Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's & DU's for 8-18

[Stephen Airy <pianoplayer88key@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gary,

I always enjoy seeing your DXing reports, and listening to the audio files. :)

I was thinking, though.  I would love to see a video of an actual DX session.  It would be interesting to me to see how you do it. :)  Would something like that be possible?

I'd also like to see a couple barefoot vs with-FSL comparisons, preferably with BF-copyable signals. I wonder if it'd exceed the boost given by a SAT + utility pole groundwire?  A couple times I've taken a ~28 dBu signal, and briefly seen ~98 dBu (causing fleeting clipping, done by holding the radio at antenna in wrong orientation then quickly flipping right side up) before desense dropped it to the 80s or so.  How would the FSL or 9-foot air loop compare?

My next DU DX catch will be my first, as will my next Russian longwave catch. (For the latter, not having a suitable antenna, and having deaf radios that are barely above 15 dBu on a 302kHz DGPS station 17 miles away do not help.)  It'd be a bit tough for me to travel very far, though, to do it.  If I could go maybe 30 miles from home, which is a better environment - go to the desert/mountains where the strongest signals are the 50kW skywaves (a few of which approach 55-60+ dBu barefoot) and the strongest groundwaves are below 40 dBu? Or, go to the coast in the populated/RF-saturated city area, where maybe 20+ stations are 60+ dBu and 4-5 may be 84-88 dBu?

So far my best catches, I'm thinking, are...
1575 VOA from ~8500 miles one morning last year, splattered upon by two 50kW 1580s within 300 miles, and
594 JOAK from ~57-5800 miles a few years ago, out from under local 5kW IBOC-spewing 600 KOGO less than 8 miles west. :)
I'd love to be able to get some DUs and improve on those. :) Bonus points for them being near-frequency to some strong locals, like 600, 690, 760, 910, 1130, 1170, 1360, 1470. :)

73, Stephen




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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 10:29 PM PDT d1028gary@xxxxxxx wrote:

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>Hello All,
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>Thanks to Nick and Bill for their TP-DXing reports. The Kiwi and Aussie regulars were temporarily evicted from their frequencies by several Japanese big guns this morning, making for another pretty wild session. Something unusual seemed to be in the making early on around 1215 on the Longwave frequencies, with three of the Radio Rossii stations (153, 180 and 279) constantly pegging the PL-380 S/N readout at the 25 maximum. This was the first time that 180-Rossii had ever managed this kind of turbo-charged signal (although 153 and 279 did it earlier this trip). The Asian trend was no fluke-- the first part of sunrise enhancement brought in 1566-HLAZ, 603-China (Hulun Buir?), 594-JOAK, 693-JOAB, 747-JOIB, 774-JOUB (pegging the PL-380's S/N) and 828-JOBB.
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>The Asian invasion wasn't exactly what I was hoping for during this DU-DXing trip, so I tried my best to null them out with the FSL and chase some new South Pacific DX. Results were mixed, as the DU's seemed to have serious anemia until around 1310. 594-JOAK and 774-JOUB were especially troublesome until finally being evicted by 594-NZ Rhema and 774-3LO around 1315. A vibrant 531 DU mix brought in an UnID Aussie pop music station temporarily on top of 531-PI, with an ID of sorts at 1337. Late on, 675-RNZ and 684-NZ Rhema managed their best signals yet this trip, and 603-R. Waatea finally had a DU co-channel.
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>So far this trip, the Cape Perpetua ocean cliff has been an equal-opportunity signal booster for both Asian and DU stations, depending on the prevailing propagation. 10 signals have managed to max out the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 so far-- 3 Russian Longwaves (153, 180 and 279-Rossii), 3 from New Zealand (531-PI, 567-RNZ and 603-R. Waatea), 2 Australians (639-2HC and 792-4RN) and 2 Japanese (594-JOAK and 774-JOUB). No other FSL-based ocean cliff DXpedition has ever come close to this level of diversity or monster-level signals, so the Cape Perpetua cliff certainly has been exceeding expectations so far. 
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>153-Radio Rossii  Monster signal pegging the PL-380 S/N at 1208
>http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ljnsh05siem5cux/153-R.Rossii-1208z081813PL80.MP3  
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>180-Radio Rossii  Another turbo-charged S/N pegging signal at 1218
>http://www.mediafire.com/listen/u6vdmfnvti9aqpi/180-R.Rossii-1218z081813PL380.MP3 
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>531-UnID Aussie  Temporarily dominant over 531-PI, this pop music station manages a marginal ID at 20 seconds into the recording. Any ideas from Down Under?
>http://www.mediafire.com/listen/1yqnjbcymjb8u95/531-UnID-Aussie-1336z081813PL380.MP3
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>675-RNZ  (Christchurch, NZ, 10 kW)  Best signal yet during this trip with music and YL speech at 1311
>http://www.mediafire.com/listen/qagdf6vaheb7rnf/675-RNZ-1311z081813PL380.MP3
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>684-NZ Rhema  (Gisborne, New Zealand, 5 kW)  Very good strength with ID and public service announcement at 1348
>http://www.mediafire.com/listen/kznvggqgugsd1p4/684-NZ.Rhema-1348z081813PL380.MP3  
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>774-JOUB  (Akita, Japan, 500 kW)  "Asian invasion" flagship station pegging the PL-380 S/N at 1254
>http://www.mediafire.com/listen/w7kjohaj07faocb/774-JOUB-1254z081813PL380.MP3
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>73 and Good DX,
>Gary DeBock (temporarily in Yachats, OR)
>DXing at Cape Perpetua
>7.5" MW loopstick Tescun PL-380 + new 12" FSL antenna
>New on-site setup photo posted at
>http://www.mediafire.com/view/cw5uw5egiwclrqc/CapePerpetuaSetup.jpg 
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