Re: [IRCA] Autumn 2016 DXpeditions?

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just a quick note that the 2016 LBI DXpedition has now begun. We have 5
DX'ers currently, with another 5 arriving tomorrow.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>

AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (4) barefoot w/whip
FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4);
modified Sony ICF2010's (3) w/APS9B @ 15';
modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip


On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Mark and thanks for putting together a list of prospective DXpeditions..
>
> After joining the crowd at LBI in a couple of weeks, Iâll be making the
> trek to Quoddy House in a month or so - Nov. 13-20 - then back to Fleeton,
> VA, on the Chesapeake Bay, for a few days in early December and then
> Grayland in February, 2017.
>
> Hoping for quiet geomag conditions and mild weather!
>
> At all locations Iâll be using what has become my âstockâ 160â DKAZ with
> Vactrol termination.  Just completed two more Vactol units yesterday and
> may summon the energy to try an in-line array of closely-spaced DKAZ for
> some added directivity â or take another shot at a broadside array of DKAZ.
>
> Bill Whitacre
> Alexandria, VA
>
> â
>
> > On Oct 20, 2016, at 11:55 PM, Mark Connelly via IRCA <
> irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Autumn 2016 DXpeditions?
> > Date: October 20, 2016 at 11:55:02 PM EDT
> > To: badx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, CapeDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, am@xxxxxxxxxxx,
> irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > I'm curious as to what DXpeditions are on tap before winter sets in.
> >
> > "Who's going where when?"
> >
> > Of greatest interest to me are ones along the US and Canadian Atlantic
> coastline such as:
> > PEI - I think Bruce Conti, Brent Taylor, and some others are signed up
> for that
> > Newfoundland - ?
> > NJ coast (Long Beach Island?)
> >
> > Of course, here in the east, results from those outings are augmented
> well by near-DXpedition-grade home-based reporters such as Allen Willie in
> NL, Michael Yule in NS, Brent Taylor in PEI, Sylvain Naud in QC, a few of
> us in New England, and sporadic contributors from other coastal hotspots
> such as the NC Outer Banks and south FL.
> >
> > Still somewhat relevant to me would be news about DXpeditions in Europe,
> Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.
> >
> > The West Coast guys must have some activities cooked up (such as
> Rockworks, Grayland, and Haida Gwaii).  Every so often trips to Hawaii are
> mentioned.  Japanese and Australian DXers are likely to be active sometime
> too.
> >
> > I'm thinking of doing at least one or two sessions from the car at beach
> sites within an hour's drive time.  Typically these would be around local
> sunset at sites providing more consistent / strong TA and South American
> signals than can normally be obtained at the house.  Maybe I would try to
> coordinate a mini-DXpedition night with others' activities in PEI or NL as
> I've done in some previous years.
> >
> > Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> > South Yarmouth, MA
>
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