[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-6 (Conclusion)

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What started off as a pretty mediocre session ended up with a turbo boostÂin Kiwi propagation, resulting in one of the wackiest ocean cliff mornings in recent memory. It was almost like someone turned on a switch at 1220,Âgiving every New Zealand station on the band a serious energy surge. The exotic Kiwis on 576, 585 and 936 suddenly came out of the noiseÂtoÂreachÂrespectable levels, after having been MIAÂsince the start of the trip. The only problem was that there wasn't enough time to go after all of them beforeÂthe wacky propagation collapsed around 1300. 
 
Although the "sleeping squatters" left Rockwork 4 alone this morning it seemed like exotic DX would do the same-- at least for the first hour of the session. Four mega-FSL's were all set up and ready to record, but LongwaveÂfrom the South Pacific was again dead, and only the Kiwi bigÂguns had anyÂreadability on MW (and even they were sounding anemic). High priority frequencies like 558 and 729 were barely registering carriers, and as if to rub it in some splatter fromÂa domestic 530-TIS station wasÂdominating 531. Suddenly around 1220 theÂKiwis seemed to get a resurrection call, withÂTony W.'s 684-Rhema suddenly coming up out of the KNBR splatter to sound pretty healthy at 1231.ÂThe NZ big guns on 702, 1035 and 1386 started pounding in atÂawesome strength, and a check of the rare 936-Chinese Voice (1 kW) at 1243Âfound it with music and speech at a decent level. The Rare Kiwi rush was on, but checkingÂthe parallels forÂlow power stationsÂlike 576-Star and 585-Radio Ngati Porou takesÂtime, and time was running outÂon sunrise enhancement. 576 (the "Dwarf Star") and 585 were logged for the first time on this trip, butÂbyÂ1250Âthe Kiwi turbo boostÂwas starting to collapse, andÂonly 738-Tahiti was holding up atÂa potent level. 702-Magic, 1035-Newstalk ZB and 1386-Radio Tarana managed their best-everÂsignals for me during this freakish surge, which would have been legendary if it had continued throughout the entire session. 
 
531ÂÂ PIÂÂ Auckland, NZÂÂ Good-level Samoan male and female speech at 1205 (with trace of 4KZ underneath). This frequency seems to haveÂits own special propagation, often running contrary to the rest of the MW band (there was no Kiwi propagation surge)Â 
https://app.box.com/s/bmyntn0crmmu6t3eygkjxtogi1prtimh  
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684ÂÂ RhemaÂÂ Gisborne, NZÂÂ Sounding pretty healthy (despite an impending eviction order) with Christian contemporary music // 594 at 1231 
https://app.box.com/s/uwcldud8a2z7jdpt8phbvzystkhq11u9 Â 
 
702ÂÂ MagicÂÂ Auckland, NZÂÂ Best-ever strength with oldies music during Kiwi propagation surge at 1240 
https://app.box.com/s/wkptlzld7cl5dgoq6hzr09ts55f746hm  
 
738ÂÂ Radio PolynesieÂÂ Mahina, TahitiÂÂ Participating in the Kiwi propagation boost with potent jazz music just prior to the 1300 TOH 
https://app.box.com/s/m3zd7joc18kprigyu0nafqua7aamp4q1 Â 
 
765ÂÂ Radio KahungunuÂÂ Napier-Hastins, NZÂÂ Strong Maori music from this 2.5 kW station Â// 603 at 1218 
https://app.box.com/s/h0qswrkoigxigcmhf5gxlqo64tb1cd13 Â 
 
936ÂÂ Chinese VoiceÂÂ Auckland, NZÂÂ Rare 1 kW Kiwi was a major beneficiary of NZ turbo boost with good-level music and speech at 1243 
https://app.box.com/s/sng6i7c70sqm3e5bpymy3mfy1dbpbfdn  
 
1035ÂÂ Newstalk ZBÂÂ Wellington, NZÂÂÂBest-ever strength with NW political talk show during start of Kiwi turbo boost at 1225 
https://app.box.com/s/ngkbwd2pc6znfuqxtifh4aktx4z3c0ah  
 
1386ÂÂ Radio TaranaÂÂ Auckland, NZÂÂ Another Kiwi big gun with best-ever strength, pounding in with S9 level Hindu music at 1246 
https://app.box.com/s/aaguop8hp57aa38eulommx06tm3l22qw  
 
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon, USA) 
7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralights (3) + 
17" and 15" DXpedition FSL antennas 
https://app.box.com/s/fscdusr7ottw9gwlmbjata86nnhgr7id  
 
 
 
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