Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-8 : A Victoria perspective

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

<<<ÂÂ Thanks for the early report, Gary. ÂInspired by Colin's new Flag setup, I 
set the alarm for 5:30 AM local/12:30 UTC. ÂThings were quite moribund at 
that time, but right around 13:00 became quite alive with exclusively DU, 
and seemingly primarily Australian signals.ÂÂ >>> 
 
Thanks for your report, Walt. 
 
This location is a notorious "DU-dead zone," with a large hill blocking any type of reception from Australia or New Zealand. Although this valley location seems to do OKÂwith Asian signalsÂ(especially Korea and China, which sometimes are received better here than at other DXers' locations), Australia and New Zealand are pretty much hopeless. 
 
It's the primary reason why I make serious trips to the Oregon ocean side cliffs in the summer, and enjoy the potent DU-DX that is unavailable at home.ÂSo I'm not surprised that you, Nick and Colin frequently receive lots of Australian DX that never shows up here. During the summer I get the chance to "turn the tables" a little bit on the Oregon cliffs, though-- and even receive a few DU's that never seem to show up in Victoria :-) 
 
Gary 
 
 
 
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From: "Walter Salmaniw" <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 7:16:24 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup,ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂWA Ultralight TP's for 9-8 : A Victoria perspective 

Thanks for the early report, Gary. ÂInspired by Colin's new Flag setup, I 
set the alarm for 5:30 AM local/12:30 UTC. ÂThings were quite moribund at 
that time, but right around 13:00 became quite alive with exclusively DU, 
and seemingly primarily Australian signals. ÂHowever, the upper half of the 
band was dead, as was the very bottom of the AM band. ÂBetween the two, I 
had some very nice signals. ÂNIck's DX Fishbarrel was extremely useful, as 
conditions were highly variable. ÂThere one minute and in the mud a few 
seconds later. Â819, 774, 702, 621, and 612 all provided good and sometimes 
very good reception, all from Australia. ÂThings were pretty much done by 
13:30. ÂI heard no hint of any Asian signals. Â73, ÂWalt Salmaniw, 
Victoria, BC 

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:58 PM, <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

> 
> Hello All, 
> 
> Asians signals took a nosedive this morning as September's first clunker 
> session was delivered in full force. Two ghostly Asians and 738-Tahiti did 
> manage to squeak through with audio around peak sunrise enhancement, 
> but even they were MIA for most of the session. 
> 
> At my 1300 start time the Asians were comatose indeed, with only 594 and 
> 738 delivering moderate heterodynes. Nothing much changed until 1320, 
> when 603 joined the moderate heterodyne group. It seemed like the clunker 
> session would deliver a TP audio shutout until 1325, when 594-JOAK's 
> carrier rose up and eeked out a few seconds of ghostly speech. Not to be 
> outdone, 603 then did the same, bailing after a few seconds of wispy pop 
> music. A 738 signal bearing toward Tahiti waited until San Francisco 
> splatter bit the dust at 1330 before making a ghostly appearance with 
> apparent R&B music, fading in and out until 1335. The session was a true 
> clunker in comparison to the past few days, and a stark reminder that we 
> shouldn't expect too much in early September of a lean solar year. 
> 
> 73 and Good DX, 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
> 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 
> 15" FSL antenna 
> 
> 
> 
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