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August 1-4 Rockwork Cliff Portable + FSL Antenna Highlights & MP3's
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From August 1-4 the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon was once again the scenic venue for all-out DU-DXing with simple portables (CC Skywave and XHDATA D-808 models) and several 6 inch (15cm) FSL antennas on 4 foot (1.2m) PVC bases. My trip coincided with DXpedition partner Tom Rothlisberger (who used an SDR and broadband loop) only on the August 4th session.
In contrast to last year's record breaking DXpedition the Australian propagation was limited, but the New Zealand stations were as strong as ever, along with 1017-Tonga and (sometimes) 558-Fiji. The Highway 101 turnoff always had a few "interlopers" to make antenna setup interesting, but as far as I know both Tom and I were always able to set up as we desired in the predawn darkness. Highlights were exceptional signals from low-powered Kiwis like 765-Kahungunu and 936-Chinese Voice on August 1st, an excellent session for 558-Radio Fiji One on August 2nd and the chance (along with Tom) to enjoy romping Kiwi low and mid-band propagation-- something fairly unique among west coast reports this season. Although Longwave action was very limited the Kiwi MW signals were memorable indeed, and well worth the trip. 531 More FM Alexandra, NZ 2 kW This station is fairly unusual DX on the west coast except at the Rockwork cliff. Local adverts ("for New Zealanders like you") at 1259 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/476thl6136gbfxuia1kagay4mktlkg8j Modern rock and Yankee-accented female ID (at 59 seconds) at 1312 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/m821rvyz60oych2xdu4yh2bqygmk59u4 . 558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji 10 kW This island music station showed up every day but had an exceptional session on 8-2. This S9 island music was at 1309 on 8-2 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pc1hlnbwrpuyuq6skzi673oyuuut8rrq More typical island music at 1317 on 8-2 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ije2ur8p0rgbw462zr5ofi3p60d6cvh3 Island music and native language ID ("Radio Fiji One, na domoiviti" at 17 seconds) at 1259 on 8-2 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1h7s5igpduy7b8y2ba5hrh3ij3ov3uoo 576 Star Hamilton, NZ 2.5 kW The "dwarf Star" easily gets its music through without any Aussie competition at 1313 on 8-1; the 657-Star parallel (S9+) is checked from 38 seconds on https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/a3gg2d7twcdcxjrctb8x61ix8b8f7vy0 765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ 2.5 kW Blaster signal with Māori music and chants at 1242 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rjgzjg41818tsmhwyjy2ig80j6okr4i4 936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ 1 kW Another huge Kiwi signal with Chinese music from this low powered ethnic station at 1247 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/z6ikxhnqq7lxg3ihdbb2t3bir8w4f0ce More S9+ Chinese music from this 1 kw blaster at 1243 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vn3rz5i04pw9sgjvxafhhdcut7lx5tjd Female Chinese vocal music at 1237 during the romping 8-1 session https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dc8w9ssas0n9uiodziguwse1og7z6sfg 1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga 10 kW The usual blowtorch signal with island music at 1249 on 8-3 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rifhba8fabyc8b9r2ttu0k9ec0boprmq Native language male speech testing the portable's front end crunch level at 1308 on 8-3 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1ar4q1xi5v6v1ynx33ex92r0ho0ksilz 1017 Newstalk ZB Christchurch, NZ 10 kW Very unusual for this Kiwi station to be completely dominant over Tonga at an S9 level at 1305 on 8-3 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/tskd8we1wd3tme48umip4lsg02h5ny6o 1107 Magic Talk Tauranga/ Rotorua, NZ 5/ 3 kW Another S9+ Kiwi signal with male hosted call-in talk at 1308 on 8-3 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ninueft9zhafinmswoyhn9jviicnd17k Gary DeBock (DXing with Tom Rothlisberger at the Rockwork ocean cliff from August 1-4) 7.5 inch (19cm) loopstick CC Skywave and XHDATA D-808 portables + three 6 inch (15 cm) FSL antennas August 2022 Rockwork DXpedition video posted at (11) August 2022 Rockwork Cliff DU-DXpedition - YouTube |
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C B
Gary, Thanks for the great report and recordings from another productive Rockwork session! 73, Craig Barnes
On Saturday, August 13, 2022, 02:15:02 AM PDT, Gary DeBock via groups.io <d1028gary@...> wrote:
