{"id":31973,"date":"2018-05-12T07:05:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T11:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31973"},"modified":"2018-05-12T07:05:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T11:05:57","slug":"sunset-dx-on-gary-debocks-cook-islands-dxpedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/sunset-dx-on-gary-debocks-cook-islands-dxpedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunset DX on Gary DeBock’s Cook Islands DXpedition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock<\/a>, who shares the following notes from his Cook Islands Ultralight DXpedition:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Sunset on the Cook Islands<\/p><\/div>\n

Aitutaki Sunset DX<\/h2>\n

Aitutaki in the Cook Islands had some dazzling sunsets, and [my wife] loved to take sunset pictures with her new phone. Of course, I participated as well. As a result, sunset DXing was pretty rare while on the trip, although 7 USA mainland stations crashed the Kiwi sunset skip DXing sessions later in the evening around 0700 UTC. None of the usual Vancouver-Seattle-Portland-San Francisco TP-DXing pest stations made it to the South Pacific, though– and I didn’t miss them a bit!\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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610 KEAR San Francisco, California (5 kW at 4,610 miles\/ 7,419 km)<\/strong> “Family Radio for the West Coast,” Christian religious format received at fair level at 0835 UTC on 4-12:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/1160KSL0901z041218CCSWANR\/610-KEAR-0835z041218CCSWANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n

Click here to download audio.<\/a><\/p>\n

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640 KFI Los Angeles, California (50 kW at 4,570 miles\/ 7,355 km)<\/strong> Strong (S9) level with commercial ads at 0633 UTC on 4-12:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/1160KSL0901z041218CCSWANR\/640-KFI-0633z041218CCSWANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download audio.<\/a><\/p>\n

1070 KNX Los Angeles, California (50 kW at 4.570 miles\/ 7,355 km)<\/strong> Powerful (S7) level with “1070 Newsradio” ID at 3 seconds, followed by national news at 0730 UTC on 4-10:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/1160KSL0901z041218CCSWANR\/1070-KNX-0730z041018CCSWANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download audio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1160 KSL Salt Lake City, Utah (50 kw at 5,144 miles\/ 8,278 km)<\/strong> Powerful (S7) level with weather and station ID at 33 seconds, followed by public service ads at 0901 UTC on 4-12:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/1160KSL0901z041218CCSWANR\/1160-KSL-0901z041218CCSWANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download audio.<\/a><\/p>\n

1170 KFAQ Tulsa, Oklahoma (50 kW at 5,642 miles\/ 9,080 km)<\/strong> Strong signal over apparent DU English co-channel with “Coast-to-Coast” ID at 44 seconds; thanks to Richard Allen for confirming the broadcast of the program on the station at 0845 UTC on 4-12:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/1160KSL0901z041218CCSWANR\/1170-KFAQ-0845z041218CCSWANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download audio.<\/a><\/p>\n

1430 KMRB San Gabriel, California (9.8 kW at 4,577 miles\/ 7,366 km)<\/strong> Cantonese Chinese format at S7 level with commercial ads at 0830 UTC on 4-12:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/1160KSL0901z041218CCSWANR\/1430-KMRB-0830z041218CCSWANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download audio.<\/a><\/p>\n

1640 KDIA Vallejo, California (10 kW at 4,633 miles\/ 7,456 km)<\/strong> “1640-KDIA” ID at 6 seconds with Christian religious format at S5 level at 0807 UTC on 4-10:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/1160KSL0901z041218CCSWANR\/1640-KDIA-0807z041018CCSWANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download audio.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thank you for sharing, Gary!\u00a0 Your enthusiasm for MW DX is infectious!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following notes from his Cook Islands Ultralight DXpedition: Aitutaki Sunset DX Aitutaki in the Cook Islands had some dazzling sunsets, and [my wife] loved to take sunset pictures with her new phone. Of course, I participated as well. 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