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- Subject: Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-18
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- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:20:19 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello All,
Intense Kiwi propagation slacked off slightly at the Cliff this morning as a few Australian stations managed to finally show up at decent levels. The regular New Zealand blasters like 531-PI were at their normal meltdown strength, but very obscure Kiwis like 576-TheWord no longer held down their frequencies over Aussie big guns. The most interesting signal of the morning was on 558, though, as Radio Fiji One (the last surviving AM station in Fiji) made a very rare appearance over daytimer 560-KSFO's splatter.
The Rockwork 4 ocean cliff featured awesome scenery at the 1100 UTC (0400 local) start time, as the half moon reflected beautifully off the smooth ocean surface 400 feet (122m) below the site. Chuck had wrapped up his two day visit yesterday, after we compared notes briefly on our DU-DXing results. He seems to have hit the peak of the Kiwi-centered DX, as this morning's results were slightly more balanced. The Kiwi big guns took quite a while before hitting their stride, with 531-PI waiting until 1225 to hit an S9 level (when Chuck was here, it was S9 well before 1200 on both days). At 1233 I noticed a strong heterodyne on pest 560-KSFO's signal, and figured that it must be a rare appearance of the Kiwi 558-Radio Sport (heard at cape Perpetua last August, for the first time). Upon tuning in, however, I heard the Polynesian choral music typical of Radio Fiji One, familiar to all DU-DXers from the now-defunct 639 kHz station. With no parallel to check or WiFi to access a web stream, the Polynesian choral music was about as much identity confirmation as I was likely to get (no other station on the frequency plays this format). It was the first time in four years that I've been able to get a decent signal from 558-Fiji, and certainly a big surprise in this Kiwi-slanted DXpedition. I wish that Chuck could have stuck around for a third day and snag it also, but he mentioned the need to catch up on sleep (something of which I am all too familiar).
531 PI Auckland, NZ (5 kW) Beautiful Samoan music at s9+ level around 1227; this station seems immune to
any type of propagation drop off during the entire month of July (six days straight of S9+ signals this week)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/7wf36njma9f9v7u/531-PI-1227z071814PL380.MP3
558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji (10 kW) Typical Polynesian choral music building up strength at 1233 to break free of
daytimer 560-KSFO splatter; first DXpedition appearance in four years for me
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/qb5t8ivirbsj7ck/558-RadioFijiOne-1233z071814PL380.MP3
576 2RN Sydney, Australia (50 kW) Aussie big gun finally managing a good signal with a female to female interview
after chasing this week's obscure Kiwi overachiever 576-The Word off of the frequency
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hrf5uyuxt2d5frc/576-2RN-1241z071814PL380.MP3
603 Radio Waatea Auckland, New Zealand (5 kW) Maori rhythm music slightly underpowered this morning as the
intense Kiwi propagation takes a break
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/7t02pi5pnb80nv8/603-R.Waatea-1250z071814PL380.MP3
738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti (20 kW) For Nick-- the typical meltdown signal of this station at Rockwork 4 each
morning in July
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/g0dz4j04pvnh9f9/738-RadioPolynesie-1244z071814PL380.MP3
891 5AN Brisbane, Australia (50 kW) Aussie LR network big gun plus one anemic DU co-channel (The Breeze?)
at 1254 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/pj16fcix5um81tv/891-5ANmix-1254z071814PL380.MP3
936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ (1 kW) Deep-voiced male Chinese speaker (plus weak co-channel)--
late at 1315-- maybe the answer to 603-HLSA's late night announcer?
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/mc1nbxg0sqe0koc/936-ChineseVoicemix-1315z071814PL380.MP3
1008 Newstalk ZB Tauranga, NZ (10 kW) The best signal managed so far from this Kiwi station, with news and
multiple ID's at 1303
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ihx44a7epi7o2uu/1008-NewstalkZB-1303z071814PL380.MP3
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Cannon Beach, OR)
DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff site in
Tillamook Co., OR
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
New 15" DXpedition FSL antenna
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