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Re: [IRCA] 531-More FM (2 kW) in Alexandra, NZ Received at Rockwork 4
Great catch Gary. Back in the early 80s, they were common here, but that was before the frequency got more crowded.
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:05:10 -0500
> From: neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 531-More FM (2 kW) in Alexandra, NZ Received at Rockwork 4
>
> Fantastic catch when one considers the power and QRM and that this is from inland far down the South Island. 73 and congratz .. KAZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Sent: Jul 17, 2015 11:02 AM
> >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [IRCA] 531-More FM (2 kW) in Alexandra, NZ Received at Rockwork 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.
> >
> >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).
> >
> >73, Gary (with another 4 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 Rockwork 4
> >
> >Very nice catch Gary. I 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. 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, Â While 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 end of auroral propagation on June 26th.
> >>Â
> >>https://app.box.com/s/g3j1fyusrvmekq5iem0pawnrzl806tpw
> >>Â Â 531-More FMÂ is not in the Grayland Master
> >>log, and was not one of Chuck's 87 Kiwi stations
> >>received last July. As such, it is apparently
> >>an all-time west coast first. Â 73 and Good DX,
> >>Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> >>Â Â
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