confirm Tonga's sign-off at 12:04.30 on 25th, when you heard it. It was 
on 1017.008 kHz.   >>>

Thanks very much. I was really lucky that 1017-Tonga signed off late on that morning, or I never would have heard it, since my daily DXing started around 1150 UTC. Bill Whitacre sent me an awesome MP3 of 1017-Tonga that you guys made at 0700 UTC during sunset skip, but I could never DX at the Cliff around that time. I was supposed to be on a "family vacation" :-) 

<<<   I have compared some of your receptions with the ones we had 90 km south 
of you or in Grayland and I must say, that now I am even more amazed of 
what you have discovered! This combination of FSL and listening right at 
sea and having the mountain wall both as reflector for front and 
attenuator from back seems to work extremely well! I have checked the 
same stations for longer times just to avoid fading affecting it and of 
course different QTH is different QTH, but still your signals are 
amazing. It shows well, that radio doesn't matter much, when all other 
conditions are fulfilled. Hopefully you guys find a way to make it work 
broadband at least partially this well.   >>>

Coming from one of the top international DXers in the hobby, your comments are very great honor for me, Mauno! Thank you very much. Hopefully the new FSL antennas will bring a lot of creative energy into the hobby, both in the Ultralight and Perseus-SDR communities. Although the challenge of making an effective Broadband FSL is great, the concept of having such a convenient antenna (requiring almost no setup or adjustment) is a very worthy goal. Guy, Bill and I plan to continue our creative efforts to make some real progress.

73 and Thanks,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)  
     
       


-----Original Message-----
From: Mauno Ritola <Mauno.Ritola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Jul 31, 2013 3:38 am
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP's & DU's for Monday, July 29, 2013


Hi Gary,
thank you, likewise for me to meet you. Actually I just suggested that 
Fiji may be inactive, because there wasn't even a carrier there. I can 
confirm Tonga's sign-off at 12:04.30 on 25th, when you heard it. It was 
on 1017.008 kHz.

I have compared some of your receptions with the ones we had 90 km south 
of you or in Grayland and I must say, that now I am even more amazed of 
what you have discovered! This combination of FSL and listening right at 
sea and having the mountain wall both as reflector for front and 
attenuator from back seems to work extremely well! I have checked the 
same stations for longer times just to avoid fading affecting it and of 
course different QTH is different QTH, but still your signals are 
amazing. It shows well, that radio doesn't matter much, when all other 
conditions are fulfilled. Hopefully you guys find a way to make it work 
broadband at least partially this well.

73, Mauno
back from Yachats and Grayland to Joensuu, Finland

30.7.2013 2:36, d1028gary@xxxxxxx kirjoitti:
> Hi Mauno,
>
> It was a great pleasure (and honor) to meet you, Vlad and Victor in Cannon 
Beach on your way back from your Yachats DXpedition. Thanks for the visit, and 
of course I was also honored to finally meet Bill Whitacre (whose ocean coast 
DXpeditions last year had a great influence on my own planning). Thank you 
especially for the tips on 558-Fiji (now defunct) and 1017-Tonga's variable 
sign-off time.
>
> I was lucky enough to receive some English on 1701 last year at Cape Perpetua, 
and posted an MP3 for the Australian DXers to investigate (I'll also send it 
directly to you). VK2DDI (David) listened carefully, and said it was probably 
the Voice of Charity, because of the English programming. It's not easy to 
receive good X-band DX on the PL-380 Ultralight, which is more sensitive on the 
lower band frequencies.
>
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mauno Ritola <Mauno.Ritola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 29, 2013 3:56 pm
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP's & DU's for Monday, July 29, 2013
>
>
> Hi Gary,
> back home now last night. It was very nice meeting you!
>
> I wonder if Voice of Charity has also English programming? I have heard
> it only in Arabic on the few occasions I have checked it via Sydney
> remote rx. But I think R. Brisvaani has some English announcements.
> Maybe Voice of Charity, too, I am not sure, maybe also the Melbourne
> station.
>
> 73, Mauno
> (back in Joensuu, Finland)
>
> 29.7.2013 22:43, d1028gary@xxxxxxx kirjoitti:
>> Hi Dennis,
>>
>> Congratulations on your success in receiving Radio Brisvaani on 1701 kHz this
> morning, and confirming the identity. That is an excellent catch for your
> location.
>> With a generous salt water (and ocean cliff) boost I was able to receive some
> English on 1701 kHz at Cape Perpetua (near Yachats) last year, but couldn't 
dig
> out any definite identity clues on the hot-rodded PL-380. Presumably the 
station
> was the Voice of Charity, the usual English HPONS station on the frequency.
>> Thanks also for your comments on the recent DXpeditions. I wish that you 
could
> have heard the monster DU signals-- they make up for the mediocrity that we 
hear
> at home :-)
>> 73, Gary DeBock (back in Puyallup, WA)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dennis Vroom <vroomski@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: irca <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Mon, Jul 29, 2013 6:03 am
>> Subject: [IRCA] TP's & DU's for Monday, July 29, 2013
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> One new station heard. Radio Brisvaani Australia heard and match the easy to
>> find live stream. Made it through the splatter from Mexican Sports station on
>> 1700. The most hets heard this young season this morning. Unknown stations on
>> 1008 & 1476 produced poor audio. Congratulations to Gary and the Yachats
>> DXpedition group  for coverage on their recent DXpedition. Have a nice week.
>>
>> 153    RUSSIA, Komosomolsk, Radio Rossii 1204 good signal with woman and man
>> with news in Russian W-SW ewe.  07/29/2013
>>
>>
>> 180    RUSSIA, Yelizovo, Radio Rossii 1207 fair signal with man in Russian.
> W-SW
>> ewe.  07/29/2013
>>
>>
>> 279    RUSSIA, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Radio Rossii 1208 good signal with 
man/woman
>> in Russian. Radio Rossii ID at 1210. W-SW ewe. 07/29/2013
>>
>>
>> 738    TAHITI, Papeete, Radio Polynesie 1247 very weak audio as band fades.
>> Assuming Tahiti. W-SW ewe.  07/29/2013
>>
>>
>> 891    AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, 1225 5AN assuming the station with very weak
> signal
>> with man in DU accented English talking. Soon faded. W-SW ewe. 07/29/2013
>>
>> 1008  UNKNOWN, 1213 poor signal with bits of audio making it through. A
>> tentative Japan was heard on this channel last year. W-SW ewe. 07/29/2013
>>
>> 1476  UNKNOWN, 1232 poor signal with music. Moderate splatter. China heard
> here
>> last season. W-SW ewe. 07/29/2013
>>
>> 1566  REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Cheju, HLAZ FEBC 1217 fair signal with man in
> Chinese.
>> W-SW ewe.  07/29/2013
>>
>>
>> 1701  AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, R Brisvaani 1240-1242 nearly fair signal at times
>> with Mexican station splatter. Woman singing Indian music. Matched live
> stream.
>> Heard last season, but was not able to ID. W-SW ewe. 07/29/2013
>>
>> Hets=558,567,594,603,612,657,666,675,,702,738,756,774,792,828,846,882,936,963,972,981,1035,1044,1053,1062,1071,1098,1107,1116,1134,1161,1179,1296,1314,1323,1332,1413,
>> 1476,1494,1503,1512,1548,1557,1575,1584,1593,1602,1611,1656,1665,1674,1701.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Dennis,
>> Kalama, WA
>> JRC NRD 545
>> W-SW ewe
>> Solar indices SF A 109 A 7 K 2 0900 utc
>> Local Sunrise 1251 utc
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