Hi Nick,
Thanks for your TP report from Gabriola Island. And I'm not
surprised that the Kiwi signals are not showing up for you-- they
seem to have found the perfect home here, with no reason to proceed
farther north.
<<< Are you hearing any Asians when you first set up Gary? And did you
have time to check above 1600kHz? >>>
Well, until Monday of this week no Asian had ever shown up at the
"Kiwi Cliff" during three consecutive summer DXpeditions, but
strangely, 594-JOAK managed to sneak in a signal briefly around 1210
before quickly being evicted by 594-NZ Rhema. No other Asian has
managed a trace this week.
For some unknown reason, though, TP signals above 1600 kHz don't
seem to show up here. Chuck mentioned to me how those signals seem
to be easily heard at Grayland and other places, but don't seem to
propagate here. I myself have never heard an X-band Asian during
five Rockwork 4 DXpeditions, although I was able to receive a
presumed 1701-Voice of Charity (English) during a July 2012
DXpedition to Cape Perpetua, 95 miles south of here.
73, Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sat, Jul 19, 2014 12:21 am
Subject: [IRCA] TP for 18 July, Gabriola Island
No Zedders on Gabriola Island again today. Although there's about 6
km of water path along that direction, there is a further 90 km chunk
of Vancouver Island before the Pacific Ocean, and that seems to be
killing any hope of NZ reception there.
Asians were weaker today, again from 1130-1200UT mostly, though HLAZ
faded up briefly again with the pattern change at 1230UT. Otherwise
only weak audio from 1287 and 1503, with NHK pips at 1200UT from the latter..
Interestingly, there was a little Aussie action after 1200UT, but
only above 1600kHz, with 1611, 1629 and 1701 delivering weak audio
and off channel hums.
Are you hearing any Asians when you first set up Gary? And did you
have time to check above 1600kHz?
best wishes,
Nick
--
Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada
nhp@xxxxxxxx
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