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

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks very much to Neil K. for hisÂgenerous comments on this reception, and thanks also to Theo D. for some amazing investigative work on an earlier "531-Australian" UnID MP3 (which turned out to be from NZ, and quite possibly an earlier logging of this new catch). 
Chuck, I'm happy that you were also able to record More FM around the same time on 6-26. As for why the station peaked at different times for your broadband loop and my 15" FSL, it might be related to the entirely different design of the antennas, whichÂcould interact differently with the Rockwork cliff edgeÂto boostÂtransoceanic propagation. I had no reception of the Alexandra station at all at 1225, only a solid signal from Auckland. During the reception of 531-More FM's strong ID at 1230 I didn't entirely lose 531-PI's signal, but it was considerably weakened. If you listen closely to the MP3 there is an apparent 531-PI ID by a female-voiced speaker at exactly the same timeÂas the More FM ID, but too weakÂto make out any detail. More FM's signalÂstuck around for about 2 minutes afterÂthe ID withÂfairly strong music, then sunk underÂAuckland for the duration of the session. 
 
Gary 
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From: "Chuck Hutton" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 11:58:12 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 531-More FM (2 kW) in Alexandra, NZ Received at ÂRockwork 4 




Yes, I just opened the file for the first time and hear an ID at 1224 although oddly your 1230 ID was not heard - just a mumble or two. And your 1230 ID is definitely better than my 1224 ID. 
Not a trace in that period of Australia nor Auckland - most, most unusual. You thought this might be an auroral effect but I wonder about that as Alexandra would be a bit more prone to auroral Âeffects being the southernmost of the bunch. If anything, Alexandra would have been weakened and Auckland should have had the advantage. 
Chuck 
> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:02:21 +0000 
> From: d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 531-More FM (2 kW) in Alexandra, NZ Received at ÂRockwork 4 
> 
> Hi Nick, 
> 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. 
> Â 
> The Rockwork propagation on Friday morning (6-26) didn't seem very impressive at first, with some apparent hangover from the solar storm earlier in the week. 531 was an all-Kiwi frequency throughout the session, with (5 kW) PI 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 up with an Ultralight radio to record remotely, so I had no idea that anything special had been received until last night, when two more hours of 531 recordings were finally reviewed (feeling a little like a Perseus-SDR DXer this morning). Â 
> Â 
> 73, Gary (with another 4 hours of 531 recordings to go through) 
> Â 
> Â 
> Â 
> 
> ----- 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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