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Re: Another Country heard in Newfoundland on Ultralight Radio
Congratulations, Allen!
You continue to set the pace as the Ultralight Group's #1 Transoceanic DXer-- and a great inspiration to the others. I look forward to the honor (honour) of having a joint DXpedition with you some day!
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
-----Original Message----- From: vo1_001_swl@... [ultralightdx] To: ultralightdx Sent: Thu, Aug 28, 2014 8:59 pm Subject: [ultralightdx] Another Country heard in Newfoundland on Ultralight Radio Hello To All,
Another two " new " stations as well as another " new" country added to the Ultralight radio logbook this evening
1080 khz - ISRAEL - IBA Rashet Dalet various 23:14 UTC 8/28/14 w/ Middle Eastern type music, vocals, crowd cheering after each selection played // webfeed
Ultralight Station # 1286 Trans-Atlantic Station # 514
1359 khz - ETHIOPIA - Voice of the Tigray Revolution, Mekele 2:58 UTC 8/29/14 w/ repetitive sounding string instrument music leading up to the hour , then announcements by man then woman in Tigray language followed by more string instrument music // 5950 Shortwave
New Country on Ultralight # 109 Ultralight Station # 1287
Trans-Atlantic station # 515
Receiver: Sony SRF - M37W barefoot
A Special thanks to Mauno Ritola for his helpful suggestion that the unidentified station I heard earlier a few evenings ago could possibly be this one from Ethiopia with the parallel on Shortwave.
Confirmed tonight it sure was Ethiopia !
Good DX
Allen Willie
Carbonear, Newfoundland
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Another Country heard in Newfoundland on Ultralight Radio
Allen Willie
Hello To All,
Another two " new " stations as well as another " new" country added to the Ultralight radio logbook this evening
1080 khz - ISRAEL - IBA Rashet Dalet various 23:14 UTC 8/28/14 w/ Middle Eastern type music, vocals, crowd cheering after each selection played // webfeed
Ultralight Station # 1286 Trans-Atlantic Station # 514
1359 khz - ETHIOPIA - Voice of the Tigray Revolution, Mekele 2:58 UTC 8/29/14 w/ repetitive sounding string instrument music leading up to the hour , then announcements by man then woman in Tigray language followed by more string instrument music // 5950 Shortwave
New Country on Ultralight # 109 Ultralight Station # 1287 Trans-Atlantic station # 515
Receiver: Sony SRF - M37W barefoot
A Special thanks to Mauno Ritola for his helpful suggestion that the unidentified station I heard earlier a few evenings ago could possibly be this one from Ethiopia with the parallel on Shortwave.
Confirmed tonight it sure was Ethiopia !
Good DX
Allen Willie
Carbonear, Newfoundland
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Re: Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's and DU's for 8-26
Hello Paul,
<<< I would agree with others that the ABC station on 639 would most likely be 5CK at Port Pirie 10Kw, only about 200Km north of Adelaide and 5AN 891.
If it is the same programming as 5AN then it would be in South Australia or Northern Territory.
In the evening ABC run National programming but the SA/NT broadcast is delayed half an hour to compensate for the time zone so you will not hear parallel programming from the eastern states. >>>
Well, that pretty much confirms the 639 ABC LR network logging as 5CK in Port Pirie, SA, Paul. All the other experts (including Sam Dellit) had said that 5CK was the probable identity (since the 1 kW transmitter in Mossman (Eastern Australia) doesn't seem to get out very well, even in Australia. Your information about the half hour delay in ABC LR network programming between the 891-5AN parallel signal and eastern Australia nails down the identity of my 639 ABC logging as 5CK in Port Pirie.
By the way, at 13,075 km (8,125 miles) this 639-5CK logging during the Cape Perpetua DXpedition breaks the current Ultralight radio worldwide 10 kW DX distance record set by Gary Deacon at Seefontein, South Africa on 3-18-2009 for his reception of 1660-WWRU in Elizabeth, NJ, USA at 12,455 km (7,739 miles). Before I get too excited about this, though, I'll need to keep in mind that Tony King of Greytown, NZ (the "Kiwi King" of X-band DX) has probably received other 10 kW DX stations at a farther distance on his PL-380 and tuned loops-- and just hasn't claimed credit for them :-)
<<< I would like to know the path these signals are taking, as they really only have oceans to the south and it is quite a long overland haul to the east. >>>
Me too, Paul. Many times 891-5AN has had a blistering signal on the USA west coast while all the eastern Australian stations were completely inaudible. There are definitely two different propagation paths involved!
