[IRCA] Ocean Shores, WA Ultralight TP's for 4-8

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello All, 
 
This morning wasÂthe first of two DXing sessions at Ocean Shores, a flat ocean beach on the central WashingtonÂcoast (totally devoid of any type of signal-enhancing cliff). In generalÂthe ocean coast propagation favored the high band this morning, with 1566, 1575 and 1593 allÂvery energetic. The low band had some action from the usual Japanese big guns, but signals were nothing to shout about (and slightly off even from typical Puyallup levels). The only sign of DU action (besides 738-Tahiti, an ocean coast regular) was a very anemic signal from 1017-Tonga aroundÂ1055, with the female announcer (whose voice I remember fromÂRockwork cliff visits) barely audible under the Spanish splatter before signing off shortly after 1100. 
 
Knowing very well that this flat beach would probably provide pretty flat results in comparison to what the Oregon cliffs typically offer, the DXpectations for this two day visitÂduring a lean solar year were pretty modest.ÂMost of the second and third tier Asians stayed down in the noise as expected, but the high band big guns put on a pretty good show from 1200-1340. Just before 1200 the Chinese service from 1566-HLAZ reached a thunderous level, and continued that way until the Chinese service sign off at 1229. 1575-VOA and 1593-CNR1 also reached potent levels in and out from 1300-1330, and the Korean middle band big guns on 972 and 1053 wereÂpretty energetic. 1134-JOQR had a good signal in Vancouver splatter around 1315, but in general the increasing daylight didn't do much for either the depressed low band or the alreadyÂvibrant high band. Asian signalsÂdidn't receive any kind of extended sunrise enhancement this morning (despite the wet sandÂDXing location onlyÂ50 feet fromÂsalt water), and even the big guns had packed it in by 1400. Overall the session wasÂabout what I expected from this type of location, which my wife thought would be a nice change from Cannon Beach and Yachats :-)ÂAfter another halfheartedÂeffort tomorrow morning I'll be looking forward to a real DXpedition-- with anÂall-out Rockwork 4 visit scheduledÂfor June 27-29. To be fair to Ocean Shores, though,Âpropagation here this morning was probably far better than the Puyallup version. 
 
1566Â HLAZÂ Jeju, S. KoreaÂÂChinese service testing my Ultralight's crunch resistance at 1227 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ad3wnnc2hehu6z5/1566-HLAZ-1227z040815CCSW.MP3 Â 
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Japanese service sign-on at a nuclear level at 1230 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/amfgjebv7rw0gz9/1566-HLAZ-1230z040815CCSW.MP3 
 
1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Asiatic language male and female speakers sounding 
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ pretty energetic at 1302 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/2lcymrz4ch9369m/1575-VOA-1302z040815CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
1593Â CNR1ÂÂ Changzhou, ChinaÂÂ Fast paced domestic program at very good level at 1252 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/77g2oaa198ipv5p/1593-CNR1-1252z040815CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Ocean Shores, WA until tomorrow) 
7,5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 
15" DXpedition FSL antenna 
 
 
 
 
 
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