Re: [IRCA] Cruises are great for DXing

["Art Blair" <artngwen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A few years ago Gwen and stayed at the Best Western in Eureka, NV. Clean 
rooms, good chow, but the QRN made it impossible to DX. Tim, have you driven 
US50 from Fallon toward Eureka and the Nevada/Utah border? If you have 
you'll know what a desolate drive it is. And thanks for the Border Inn tip.
Art...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Hall" <timhall1@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cruises are great for DXing


> Thanks for the tip about McDermitt.  We're hoping to take another car
> trip to Yellowstone next year, zigzagging around the western states on
> roads we haven't taken before.
>
> Try the Border Inn on US 6/50 at the NV/UT border.  It's an old motel
> and 24-hour truck stop.  You can sit out in your car and run a
> beverage to the E or SE as long as you want.  Great Basin National
> Park (Lehman Caves) are just down the road.  The nearest locals are
> KELY-1230 (about 55 miles) and KNAK-540 (about 80 miles).  The motel
> is nothing special but the non-smoking rooms (on the Utah side) are
> fine.  The restaurant, gas station, and convenience store are on the
> Nevada side (so they can have slot machines).
>
> Someday (probably not until I retire around 2016!) I want to host a
> beverage DXpedition there.
>
> 73, Tim
>
> On 7/16/05, Art Blair <artngwen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Have had some very good luck DXing from McDermitt, NV right on the
>> Nevada/Oregon border.
>> 73
>> Art
>> Folsom, CA
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Doug Pifer" <oregon4wd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Tim Hall" <timhall1@xxxxxxxxx>; "Mailing list for the International
>> Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 8:56 AM
>> Subject: [IRCA] Cruises are great for DXing
>>
>>
>> > Good suggestion.
>> > I head out to the the Great Basin area,  mostly Nevada 4-5 times a year
>> > (usually exploring ghost towns) and alot of the fun I get out of it is
>> > scanning the dial. Except for Reno and Las Vegas, there are very few
>> > stations.  No electrical noise either, hi.
>> > 73- Doug
>> > Albany, OR
>> >
>> >
>> >> San Diego has been pretty useless for MW DX for about 10 years now...
>> >> but you can still (and hopefully always) have good DX when you travel,
>> >> provided you decide carefully where to stay overnight.  Pick a small
>> >> town with few or no locals, and at an IBOC-safe distance from big
>> >> cities, and you're back in business.  Cruises are great for DXing too.
>> >>
>> >> 73, Tim
>> >
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