Re: [IRCA] TP/DU morning

[Tim Hall <timhall1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Conditions were good here this morning too.  I was shocked to get
several minutes worth of KRTR-650 Honolulu on the car radio at 6:15am
PDT this morning, with a local ad string and EZL music.  This is the
first Hawaiian I've heard in many years (maybe a decade).

73, Tim Hall
Chula Vista, CA

On 8/22/05, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I happen to wake up this morning a bit early as I had been outside
> yesterday afternoon cutting blackberry brambles from around the Eastern
> beverage. Well, I ended up getting not one but two blisters on one
> finger on my right hand (I am right handed), and a thorn in the end. I
> can't win. hi. Anyway I got the thorn out, but the blisters swelled up a
> bit and the soreness woke me up. I put some savve on them with a couple
> of bandaids and they are better now.
>    However, it got me to the dials early. It was not too bad of a
> morning either. Nothing new logged, but a good start to an early season.
>   1566 3NE Wangaratta, Vic. Australia was armchair copy with lots of
> local spots and several mentioning Wangaratta around 1330 UTC. I have
> not heard them this strong for years.
>    1116 4BC Brisband was their usual strong self. With talk. 
>    But one interesting station was Taiwanese CC on 603 khz. No doubt the
> BCC station with 1 megawatt, but I have never logged Taiwan this early.
> It too was unneeded, but nice to hear. No filipinos though. Still a bit
> early for those.
>    It was interesting though, as I raised the first leg of the Eastern
> beverage a few weeks back and now being higher (10-15 feet) from the old
> 4 feet, it too gets TPs/DUs in the morning where it never used to. The
> vertical with the ground radials going out to the NW/N/NE also got
> TPs/DUs. The EWE antenna did the best job as it always does. But it was
> interesting.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside  OR
> KAVT Reception Manager
> 
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