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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Grayland, WA & Florence, OR DXpedition - August 5 - 12

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Bill, you were on the better coast for DXing for the dates you mentioned.  Much of August has had persistent T-storm static during the warm and humid first half of August here in MA so my antennas have been disconnected more often than usual.  Several days recently we had lightning hits less than a mile away, most likely on the 103.9 FM tower located on the opposite (south) side of Route 6 from us.



During the summer the Pacific Northwest tends to be less static-prone than anywhere on the US East Coast.  Even during the daytime if there is any thunderstorm action between Cape Hatteras and Nova Scotia, it will be noticeable here, especially if mostly over water.  Even over land, crackles from 100+ miles will propagate since some of the RF is originating at high altitudes.



Your idea of homing in on what would typically be each day's most productive top-of-hour to speed up processing of a multitude of SDR capture files makes sense here on the East Coast too (as you likely know from DXing in ME and VA).  Here it's usually the one that fits in a block from 15 minutes pre-sunset to 45 minutes after sunset.  Skew a bit earlier if DXing right at the shore and slide a bit later if more than 3 miles / 5 km inland on paths towards Europe, Mid-East, Africa, and Brazil.


Thanks for the report.


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

 

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From: 'bill [his.com]' bw@xxxxxxx [CapeDX] <CapeDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sun, Aug 19, 2018 8:22 am
Subject: [CapeDX] Grayland, WA & Florence, OR DXpedition - August 5 - 12



  
    
                  
I visited 2 rentals in Grayland, Washington and near Florence, Oregon between
August 5 - 12.  At both I erected a 160' DKAZ pointing roughly 255 deg. with
Vactrol termination.

You can see and hear what I heard on this webpage:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland18.php

I'm still working through Perseus wav files so the page will change over the
next few weeks.

Highlight was hearing Gold FM from Fiji on 990 kHz.  Low point was having a deer
or elk run thru the antenna on the last day of the DXpedition ruining reception.
Note to self:  always check antenna prior to sunrise.

Reception conditions throughout were much more Asian than I'm used to from
previous summer trips to the same locations over the past several years.  May be an
indication that we're at or near the minimum of the current cycle?

For those interested, I'm trying a new strategy for working through wav files -
going through 200 kHz at a time for each day of the 1300utc TOH file.  That's
roughly sunrise on the west coast this time of year and based on past experience
is the best time to hear 'good stuff' and catch IDs.  When I find something
interesting I'll have to delve into wav files before or after 1300 but this
first-pass will guide where to look/listen next.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
    
             
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