73 and Thanks,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Philbrook pphilbro@... [ultralightdx] To: ultralightdx Sent: Thu, Aug 28, 2014 2:57 am Subject: [ultralightdx] Re: Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's and DU's for 8-26 Gary,
I would agree with others that the ABC station on 639 would most likely be 5CK at Port Pirie 10Kw, only about 200Km north of Adelaide and 5AN 891.
If it is the same programming as 5AN then it would be in South Australia or Northern Territory.
In the evening ABC run National programming but the SA/NT broadcast is delayed half an hour to compensate for the time zone so you will not hear parallel programming from the eastern states.
I would like to know the path these signals are taking, as they really only have oceans to the south and it is quite a long overland haul to the east.
Best wishes,
Paul
Adelaide, South Australia
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Re: AM stations from Greenland
Bruce Conti
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Myamiphil myamiphil@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:
None of those cities are in the way on 720 kHz. You would have to tune to the lower side of 720 kHz to avoid WOR HD New York interference though, but it could be done in the narrow 715 to 720 kHz open space between the 5 kHz limited WOR analog and the WOR HD digital signals. 650 kHz has WSRO Ashland (Boston) and CKGL Newfoundland co-channel in addition to 660 WFAN New York interference, and of course you would have to get by WMCA New York to receive 570 kHz, but 720 should be doable with an ultralight that has selectable bandwidths of 3, 2, and 1 kHz such as the Tecsun PL-380. October and November have typically been the best for DX from high latitudes. |
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Re: AM stations from Greenland
Phillip Fimiani
Even if I had a very good directional antenna, I have several possible cities in the way... Boston for one, Hartford CT, and all else that might be in NH and VT. I think Quebec might be inline too... I have too many radio stations here in NJ lol. I might luck out if I was to get to the
shore, either on the coast of NJ or possibly farther south.... possibly picking up a water path. Oh well. Guess a trip to Maine is in order. Best Regards Phil WA2069SWL Lat: 40.8367633 Long: -74.1768412 From: "neilkaz neilkaz@... [ultralightdx]" To: ultralightdx@... Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [ultralightdx] Re: AM stations from Greenland From DXpeds in Cappahayden (about 110 km South of St. John's) we heard them all over the years with Beverages. 720 was by far the easiest and in late fall could start skipping in several hours prior to sunset. The others were more difficult, and there was also one on 900. Best times for the others were typically near sunrise. Note that three of these are on TA channels and that by sunrise the TA's should have faded.
Quite a few DXers on Cape Cod got 720 a couple years ago. Note that CHTN had gone to FM and that they don't have serious QRM on 720 around sunset. Whether anyone tried for them with a ULR, I don't know, but suspect when it was in well, they could probably get it barefoot. I'm quite sure that Sylvain Naud who lives north of Quebec City has them logged with his Bevs. One of the most interesting catches of my 50 years of DXing was getting them from my WI DX Paradise spot 20 miles north of Milwaukee on a bluff 150 ft above Lake Michigan. The QRN issue, of course is WGN, but I phased two BOGs aimed about 30-35 degrees and was able to knock WGN down enough to have Greenland almost equal to it on peaks for nearly half an hour using my Drake R8B until it faded down. I'd probably had them in the mix previously, as I'd noted stuff that surely didn't sound Spanish (Canary Is. or a Mexican off the back end) nor Portugese a couple of times. In that directions there's well over 100 miles of open water before any land, and while fresh water isn't as good as salt water for DX, I think there's still about 10 dB enhancement vs having no water. Re: the other stns from Greenland. I don't know anyone who's logged any of them from the USA in recent history. 720 is in southwest Greenland and is the closest and has a water path. I do know that DXers visiting St. Anthony logged them daytime on a portable. 73 KAZ Barrington IL/Grafton WI -----Original Message----- >From: "vo1_001_swl@... [ultralightdx]" >Sent: Aug 28, 2014 10:12 AM >To: ultralightdx@... >Subject: [ultralightdx] Re: AM stations from Greenland > >Hello Phil, > > > Here in Newfoundland I have heard two outlets from Greenland in years past , the strongest and easiest to hear from here being on 720. > > > During the winters past it was audible at times almost around the clock here. The other frequency I have heard Greenland on was 570. > > > 650 and 810 were a couple of frequencies I hadn't logged Greenland on previously. > > > > > Good DX > > > Allen Willie > Carbonear, Newfoundland > 47'44"15 N 53'13"46W > > |
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Re: AM stations from Greenland
neilkaz <neilkaz@...>
From DXpeds in Cappahayden (about 110 km South of St. John's) we heard them all over the years with Beverages. 720 was by far the easiest and in late fall could start skipping in several hours prior to sunset. The others were more difficult, and there was also one on 900. Best times for the others were typically near sunrise. Note that three of these are on TA channels and that by sunrise the TA's should have faded.
