[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
First of all, thanks very much to Dennis, Bill, Nick and Walt for their DU-DX reports this morning, which provided a very interesting comparison. The first "Cliffhanger' DXing session at Rockwork 4 provided the typical Kiwi-slanted results this morning, although there were a few surprises. About 18 DU's were in audio, although huge signals were less common than usual. The biggest surprise of the session was a booming signal from 783-Samoan Capital Radio, which nearly pegged the PL-380 S/N display with its island-type music around 1248 (usually this is a weak underperformer). Other than this 594-NZ Rhema had a pretty nice signal, and the usual Kiwi big guns were well represented. Except for decent signals from 576-2RN, 774-3LO and 828-3GI, the Aussies were pretty much missing in action. With far more DU signals than live DXing time, I concentrated on the low-band signals as usual. 
 
With the major DXpedition in Yachats (and nearby Cape Perpetua) scheduled to start up tomorrow, there should be some heavy-duty South Pacific DXing activity this week. This morning's Cliff DU-DXing results seem strangely out of synch with the other reports, but I was able to record a few MP3's to back up the claims. Hopefully Nick and the others will not feel motivated to drive down and throw me off of the Cliff.
 
531  PI  Auckland, NZ  Fair-good signal with female Samoan voice mixing with UniD Aussie male voice at 1305
567  RNZ  Wellington, NZ  Good DU English male conversation at 1252 overcoming some KVI splatter
           http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tp81ibsa67s0b7i/567-RNZ-1252z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 
576  2RN  Sydney, Australia  Fair-good DU English commentary at 1235
594  NZ Rhema   Timaru, NZ  Good level Christian contemporary music at 1318
           http://www.mediafire.com/listen/v2871q170bnsv0b/594-NZ.Rhema-1318z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
603  R.Waatea  Fair-good Maori language music at 1244, // 765
639  RNZ  Alexandra, NZ  Fair DU English conversation // 675 at 1322
657  Southern Star  Wellington, NZ  Strong level Christian music at 1222
675  RNZ  Christchurch, NZ  Strong level music and DU English speech at 1228
          http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tktcaddq46c7bwg/675-RNZ-1228z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
738  Radio Polynesie  Mahina, Tahiti  Good TOH fanfare and French OM speech at 1200 (through KCBS splash and het)
         http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8cscgc1gk6zhap8/738-R.Polynesie-1200z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 
756  RNZ  Auckland, NZ  This 10 kW RNZ relay had fair signals at 1301 despite its proximity to 750-Portland
765  R. Kahungunu  Napier-Hastings, NZ  Good Maori-language music at 1244, // 603
774  3LO  Melbourne, Australia  Fair good DU English conversation at 1238, // 828
783  Samoan Capital Radio, Wellington, NZ  Biggest surprise of the morning-- huge signal at 1248 almost pegging the PL-380
         http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jfmefx37z1pbvo5/783-SamoanCapRadio-1248z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
828  3GI  Sale, Australia  Fair DU English conversation // 774 at 1320
 
(many more DU signals were all over the band, but these were the ones that I had time to investigate during live DXing during morning enhancement. Presumably the Perseus-SDR DXers in Yachts will not have this issue :-)
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach Oregon)
DXing at the "Rockwork 4" ocean cliff (photo at http://www.mediafire.com/view/khqdch7gk0w1v1l/P1100481.JPG
7,5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + New 12" Medium Wave FSL antenna           






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