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- Subject: Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's and DU's for 8-26
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- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 03:44:37 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello All,
The last morning at Cape Perpetua turned out to be the wackiest, especially for Australian propagation after sunrise. The narrow Highway 101 turnoff made up for its dicey weather and cramped space by providing one of the most thrilling DXing sessions imaginable, with wild mixes of DU stations fighting it out on various frequencies.
At the 1100 start time the weather was cold and clear, with strong winds making it once again necessary to strap down the FSL antenna and its PVC base with 175-lb. test plastic tie wraps around the guard rail posts. Like yesterday the Japanese seemed to be in hibernation early on, with the Chinese and Korean stations ruling the roost in the total darkness. All three CRI stations on 1017, 1206 and 1323 were vibrant from 1100-1200, while the 1053-Korean Jammer was fighting it out with an ID Chinese station. Also like yesterday, all the Asians conveniently bailed out around 1300, leaving the band to the Kiwis and Aussies. The NZ stations were the first to build up strength (led by the overachieving 531-PI, which hit its usual blowtorch level around 1305) but were quickly overshadowed by potent Australian stations all over the band. With an unsolved Oz mystery station on 639 I devoted some serious time to the frequency, and ended up with a potent snarl of an ABC LR-network station // 891 and a commercial-sounding station (as reported earlier). 891 itself had a wild mix, and on 567 the Australian Julia Creek station seemed to be riding herd over RNZ. With the 639 mystery a top priority there wasn't near enough live DXing time to go after all the potent Oz stations coming out of the woodwork across the band, but the situation was very similar to the phenomenal Kiwi opening that Chuck and I experienced last month at Rockwork 4. If someone had set up his Perseus-SDR at the Cape Perpetua site this morning he would have made out like a bandit-- recording obscure Aussies in serious quantity.
639 UnID Australian ABC LR network station parallel to 891 in a potent mix with a commercial Oz station at 1342--
but no way to tell which of the two Australian LR network stations it was
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/2v9c95naed95a5z/639-UnID-Aus-1342z082614PL380.MP3
639 UnID Australian Commercial-sounding Oz station dominant over the ABC LR network station at 1338
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/2xzvhhxb2g4rlx0/639-UnID-Aus-1338z082614PL380.MP3
891 5AN Adelaide, Australia (50 kW) Another wild mix this morning of the LR network big gun and another DU,
making it tricky to use as an LR network parallel
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/wgc5a4m8m8dp08x/891-5AN-mix-1327z082614PL380.MP3
1053 Korean Jammer In a mix with a vibrant Chinese station at 1120 (presumably not its jamming target :-)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/9899hmx25j8gdci/1053-Jammer-mix-1120z082614PL380.MP3
1206 CRI Yanbian, China (150 kW) Korean service at a good level around 1153
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/c3poovb7c8me460/1206-CRI-1153z082614PL380.MP3
1323 CRI Huadian, China (600 kW) Potent signal with Russian service and interval music at 1130
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/f433g31fry4clw2/1323-CRI-1130z082614PL380.MP3
1593 CNR1 Changzhou, China (600 kW) Powerful Chinese YL speech and music at 1223
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/svbr814dwr55b81/1593-CNR1-1223z082614PL380.MP3
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (back in Puyallup, WA, USA)
DXing at Cape Perpetua, OR
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 15" DXpedition FSL antenna
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