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Quite a few DXers on Cape Cod got 720 a couple years ago. Note that CHTN had gone to FM and that they don't have serious QRM on 720 around sunset. Whether anyone tried for them with a ULR, I don't know, but suspect when it was in well, they could probably get it barefoot. I'm quite sure that Sylvain Naud who lives north of Quebec City has them logged with his Bevs. One of the most interesting catches of my 50 years of DXing was getting them from my WI DX Paradise spot 20 miles north of Milwaukee on a bluff 150 ft above Lake Michigan. The QRN issue, of course is WGN, but I phased two BOGs aimed about 30-35 degrees and was able to knock WGN down enough to have Greenland almost equal to it on peaks for nearly half an hour using my Drake R8B until it faded down. I'd probably had them in the mix previously, as I'd noted stuff that surely didn't sound Spanish (Canary Is. or a Mexican off the back end) nor Portugese a couple of times. In that directions there's well over 100 miles of open water before any land, and while fresh water isn't as good as salt water for DX, I think there's still about 10 dB enhancement vs having no water. Re: the other stns from Greenland. I don't know anyone who's logged any of them from the USA in recent history. 720 is in southwest Greenland and is the closest and has a water path. I do know that DXers visiting St. Anthony logged them daytime on a portable. 73 KAZ Barrington IL/Grafton WI -----Original Message-----
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Re: AM stations from Greenland
Allen Willie
Hello Phil, Here in Newfoundland I have heard two outlets from Greenland in years past , the strongest and easiest to hear from here being on 720. During the winters past it was audible at times almost around the clock here. The other frequency I have heard Greenland on was 570. 650 and 810 were a couple of frequencies I hadn't logged Greenland on previously. Good DX Allen Willie Carbonear, Newfoundland 47'44"15 N 53'13"46W |
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Newfoundland Ultralight Radio Logs Aug 28
Allen Willie
Hello to All,
Propagation here early this morning favored signals from the west and south. Two more entries added to the Ultralight log as follows:
1020 - WURN - Kendall, Florida 8:10 UTC 8/28/14 w/ Spanish talk by man and woman, numerous mentions of Kendall in ads and promos , ID's as " Actualidad Miami" // tunein.com webfeed
Ultralight Station # 1285 Latin Station # 288
Receiver: Sony SRF - M37W barefoot
Good DX
Allen Willie
Carbonear, Newfoundland
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Re: Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's and DU's for 8-26
Paul VK5PC
Gary, I would agree with others that the ABC station on 639 would most likely be 5CK at Port Pirie 10Kw, only about 200Km north of Adelaide and 5AN 891. If it is the same programming as 5AN then it would be in South Australia or Northern Territory.
In the evening ABC run National programming but the SA/NT broadcast is delayed half an hour to compensate for the time zone so you will not hear parallel programming from the eastern states. I would like to know the path these signals are taking, as they really only have oceans to the south and it is quite a long overland haul to the east.
Best wishes, Paul Adelaide, South Australia |
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Re: 639-Australia UnID Stations at Cape Perpetua, OR
Hello Sam,
Thanks very much for listening to the 639 Australian MP3's, and for deciphering the Coffs Harbour mention in the 1338z recording. Thanks also for your detailed assessment of Australian stations on the frequency, which is greatly appreciated!
