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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-1

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Gary,

Thanks for your great report and great recordings from Rockworks! You really know how to ramp up my excitement for my sojourn to Ocean Shores next week! May you have the best of DX and weather!

73,

Craig Barnes
Wheat Ridge, CO
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On Tue, 8/1/17,  <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 Subject: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-1
 To: "America, Mailing" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 11:38 AM
 
 Thanks to Steve for his report from Arizona.
 The largest collection of ferrite this side of the Ukraine
 rolled over the Columbia River bridge to Oregon at 0130
 local time this morning, as four very "airport unfriendly"
 FSL antennas deployed for a one week DXpedition to the wild
 Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita. Originally the plan
 was to wait until Wednesday to hit the cliff, but I had a
 premonition that something special might show up if an
 unscheduled, early morning trip was made from Puyallup. Sure
 enough, the usually anemic 558-Fiji had its best signal for
 the past few years at the cliff (even better than in Kona,
 Hawaii last April). 
 
 Upon arrival at 1025 UTC (0325 local
 time) the ICF-2010 spotting receiver showed a decent carrier
 on 1017, and a rush effort was made to set up the 17"
 monster FSL for a recording. A3Z in Tonga cooperated nicely
 with decent-level island music, about the same time I
 noticed another car drive up to the cliff turnoff to join me
 in the total darkness (always a moment of trepidation, since
 you never know what to expect on the wild cliff). This
 turned out to be Chuck, who unfortunately noticed Tonga's
 sign off about the same time his broadband loop was ready
 (1105). 531 had a potent mix of 4KZ and PI for over an hour,
 while the usual Kiwi powerhouses (603, 657 and 702) were
 testing the crunch resistance of my CC Skywave ultralights
 after 1230. About this time 558-Fiji started sounding like
 it might even have a real 10 kW transmitter, despite the
 fact that everyone knows it has serious signal issues. I
 tried for Theo's 612-Star but it was missing in action,
 although the 657 frequenc
  y had its strongest signal ever heard
 at the cliff (by far). 702-Magic and 2BL were in a wild S9
 snarl for much of the time after 1245, while an apparent
 585-2WEB (not // 576) was playing some pop music. Chuck and
 I discussed the propagation quite a few times, finally
 wrapping up the chase around 1330. My overall impression was
 that the session had a lot to offer, especially considering
 the fact that 558-Fiji only showed up 1 day out of 11 last
 year. Tom has yet to join us-- hopefully he will share in
 the great propagation. 
 
 558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji Actually
 sounding somewhat energetic with typical island music at
 1307 
 https://app.box.com/s/vprj88dgl97t4lcp5tx23edh31gorfd0
 
 The usual male announcer with more
 island music at 1333 
 https://app.box.com/s/2y8dsur5tdymla0qs4fgfw64e4b4mwnq
 
 
 1017 A3Z Nukualofa, Tonga Island choral
 music at decent level around 1036 (after a rush FSL antenna
 setup) 
 https://app.box.com/s/ef3lyfav23rqu7k86eqbw79xvkuks8oa
 
 
 For Theo: 
 
 657 Star Wellington/ Tauranga, NZ
 Yikes! With a news signal like this on the "Kiwi Cliff,",
 who would choose to vote against the Labour Party? 
 https://app.box.com/s/ef3lyfav23rqu7k86eqbw79xvkuks8oa
 
 
 73 and Good DX, 
 Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4
 ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon) 
 7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywave
 Ultralights + 
 17", 15" and 15" Airport-clearing FSL
 antennas 
 
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