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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 6-26 --Grayland version



Quick check this morning was extremely minimalist in Masset to the point of
check the antenna!  Walt

On Friday, June 26, 2015, Nick Hall-Patch <nh-p@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 1035 was the kingpin frequency at Grayland Gary, and although Chuck was
> unimpressed, that might have been familiarity, which I am lacking.   It
> sure sounded at times like New Zealand was not far away from Grayland from
> about 1210-1230UT this morning.   There's lots of listening to recordings
> to be done yet, but hearing Zedders (some presumed; Australia was pretty
> much a no show) on  792 (sports), 1017, 927, 981, 1458 etc. sure made my
> morning, and NZ conditions seemed considerably better than yesterday.
>
> But even though Australia wasn't there, a completely unexpected JOAK-594
> showed up, quite readable, at 1139UT....geomagnetic upsets are for the
> small fry when you're a big gun NHK I guess.  And the latest forecast
> geomagnetic storm seems to have been downgraded, so maybe more Japanese
> here tomorrow?
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> At 15:34 26-06-15, Gary wrote:
> >Hello All,.....  S9 signals from New Zealand returned with a vengeance to
> the "Kiwi Cliff" this morning as they shoved the Australian signals way
> down in the noise. Despite this the high-priority new Kiwi targets on 702
> and 891 seem >to have run out of Magic, and the really obscure NZ signals
> on 558, 576, 585 and 936 still are playing hard to get.
>
> >Chuck didn't seem very impressed with the propagation, although several
> Kiwi regulars did manage a potent propagation kick around 1230 UTC. By 1300
> even the Kiwis were tanking it, though, which seems pretty typical for this
> >late June period. The big stars of the morning were the Maori parallels on
> 603 and 765-- both of which managed several S9 peaks with their distinctive
> Polynesian music 684-Rhema also put on a great show, and 1008-Newstalk ZB
> >had about the strongest signal it's ever managed for me at this location.
> 531-PI reclaimed its usual dominant position over its Aussie co-channels,
> but not without several nasty snarls.
>
> --
>
> --
> Nick Hall-Patch
> Victoria, BC
> Canada
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