Re: [IRCA] 531-More FM (2 kW) in Alexandra, NZ Received at Rockwork 4

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

HiÂNick, 
Thanks for sharing the Grayland results, and thanks also for the time and effort that you and Bruce spent in setting up the A/B antenna tests. 
 
The Rockwork propagation on Friday morning (6-26)Âdidn't seem very impressive at first, with some apparent hangover from the solar storm earlier in the week. 531Âwas an all-Kiwi frequency throughout the session, withÂ(5 kW)ÂPI the only station audible from 1140-1228. Suddenly the More FM signal rose up out of the noise to take over the 531 frequency for a clear ID at 1230, only to fall back into the noise under PI a couple of minutes later. Chuck was with me at the time, but I don't know if he recorded any of this. The 15" FSL which received 531-More FM was set upÂwith an Ultralight radio to record remotely, so I had no idea that anythingÂspecial had been received until last night, whenÂtwo more hours of 531 recordings were finally reviewedÂ(feeling a little like a Perseus-SDR DXer this morning). 
 
73, Gary (with anotherÂ4 hours of 531 recordings to go through) 
 
 
 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <nhp@xxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 7:51:57 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 531-More FM (2 kW) in Alexandra, NZ Received at ÂRockwork 4 

Very nice catch Gary. ÂI checked the Grayland 
files for that time....and not only are you are 
the first to hear it, you're the only one so 
far. Â I was still coming to terms with the 
Grayland noise level then, and 531 was a mess. 

best wishes, 

Nick 


At 08:09 17-07-15, you wrote: 
>Hello All, Ã ÂWhile continuing to sort through 7 
>hours of 531 recordings made during the Rockwork 
>4 DXpedition a real gem was uncovered-- a 
>vibrant ID of a long-term target, the 2 kW More 
>FM station in Alexandra. This low-power station 
>rarely has a chance on the cliff because of 
>531-PI's overwhelming presence-- and its strong 
>appearance for this MP3 may have been due to the 
>tail endà of auroral propagation on June 26th. 
>Ã 
>https://app.box.com/s/g3j1fyusrvmekq5iem0pawnrzl806tpw 
>Ã ÂÃ Â531-More FMÃ is not in the Grayland Master 
>log, and was not one of Chuck's 87 Kiwi stations 
>received last July.Ã ÂAs such, it is apparently 
>an all-time west coast first. Ã Â73 and Good DX, 
>Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
>Ã ÂÃ 
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