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- Subject: Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24
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- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:37:02 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello All,
It was a wild morning at the Highway 101 turnoff on the side of Oregon's highest ocean side cliff this morning, with gale force winds pounding the turnoff with serious force. Since this is normal cliff-side weather, however, the weather preparations for the radios and 15" FSL generally allowed the DXing session to proceed normally. The FSL and its PVC base were tied down securely with 175 lb. test plastic tie wraps, although the clipboard-mounted log sheets took flight during a severe wind gust.
In general it was an Asian morning here on the Oregon coast, with extremely potent signals from several Japanese and Korean big guns. 531-PI's overwhelming signal was a notable exception, with the 5 kW Kiwi fighting it out with an apparent 531-JOQG before sending the NHK1 station into total oblivion around 1312. 1566-HLAZ had a meltdown-level signal for both its Chinese service sign off at 1229 and its Japanese service sign on at 1230, while 657-Pyongyang, 972-HLCA, 1134-JOQR and 1593-CNR1 were all vibrant.
The mysteries of the wild morning were a mix of Chinese and apparent DU English on 684 around 1324 and a mystery TP station (in an unknown language) all alone on 639 right before the propagation folded at 1402. Hopefully Asian language experts can listen to the MP3's and provide some suggestions. Overall, it was a very thrilling session-- in more ways than one.
531 PI Auckland, NZ 5 kW Blowtorch level signal at 1248 after finally dispatching an anemic JOQG
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/r74s7ufdr8jcgzu/531-PI-1248z082414PL380.MP3
531 PI-Mix Apparent mix of the Samoan-language Kiwi station and JOQG around 1142 (higher voice is PI)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/xnu4pru9ifwvwaf/531-PI-mix-1144z082414PL380.MP3
603 Namyang, S. Korea (500 kW) Temporarily strong at 1312 with Korean pop music, seemingly // 558
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/d5ddyr8d9jaybzd/603-HLSA-1312z082414PL380.MP3
639 UnID-TP Mystery station (in mystery language) showing up right before propagation folded at 1402.
Male-to-male conversation doesn't sound Chinese or Japanese, and KFI had already faded. Any ideas?
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/favfq70wzj2q34z/639-UnID-TP-1358z082414PL380.MP3
657 Pyongyang, N. Korea Female vocal chorus with typical music at 1308
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ydq1uwmszvqg397/657-Pyongyang-1308z082414PL380.MP3
684 China- Mix UnID Chinese + apparent DU English station underneath at 1325-- maybe NZ Rhema?
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5796f6kg8c3903p/684-China-mix-1325z082414PL380.MP3
1134 JOQR Tokyo, Japan (100 kW) Japanese ladies giggling up an S9 storm at 1344
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5mybcrnbf6tctmz/1134-JOQR-1344z082414PL380.MP3
1566 HLAZ Jeju, S, Korea (250 kW) Chinese service signoff at meltdown level at 1229
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vmxb49jtdymhyk9/1566-HLAZ-1229z082414PL380.MP3
Japanese service sign on at same blowtorch level at 1230-- ocean coast propagation at its finest
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vmxb49jtdymhyk9/1566-HLAZ-1229z082414PL380.MP3
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (DXing at Cape Perpetua, central Oregon coast)
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 15" DXpedition FSL antenna
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