As you have suggested, 2HC is the Australian station most often received here in North America on 639, having been received during various ocean coast DXpeditions,.and occasionally at west coast DXers' homes. The 5 kW directional pattern seems to give it a great boost in this direction, and last year (at the same location) I'm fairly sure that it was the Australian on 639 with a strong talkback-format signal. Reception of the ABC LR network on the frequency is much less common here on the west coast, and yesterday was the first time that I've been able to accomplish this myself. It would be great if we had some way to determine whether the signal came from 5CK or 4MS, but of course ABC doesn't seem to be in the habit of providing local ID's to accommodate DXers' wishes in this matter :-)
73 and Thanks,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
-----Original Message-----
From: samuel.s.dellit@... [ultralightdx] To: ultralightdx Sent: Wed, Aug 27, 2014 4:27 am Subject: [ultralightdx] Re: 639-Australia UnID Stations at Cape Perpetua, OR Hello Gary
Your reports of Oceania MW DX are always interesting & appreciated.
Your 639kHz 1338z recording has a clear mention of Coffs Harbour just after the halfway point.
Must be 2HC. This station has 5kW tx power but the DA pushes about 20kW towards NW USA. Add 6-10 dB of sea gain (tx is less than 1km from the coast). I would expect 2HC would be the dominant Aussie mostly on this frequency, next 5CK. 8RN & 4MS are less efficient radiators from memory & would be much more difficult catches.
Regards
Sam Dellit
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AM stations from Greenland
Phillip Fimiani
Has anyone on the East Coast US ever picked up any stations from Greenland? I got this post from the MWDX list. There will be some stations coming online....
snip................ I had news from Greenland today confirming frequencies and power of the three Medium Wave transmitters which are due to reopen in the next months:
Qeqertarsuaq – 650 kHz (5 kW) - due on the air in October or November 2014 Nuuk - 570 kHz (5 kW) - due on the air in January, February or March 2015 Simiutaq, Qaqortoq – 720 kHz (10 kW) - due on the air around June 1st 2015
With the reopening of these three MW frequencies, all plans about the launch of a Short Wave transmitter in Greenland have been given up for the time being.
When all three MW transmitters are back on the air, it will decided if more MW frequencies are to be relaunched.
Best 73's Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Denmark snip..........................something to look for perhaps Phil WA2069SWL Lat: 40.8367633 Long: -74.1768412 |
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Oklahoma TP DX 8/27/14
bbwrwy
With the k-index at 5, I listened on 702 kHz (250°) at sunrise (1158 UTC)
this morning, hearing a weak carrier at 1155, strongest by 1202, fading away at 1208. No audio was detected, but most it was certainly from 2BL. Only slight QRM from XEGD 700 kHz. It's still a bit too early in the season to hear any signal from Japanese this far inland. The earliest I've heard a signal from Asia was on 9/8/13. Receiver: Tecsun PL-380 with an eight-inch FSL antenna. Looking forward to a good season of TP DX. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. |
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Oklahoma TP DX 8/27/14
bbwrwy
With the k-index at 5, I listened on 702 kHz (250°) at sunrise (1158 UTC)
this morning, hearing a weak carrier at 1155, strongest by 1202, fading away at 1208. No audio was detected, but most it was certainly from 2BL. Only slight QRM from XEGD 700 kHz. It's still a bit too early in the season to hear any signal from Japanese this far inland. The earliest I've heard a signal from Asia was on 9/8/13. Receiver: Tecsun PL-380 with an eight-inch FSL antenna. Looking forward to a good season of TP DX. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. |
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Re: 639-Australia UnID Stations at Cape Perpetua, OR
samuel.s.dellit@...
Hello Gary
Your reports of Oceania MW DX are always interesting & appreciated. Your 639kHz 1338z recording has a clear mention of Coffs Harbour just after the halfway point. Must be 2HC. This station has 5kW tx power but the DA pushes about 20kW towards NW USA. Add 6-10 dB of sea gain (tx is less than 1km from the coast). I would expect 2HC would be the dominant Aussie mostly on this frequency, next 5CK. 8RN & 4MS are less efficient radiators from memory & would be much more difficult catches. Regards Sam Dellit |
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Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's and DU's for 8-26
Hello All,
The last morning at Cape Perpetua turned out to be the wackiest, especially for Australian propagation after sunrise. The narrow Highway 101 turnoff made up for its dicey weather and cramped space by providing one of the most thrilling DXing sessions imaginable, with wild mixes of DU stations fighting it out on various frequencies.
