[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition - Day 2

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Our second day at Grayland wasn't as good as the first.  For the second 
year in a row, an animal ran through our Beverage antenna and reduced 
the length to a couple hundred feet.  Conditions sounded somewhat 
auroral as a result, with many stations off the back dominating their 
respective channels.  For example, the dominant station on 1230 was in 
Reno, 1130 was dominated by Spanish instead of CKWX, etc.  TPs were 
present on the Beverage as sunrise approached, but with reduced signals 
and much domestic splatter.

We ended up relying on Nick's west-facing Wellbrook Array for most of 
our listening, with much improved results.  Conditions seemed to be 
slightly auroral.  Several Aussies were noted, and Hawaiians dominated 
many domestic channels.  TPs were present in large numbers but, as Gary 
noted, only the usual powerhouses were strong.  A few second and third 
tier stations had their moments, such as Taiwan-1143, NHK2 on 1125 and 
1386,, and one of the Japanese commercial stations on 864.  I may find 
some hidden gems when I play back the SDR files, but offhand I would 
rate today as below average by Grayland standards.

Bruce
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