From August 1-4 the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon was once again the scenic venue for all-out DU-DXing with simple portables (CC Skywave and XHDATA D-808 models) and several 6 inch (15cm) FSL antennas on 4 foot (1.2m) PVC bases. My trip coincided with DXpedition partner Tom Rothlisberger (who used an SDR and broadband loop) only on the August 4th session. In contrast to last year's record breaking DXpedition the Australian propagation was limited, but the New Zealand stations were as strong as ever, along with 1017-Tonga and (sometimes) 558-Fiji. The Highway 101 turnoff always had a few "interlopers" to make antenna setup interesting, but as far as I know both Tom and I were always able to set up as we desired in the predawn darkness. Highlights were exceptional signals from low-powered Kiwis like 765-Kahungunu and 936-Chinese Voice on August 1st, an excellent session for 558-Radio Fiji One on August 2nd and the chance (along with Tom) to enjoy romping Kiwi low and mid-band propagation-- something fairly unique among west coast reports this season. Although Longwave action was very limited the Kiwi MW signals were memorable indeed, and well worth the trip. 531 More FM Alexandra, NZ 2 kW This station is fairly unusual DX on the west coast except at the Rockwork cliff. Local adverts ("for New Zealanders like you") at 1259 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/476thl6136gbfxuia1kagay4mktlkg8j Modern rock and Yankee-accented female ID (at 59 seconds) at 1312 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/m821rvyz60oych2xdu4yh2bqygmk59u4 . 558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji 10 kW This island music station showed up every day but had an exceptional session on 8-2. This S9 island music was at 1309 on 8-2 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pc1hlnbwrpuyuq6skzi673oyuuut8rrq More typical island music at 1317 on 8-2 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ije2ur8p0rgbw462zr5ofi3p60d6cvh3 Island music and native language ID ("Radio Fiji One, na domoiviti" at 17 seconds) at 1259 on 8-2 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1h7s5igpduy7b8y2ba5hrh3ij3ov3uoo 576 Star Hamilton, NZ 2.5 kW The "dwarf Star" easily gets its music through without any Aussie competition at 1313 on 8-1; the 657-Star parallel (S9+) is checked from 38 seconds on https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/a3gg2d7twcdcxjrctb8x61ix8b8f7vy0 765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ 2.5 kW Blaster signal with Māori music and chants at 1242 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rjgzjg41818tsmhwyjy2ig80j6okr4i4 936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ 1 kW Another huge Kiwi signal with Chinese music from this low powered ethnic station at 1247 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/z6ikxhnqq7lxg3ihdbb2t3bir8w4f0ce More S9+ Chinese music from this 1 kw blaster at 1243 on 8-1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vn3rz5i04pw9sgjvxafhhdcut7lx5tjd Female Chinese vocal music at 1237 during the romping 8-1 session https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dc8w9ssas0n9uiodziguwse1og7z6sfg 1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga 10 kW The usual blowtorch signal with island music at 1249 on 8-3 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rifhba8fabyc8b9r2ttu0k9ec0boprmq Native language male speech testing the portable's front end crunch level at 1308 on 8-3 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1ar4q1xi5v6v1ynx33ex92r0ho0ksilz 1017 Newstalk ZB Christchurch, NZ 10 kW Very unusual for this Kiwi station to be completely dominant over Tonga at an S9 level at 1305 on 8-3 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/tskd8we1wd3tme48umip4lsg02h5ny6o 1107 Magic Talk Tauranga/ Rotorua, NZ 5/ 3 kW Another S9+ Kiwi signal with male hosted call-in talk at 1308 on 8-3 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ninueft9zhafinmswoyhn9jviicnd17k Gary DeBock (DXing with Tom Rothlisberger at the Rockwork ocean cliff from August 1-4) 7.5 inch (19cm) loopstick CC Skywave and XHDATA D-808 portables + three 6 inch (15 cm) FSL antennas August 2022 Rockwork DXpedition video posted at (11) August 2022 Rockwork Cliff DU-DXpedition - YouTube |
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 02:38 PM, C B wrote:
Thanks Craig, We missed you at the Rockwork Cliff, but there is always next year. All of my DU-DX was with 6 inch FSL antennas identical to yours. Good luck on the house search, and see you again later! Gary |
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