At the 1100 start time the weather was cold and clear, with strong winds making it once again necessary to strap down the FSL antenna and its PVC base with 175-lb. test plastic tie wraps around the guard rail posts. Like yesterday the Japanese seemed to be in hibernation early on, with the Chinese and Korean stations ruling the roost in the total darkness. All three CRI stations on 1017, 1206 and 1323 were vibrant from 1100-1200, while the 1053-Korean Jammer was fighting it out with an ID Chinese station. Also like yesterday, all the Asians conveniently bailed out around 1300, leaving the band to the Kiwis and Aussies. The NZ stations were the first to build up strength (led by the overachieving 531-PI, which hit its usual blowtorch level around 1305) but were quickly overshadowed by potent Australian stations all over the band. With an unsolved Oz mystery station on 639 I devoted some serious time to the frequency, and ended up with a potent snarl of an ABC LR-network station // 891 and a commercial-sounding station (as reported earlier). 891 itself had a wild mix, and on 567 the Australian Julia Creek station seemed to be riding herd over RNZ. With the 639 mystery a top priority there wasn't near enough live DXing time to go after all the potent Oz stations coming out of the woodwork across the band, but the situation was very similar to the phenomenal Kiwi opening that Chuck and I experienced last month at Rockwork 4. If someone had set up his Perseus-SDR at the Cape Perpetua site this morning he would have made out like a bandit-- recording obscure Aussies in serious quantity.
639 UnID Australian ABC LR network station parallel to 891 in a potent mix with a commercial Oz station at 1342--
but no way to tell which of the two Australian LR network stations it was
639 UnID Australian Commercial-sounding Oz station dominant over the ABC LR network station at 1338
891 5AN Adelaide, Australia (50 kW) Another wild mix this morning of the LR network big gun and another DU,
making it tricky to use as an LR network parallel
1053 Korean Jammer In a mix with a vibrant Chinese station at 1120 (presumably not its jamming target :-)
1206 CRI Yanbian, China (150 kW) Korean service at a good level around 1153
1323 CRI Huadian, China (600 kW) Potent signal with Russian service and interval music at 1130
1593 CNR1 Changzhou, China (600 kW) Powerful Chinese YL speech and music at 1223
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (back in Puyallup, WA, USA)
DXing at Cape Perpetua, OR
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 15" DXpedition FSL antenna
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639-Australia UnID Stations at Cape Perpetua, OR
Hello All,
Thanks again to Chuck, Theo and Guy for their suggestions on the 639-UnID mystery from Australia.
On the last day of the Cape Perpetua DXpedition Australian propagation was exceptional from 1315-1400, leading to wild mixes of Australian stations on both 639 and 891. On 639 two stations were fighting it out, one an ABC LR Network station // 891 and another commercial-sounding station. The commercial-sounding station was dominant in this vibrant mix recorded at 1338z (with an ID or promotion of sorts right at the beginning of the MP3):
The other Australian on 639 was paralleled with 891-5AN of the ABC LR Network, and is dominant over the commercial-sounding station in this vibrant mix recorded at 1342:
Another strong 639 recording was made earlier at 1317, with an ABC-sounding interview format on a station all alone on the frequency. Although this signal was not checked against 891, it is probably the same ABC LR network station
Of course there are two ABC LR network stations in Australia on 639, but apparently only one commercial station (2HC). Any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated.
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (back in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's and DU's for 8-25
Hello All,
This morning's wild session provided a good example of why the Cape Perpetua ocean cliff is worth a visit, despite its tricky weather and rather remote location. Both Asian and DU signals were very strong this morning, with the Asians conveniently leaving the band right at sunrise to make way for the DU's. First of all, thanks very much to Chuck, Theo, Guy and all others who listened to the 639 mystery MP3 from yesterday, and dug out the DU English and ABC identity clues. The station was back again this morning at a better level around 1345, and definitely is Australian (i.e. not // 675). It didn't stick around for very long, though.
