[IRCA] Oregon Beach Ultralight DU's for 7-15

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,

The lackluster weather and propagation both cleared up in time for this 
morning's beach session, and several South Pacific stations were 
booming in with vibrant signals. It was mostly the DU "big guns" that 
were showing their strength, but several mysteries from last year were 
back to add some intrigue.

A mystery DU co-channel was back under local-like 657-Southern Star 
(NZ), and the same mystery pop music station from last summer was back 
on 765 kHz. In general the propagation favored the Kiwis, and 567-2YA, 
657-Southern Star and 675-3YA all sounded like they were right here on 
the Oregon beach.

531  UnID  The perennial Australian classic rock mystery station back 
at 1208, without ID's of course

558  UnID  Sounded like Fiji with island choral music (logged last 
August), but 639 // was too weak to check

567  2YA  Kiwi propagation beacon, booming in at 1215

576  2RN  Presumed the station with classical music around 1222

585  UnID  Rock music station back again weakly this morning

603  Radio Waatea  Fair-good with Maori music at 1217

612  4QR  Aussie big gun holding down the frequency with some 610 
splatter

639  Radio Fiji One  In and out with weak choral music from 1210-1300

657  Southern Star (NZ)  The strongest DU of the morning with typical 
music, over weak co-channel

666  Noumea, New Caledonia (presumed)  Weak French rising above noise 
level at times

675  3YA (NZ)  Another stellar performer this morning, with 
conversational program at 1250

738  Radio Tahiti  The first South Pacific station to fade in at 1155; 
very strong French conversation

765  UnID  One of last year's big mysteries, this ID-averse pop music 
station was back with fair-good signals

891  5AN  Aussie "big gun" had great signals throughout sunrise 
enhancement

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Lincoln City, OR)

Barefoot Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 8" diameter Ferrite Sleeve Loop 
Antenna (the one in Guy's demonstration video)





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