Re: [IRCA] Nov. 7th: Ionosphere Delivers a Gold Mine to the Pacific NW

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guy,

I'm glad that your TP-DX propagation improved greatly at Cape Lookout on the Oregon coast!

<<< So... what a turnaround from the previous two mornings. I'll be interested
to know others impressions of DX on Nov. 7th, >>>

First, a disclaimer. Propagation in Poipu, Hawaii routinely delivers a gold mine of exceptional DX daily, to the point where a DXers quickly starts to develop a spoiled attitude of entitlement. Northwest DXers who typically chase DX on local ocean beaches should definitely avoid this area, if they wish to continue feeling satisfied with the propagation and results at such venues.

Anyway, in answer to your question, 702-BBC in Oman apparently made a return appearance with Arabic around 1615, and 918-RNK (Cambodia) once again hit an S9 level with music shortly before its 1700 sign off. The 675/711 VoV parallel was easy to notice, but 675's S7 signal let up long enough around 1630 to let in a new foreign language UnID (with everything from Oman to Japan possibly in play). The Chinese propagation blasters on 783 and 909 both signed off suddenly around 1605 for no apparent reason, but I recorded S9 sign off messages from both of them. The ABC DU's were around at S9 on 612, 630, 702, 774 and others with the goofy call in talk guy, but fortunately he could be completely nulled just by turning the FSL away from him-- in which case the Asian TP's would typically rush in with powerful signals at S7-S9 levels. Anyway, Guy, you asked :-)

Gary (DXing at Poipu Beach, Hawaii)

> On November 7, 2018 at 10:18 AM Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> 
> 
>     I hope other DXers in the Northwest, from the Victoria crew southwards,
>     found last night to be a fascinating time at the dials.
> 
>     At my temporary Cape Lookout post in Oregon, I noticed a few Japanese
>     stations in audio more than an hour and a half before Japan sunrise. With
>     4.5 terabytes of hard drive space on my laptop now I decided to just let
>     SDR recording continue uninterrupted through the night.
> 
>     Spot checks a few times through the night showed a wealth of TPs up and
>     down the band. When I stopped recording at 1645 UTC (nearly two hours past
>     local SR), a handful of Chinese and Korean signals were still providing
>     weak but clear audio.
> 
>     So... what a turnaround from the previous two mornings. I'll be interested
>     to know others impressions of DX on Nov. 7th, as I face an SDR DXer's
>     dilemma of how to approach over 11 hours of productive DX recordings!
> 
>     73,
>     Guy Atkins
>     Puyallup, WA
>     DXing from Cape Lookout State Park, OR
>     FDM-S2 / IC-7300 / ALA1530LNP @20 ft. / 10-inch FSL / portable RXs
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