The narrow Highway 101 turnoff had clear skies and an awesome display of stars at the 1110 UTC start time, with the Chinese and Koreans ruling the roost as the Japanese big guns were a little off from their usual strength. A bizarre fade in from a Chinese station on 558 (with no apparent HLQH or JOCR) made things interesting around 1135. The Chinese and Koreans hit their peak strength from 1230-1300, with 1593-CNR1 providing a blowtorch signal at the 1300 TOH. A major South Pacific rally started shortly thereafter, with numerous Kiwi stations (531, 594, 603, 657, 675 and 684) dispatching the Asians on their frequencies, and 675-RNZ reaching a best-ever level. After a short pause the Australians joined in the DU rally, with the big guns on 576, 792 and 891 hitting potent levels. The mystery Aussie "talker" on 639 was a prime target and it was fairly decent around 1342, but nosedived shortly thereafter. On the other hand,the Kiwis on 675 and 684 both managed slightly better signals than they did during the entire Rockwork 4 DXpedition last month, although a search for last month's really obscure NZ catches (on 576, 585 and 936) came up empty. It was nice to hear some pretty vibrant Australian signals again, after their meager performance last month. [Signals with double asterisk (**) pegged PL-380's S/N display]
594 NZ Rhema Timaru/ Wanganui, New Zealand (5 kW/ 2 kW) Christian contemporary music at good level at 1330,
639 UnID- Australian Mystery DU English "talker format" station from yesterday at fairly good level temporarily at 1342;
anybody in Oz recognize the presenter(s) voices?
675 RNZ Christchurch, New Zealand (10 kW) Strong male to male interview at 1321 // 567; best signal ever heard
from this station (usually weaker than 567)
684 NZ Rhema Gisborne, New Zealand (5 kW) Decent signal with Christian contemporary music // 594 at 1350;
includes Rhema ID at end of MP3
**738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti (20 kW) Blowtorch signal as usual with French disco music at 1124
792 4RN Brisbane, Australia (25 kW) Deep-voiced male presenter introducing exotic-sounding music at 1334, // 576
891 5AN Adelaide, Australia (50 kW) Good-level interview at 1353 right before propagation collapsed
**972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea (1500 kW) KBS big gun testing the crunch resistance of my PL-380 with music
**1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea (250 kW) Japanese service at typical blowtorch level around 1257
**1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand (1000 kW) Asian language lady sounding very much like 1000 kW at 1224
**1593 CNR1 Changzhou, China (600 kW) Nuclear-level Chinese speech and 5 + 1 time pips at the 1300 TOH;
this was the strongest Chinese signal I've ever heard in a DXpedition
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Yachats, OR)
DXing at Cape Perpetua
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL380 Ultralight + 15" DXpedition FSL antenna
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Newfoundland Ultralight Radio Log August 25
Allen Willie
Hello To All, New catch this evening on Ultralight radio as follows: 1053 kHz - SPAIN - COPE various tx 23:35 UTC 8/25/14 man talking to woman in Spanish teletalk // 999 kHz & webfeed ( peaking at times over Talksport Radio UK )
Receiver: Sony SRF-M37W barefoot
Allen Willie |
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Re: Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24
Hi Rob,
<<< Glad to hear you are having fun out on the Cliff again!! >>>
Well, it's the same kind of "fun" as chasing new NDB's in the back yard during winter with frozen fingers-- the "fun" depends on how much "fun" you can track down!
<<< But….would you please settle those winds down a bit as Next Sunday I am flying to Seattle to board a Cruise Ship for a trip up the Alaska Coast Line……I was hoping to be able to go out on the deck and check out the scenery!!! Maybe even turn on a Radio while I was up there!! I'm a very Fragile Person and don't like getting Wet or Cold!! AHHAHAHHA…. >>>
No problem, brother!! Clear weather and calm seas coming right up-- along with all the Aussie and Kiwi DX you can handle on your barefoot SRF-T615-- at high noon in the cruise ship's dining room-- without really trying!! What more could you ask for??? (except for maybe someone who hasn't spent WAY too much time on these wacky ocean cliffs...)
73, Gary
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Ross va3sw@... [ultralightdx] To: ultralightdx Sent: Sun, Aug 24, 2014 4:19 pm Subject: Re: [ultralightdx] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24 On 2014-08-24, at 5:37 PM, D1028Gary@... [ultralightdx] wrote:
Hi Gary….Glad to hear you are having fun out on the Cliff again!!
