Re: [IRCA] DX Loggings - Cape Perpetua, Oregon - Sept. 30th

[neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Always nice to see this stuff on domestic channels. 

Guy, now that you've used the Elad for a while, do you prefer it to the Perseus?

I believe that your loggings should be listed as Atkins-OR, ie your DX spot rather than your home?

73 KAZ

-----Original Message-----
>From: Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Oct 1, 2014 8:07 PM
>To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [IRCA] DX Loggings - Cape Perpetua, Oregon - Sept. 30th
>
>My wife and I have been staying at an ocean front rental in Yachats, Oregon
>rental since Saturday. On Tuesday morning I made a trip back to the Cape
>Perpetua cliff turnout on Highway 101 for some dawn DXing. This is one of
>the spots made "famous" by Gary DeBock with his impressive FSL antenna
>receptions, and shown in this YouTube video:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZzBfstOXA4
>
>Initially I thought there were very few TP stations audible, but a closer
>listen today to the SDR files revealed more stations lurking around the
>noise floor or just above.
>
>Here's what I noted, from the 1330-1415 session (local SR at 1410):
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>657 NORTH KOREA Pyongyang, Sep 30 1340 - Dramatic orchestral music and
>strident talk in Korean. Good signal but long fade outs. (Atkins-WA)
>
>693 JAPAN JOAB Tokyo, Sep 30 1339 - Male & Female announcers in Japanese
>with language lessons. They seemed to be teaching tonal sounds, so perhaps
>it was a Chinese lesson? I've never heard CC lessons on NHK outlets before.
>Fair signal. (Atkins-WA)
>
>747 JAPAN JOIB Sapporo, Sep 30 1340 - Language lessons, parallel to 693.
>Fair. (Atkins-WA)
>
>774 JAPAN JOUB Akita, Sep 30 1341 - Language lessons, parallel to 693 &
>774. Poor to fair, but rose to a very good signal by 1406. (Atkins-WA)
>
>828 JAPAN JOBB Osaka, Sep 30 1340 - More language lessons by male & female;
>parallel to 747 and others. Fair. (Atkins-WA)
>
>837 JAPAN JOQK Niigata, Sep 30 1344 - Tentative. Weak but clear signal that
>sounded very much like Japanese. (Atkins-WA)
>
>963 JAPAN Unid., Sep 30 1344 - I was surprised to find some faint Japanese
>talk here, as even the powerhouses on other frequencies were relatively
>poor. 1 and 5 kw outlets are listed in PAL for 963. (Atkins-WA)
>
>972 SOUTH KOREA HLCA, Sep 30 1342 - Two females talking in Korean; brief
>orchestral music and back to talk and laughing. Good to very good signal
>except during fades. (Atkins-WA)
>
>981 CHINA CNR1, Sep 30 1403 - Presumed newscast in Chinese. Fair.
>(Atkins-WA)
>
>1008 JAPAN JONR Osaka, Sep 30 1345 - Presumed JONR with male talk in
>Japanese. Poor. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1044 UNIDENTIFIED Unid., Sep 30 1344 - Very faint unknown station here;
>talking by male, and then down into the noise. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1089 UNIDENTIFIED Unid., Sep 30 1406 - Low level English pop/vocal music
>here 1403-1406+. It seemed to possibly be Christian contemporary music, but
>I see no clues in PAL as to who this might be. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1089 UNIDENTIFIED Unid., Sep 30 1348 - Weak unidentifiable talk right at
>threshold level. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1134 JAPAN JOQR Tokyo, Sep 30 1345 - Two male announcers in Japanese. Fair
>on peaks. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1170 SOUTH KOREA HLSR, Sep 30 1404 - For a minute or so, HLSR with Korean
>talk was dominating 1170, pushing KPUG Bellingham down to almost
>inaudibility. Good. KLOK in San Jose was also heard at times, with Hindi
>music. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1179 JAPAN JOOR Osaka, Sep 30 1344 - Very tentative, with language that
>sounded Japanese, just above the band noise. Poor. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1242 JAPAN JOLF Tokyo, Sep 30 1355 - Japanese talk and instrumental music.
>Poor to fair. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1287 JAPAN JOHR Sapporo, Sep 30 1355 - Apparent round table discussion with
>what sounded like three or more speakers in Japanese. Fair, but faded by
>top of the hour. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1350 JAPAN JORF Yokohama, Sep 30 1347 - Female announcers with lively talk
>in Japanese. Fair to good. (Atkins-WA)
>
>1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ, Sep 30 1340 - Noted this common FEBC station in
>Japanese, before their 1345 switch to Chinese. Fair with talk and music;
>frequent fades into the noise. You know it's a poor morning of TP DX when
>hearing HLAZ is a challenge. (Atkins-WA)
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
>
>Guy Atkins
>Puyallup, WA USA
>DXing at the Cape Perpetua, Oregon cliff, Hwy. 101
>Elad FDM-S2
>Wellbrook ALA1530S+
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