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Re: [IRCA] DX Season



And you would be correct Chuck. On the coast, with the water lapping at your feet, and the next stop being New Zealand. I suspect that will not generalize well to the rest of the Pacific NW.

The comparison of the New Zealanders heard at Grayland or Rockworks in late June with what was heard even in Victoria (a bit of a water path over Juan de Fuca Strait) in the weeks before or after would be a good illustration for those who cared to look on the IRCA list for those weeks. The New Zealanders heard in Seattle during that time period could apparently be counted on the fingers of one foot.

A similar comparison for Asiatics in October between the coast and inland is obviously dissimilar in quantity of stations and of signal strength, but no one is surprised to hear Japan, Korea or China in Seattle at that time, with no Beverage or DKaz antennas harmed during the process. Power is generally higher for Asian stations of course, and they are closer than New Zealand to the Pacific NW, but in comparing receptions here of Japan and New Zealand on 567 for example, there does seem to be more in play than just 3dB more power and 4500 km distance, especially given the former has several hundred kilometers of mountainous rock to pass before it arrives at my antenna while the latter has a couple of kilometers.

best wishes,

Nick


At 18:42 02-01-16, you wrote:
Were I to read this without any other information, I'd think May to August was dead in the Pacific NW except for a month of "better" NZ. As I see it, that time period is not just "better", it is very good. And it's not just NZ: it is also Australia and the Pacific Islands.

Chuck

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Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX Season

(CLIP)

On the west coast, atmospheric noise levels don't increase markedly
during the summer months, but of course, northerly overseas paths
mostly disappear for a month or two around summer solstice,
compensated for by better reception from New Zealand.

(CLIP)

Nick


At 14:28 02-01-16, Mark Durenberger wrote:
>I know...YMMV on this one...but would appreciate some opinions.
>
>About when do we usually expect the end of the MW DX season in Spring?
>
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Mark Durenberger
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