[IRCA] Oregon Cliff Ultralight DU's for 8-23

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,

In the grand propagation scheme today was probably an "off" day for DU 
signals, but it seems like the local Cliff never stops providing its 
freakish boost to signals from the South Pacific-- even on days like 
today. The regular 10 Kiwis (567, 594, 603, 657, 675, 684, 756, 765, 
792 and 1008 kHz) showed up with good signals as if nothing had 
changed, as well as the 7 regular Aussies (576, 594, 738, 774, 792, 891 
and 1116). 558-A presumed Radio Fiji One finally put in decent signals 
with Island Music around 1335 (although there is no // left to check 
identity), and 738-Tahitit was in a snarling fight with 2NR, trading 
places back and forth in a weird contest. Today's S/N pegging DU's were 
567-RN, 675-RN, 738-Tahiti and 792-4RN, and the regular Aussie-Kiwi 
contests were continuing on 594 and 792 kHz. The only sign of a modest 
slowdown in the Cliff's torrid pace was a relatively early sunrise 
enhancement collapse around 1355, although die-hard 792-2RN stuck it 
out past all the others until around 1405.

Longwave DX was very good, with 153 and 279-Rossii excellent, 180 and 
189-Rossii good, and 164-Mongolia at threshold level. Alaskan NDB-DX 
was excellent, with 19 beacons having been received so far from that 
state (including many booming signals).

One more bizarre day of this DU-DXing paradise and it will be time to 
come down to earth and return to reality-- at least until I can 
persuade some other Puget Sound DXing fanatics to return with me, and 
enjoy the most skewed DU-DXing propagation on the planet...

73, Gary DeBock (in Cannon Beach, OR)
DXing with a 7.5" loopstick PL-380 + 8" diameter FSL antenna (on a 5' 
PVC frame) at "Rockwork 4" sheer ocean cliff 

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