Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-7 (Conclusion)

[Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx>]

Those do sound like potent signals Gary.  Tell Chuck to put up some of his own sounds!  ;-)

Hope youâall make it out to the cliff this morning as the A-index continues to rise and a rising A-index is a good thing sometimes.

Continued good luck!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Aug 8, 2015, at 12:00 AM, d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hello All, 
>   
> New Zealand signals went on a rampage at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff this morning from 1250-1320 UTC, bringing astonishment to three fanatical Puget Sound DXers (Chuck, Tom and I) who were lucky enough to show up on this date. Although I had already experienced 25 DU-DXing sessions at this awesome site, the potent Kiwi propagation this morning was a stunner-- even for me. 
>   
> Tom R. was waiting in his vehicle as I drove up in the total darkness at 1145 UTC, followed shortly thereafter by Chuck. We had the entire turnoff to ourselves, and were each able to set up our antennas exactly as we desired (without working around "sleeping squatters"). Propagation took a while to kick into high gear, and as late as 1230 it seemed like an average mix of NZ and Oz might be the order of the day. Suddenly around 1240 the floodgates to New Zealand swung wide open, and stations like 603-Waatea, 675-RNZ, 702-Magic and 765-Kahungunu (2.5 kW) were soon testing the crunch resistance of my $50 C.Crane Skywave Ultralight (boosted somewhat by a 17" Mega-FSL antenna). Chuck came over and remarked how he was getting a DU carrier on every 9 kHz split frequency he tried, including the X-band up to 1701 kHz. Tom was also checking Kiwi carrier strength at the time, and seemed awestruck at the situation. I was tuning around like mad, recording S9+ signals on 567, 702, 738 and 765, as well as potent ones on other frequencies. After propagation fizzled out around 1340 we gathered around to discuss the experience-- feeling something like the winning football team in the Super Bowl. Chuck remarked about how I should post Kiwi signal MP3's from the session-- as if I needed any additional motivation to do so! 
>   
> 567  RNZ   Wellington, NZ   Potent big-band music during propagation enhancement at 1256, // equally strong 675 
> https://app.box.com/s/7izpqsrp9lvof7qx91u0fv17d723417t   
>   
> 702  Magic   Auckland, NZ   S9+ oldies station pounding in during Kiwi propagation rush at 1257; totally obliterating 2BL 
> https://app.box.com/s/pp1s7eaccs1dvx36tr2hgoo79dj13bdu   
>   
> 738  R. Polynesie   Mahina, Tahiti   African and French pop music at near nuclear level around 1307 
> https://app.box.com/s/xsg8z7h75u1m6ple67k2vub3we279m7v   
>   
> 765 R. Kahungunu   Napier-Hastings, NZ   Absolutely wacky signal from this 2.5 kW Maori language overachiever at 1252; 
>                includes "Waatea" Maori language ID and typical Maori music at S9+ level 
> https://app.box.com/s/n7mrx09thh66fib20aqw5gxve8eglp1k   
>   
> 963  Star   Christchurch, NZ   Strong Christian music // 657 at 1330 during latter part of Kiwi propagation rush 
> https://app.box.com/s/fjt1ev18jpiylqynkr34nlvip5fd6457   
>   
> 1008  Newstalk ZB (Tauranga, NZ) Vs. 4TAB (Brisbane, Australia)  Aussie horse racing station picking the wrong morning 
>                to compete with the Kiwi talk broadcaster 
> https://app.box.com/s/xkknany2n35koykeo7nomq472gz96yf9   
>   
> 1035  Newstalk ZB   Wellington, NZ   Talk format Kiwi station sounding potent during latter part of Kiwi propagation surge 
>   https://app.box.com/s/yvi6w1m7kjkdvs8dmhzoslauwhxxeg9x   
>   
> 73 and Good DX, 
> Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff, near Manzanita, OR) 
> 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 
> 17" DXpedition FSL antenna 
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