Re: [IRCA] DX Season

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

A very interesting discussion. 
There's no doubt that strong reception of New Zealand requires a serious dose of salt water (or better yet, a cliff above salt water), but the peak season for optimal Kiwi reception seems to be from July 1 to August 15th. Bill W. wisely makes his DU-chasing trips in late July, and Chuck had his all-time record NZ results in mid-July. 
 
When Kiwi propagation really kicks into gear at Rockwork 4 the signal levels can approach those of big gun Asians during the fall season (especially during these lean solar years). This exciting DU-DX during the dogs days of summer certainly is one ofÂfringe benefits of living on the left coast, but youÂwould never even know that it exists if you stay at your inland location. 
 
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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From: "Chuck Hutton" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 6:27:32 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX Season 

Everything you say is way true, Nick.... but out of scope from the original post! 

Chuck 

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From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 10:12 PM 
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX Season 

And you would be correct Chuck. Â On the coast, with the water 
lapping at your feet, and the next stop being New Zealand. Â I 
suspect that will not generalize well to the rest of the Pacific NW. 

The comparison of the New Zealanders heard at Grayland or Rockworks 
in late June with what was heard even in Victoria (a bit of a water 
path over Juan de Fuca Strait) in the weeks before or after would be 
a good illustration for those who cared to look on the IRCA list for 
those weeks. Â The New Zealanders heard in Seattle during that time 
period could apparently be counted on the fingers of one foot. 

A similar comparison for Asiatics in October between the coast and 
inland is obviously dissimilar in quantity of stations and of signal 
strength, but no one is surprised to hear Japan, Korea or China in 
Seattle at that time, with no Beverage or DKaz antennas harmed during 
the process. ÂPower is generally higher for Asian stations of course, 
and they are closer than New Zealand to the Pacific NW, but in 
comparing receptions here of Japan and New Zealand on 567 for 
example, there does seem to be more in play than just 3dB more power 
and 4500 km distance, especially given the former has several hundred 
kilometers of mountainous rock to pass before it arrives at my 
antenna while the latter has a couple of kilometers. 

best wishes, 

Nick 


At 18:42 02-01-16, you wrote: 
>Were I to read this without any other information, I'd think May to 
>August was dead in the Pacific NW except for a month of "better" NZ. 
>As I see it, that time period is not just "better", it is very good. 
>And it's not just NZ: it is also Australia and the Pacific Islands. 
> 
>Chuck 
> 
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>Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> 
>Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 5:55 PM 
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>Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX Season 
> 
>(CLIP) 
> 
>On the west coast, atmospheric noise levels don't increase markedly 
>during the summer months, but of course, northerly overseas paths 
>mostly disappear for a month or two around summer solstice, 
>compensated for by better reception from New Zealand. 
> 
>(CLIP) 
> 
>Nick 
> 
> 
>At 14:28 02-01-16, Mark Durenberger wrote: 
> >I know...YMMV on this one...but would appreciate some opinions. 
> > 
> >About when do we usually expect the end of the MW DX season in Spring? 
> > 
> > 
> >Thanks in advance! 
> > 
> >Mark Durenberger 
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