But….would you please settle those winds down a bit as Next Sunday I am flying to Seattle to board a Cruise Ship for a trip up the Alaska Coast Line……I was hoping to be able to go out on the deck and check out the scenery!!! Maybe even turn on a Radio while I was up there!! I'm a very Fragile Person and don't like getting Wet or Cold!! AHHAHAHHA….
73…ROB
Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24
Sorry for the double MP3 link for the 1566-HLAZ Chinese service sign off at 1229 UTC at Cape Perpetua this morning.
The link for 1566-HLAZ's Japanese service sign on at 1230 UTC (at equally freakish strength) is
73, Gary DeBock (in Yachats, OR)
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary DeBock via IRCA To: irca ; ultralightdx Sent: Sun, Aug 24, 2014 2:37 pm Subject: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24 Attached Message
Hello All,
It was a wild morning at the Highway 101 turnoff on the side of Oregon's highest
ocean side cliff this morning, with gale force winds pounding the turnoff with
serious force. Since this is normal cliff-side weather, however, the weather
preparations for the radios and 15" FSL generally allowed the DXing session to
proceed normally. The FSL and its PVC base were tied down securely with 175 lb.
test plastic tie wraps, although the clipboard-mounted log sheets took flight
during a severe wind gust.
In general it was an Asian morning here on the Oregon coast, with extremely
potent signals from several Japanese and Korean big guns. 531-PI's overwhelming
signal was a notable exception, with the 5 kW Kiwi fighting it out with an
apparent 531-JOQG before sending the NHK1 station into total oblivion around
1312. 1566-HLAZ had a meltdown-level signal for both its Chinese service sign
off at 1229 and its Japanese service sign on at 1230, while 657-Pyongyang,
972-HLCA, 1134-JOQR and 1593-CNR1 were all vibrant.
The mysteries of the wild morning were a mix of Chinese and apparent DU English
on 684 around 1324 and a mystery TP station (in an unknown language) all alone
on 639 right before the propagation folded at 1402. Hopefully Asian language
experts can listen to the MP3's and provide some suggestions. Overall, it was a
very thrilling session-- in more ways than one.
531 PI Auckland, NZ 5 kW Blowtorch level signal at 1248 after finally
dispatching an anemic JOQG
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/r74s7ufdr8jcgzu/531-PI-1248z082414PL380.MP3
531 PI-Mix Apparent mix of the Samoan-language Kiwi station and JOQG around
1142 (higher voice is PI)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/xnu4pru9ifwvwaf/531-PI-mix-1144z082414PL380.MP3
603 Namyang, S. Korea (500 kW) Temporarily strong at 1312 with Korean pop
music, seemingly // 558
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/d5ddyr8d9jaybzd/603-HLSA-1312z082414PL380.MP3
639 UnID-TP Mystery station (in mystery language) showing up right before
propagation folded at 1402.
Male-to-male conversation doesn't sound Chinese or Japanese, and
KFI had already faded. Any ideas?
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/favfq70wzj2q34z/639-UnID-TP-1358z082414PL380.MP3
657 Pyongyang, N. Korea Female vocal chorus with typical music at 1308
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ydq1uwmszvqg397/657-Pyongyang-1308z082414PL380.MP3
684 China- Mix UnID Chinese + apparent DU English station underneath at
1325-- maybe NZ Rhema?
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5796f6kg8c3903p/684-China-mix-1325z082414PL380.MP3
1134 JOQR Tokyo, Japan (100 kW) Japanese ladies giggling up an S9 storm at
1344
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5mybcrnbf6tctmz/1134-JOQR-1344z082414PL380.MP3
1566 HLAZ Jeju, S, Korea (250 kW) Chinese service signoff at meltdown level
at 1229
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vmxb49jtdymhyk9/1566-HLAZ-1229z082414PL380.MP3
Japanese service sign on at same blowtorch level at 1230-- ocean
coast propagation at its finest
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vmxb49jtdymhyk9/1566-HLAZ-1229z082414PL380.MP3
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (DXing at Cape Perpetua, central Oregon coast)
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 15" DXpedition FSL antenna
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