Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-4

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Walt, 

<<< I listened in the 14:15 to 15:30 time frame from Point No Point, near 
Victoria, BC using my DeBock modified Tecsun PL-380 ULR. I could hear 774 
and 594 at fair level, but that was about it. What was remarkable, though, 
was how electrically quiet things are in rural locations! What a treat to 
MW DX and hear station after station, simply by rotating the ferrite 
antenna and not hearing any noise. Just like in the good old days! >>> 

Yes, the "good old days" have never ended, for some of us. We may not track down as much total DX as the SDR users, but we certainly track down some serious fun! 

Our two Japanese DXpedition partners at Rockwork 4 last July (Hiroo Nakagawa and Satoshi Miyauchi) are both famous Japanese SDR-DXers, but they both remarked about how the modified Ultralight radios have brought renewed excitement in their DXing hobby. They were both carrying their modified PL-380's around like side arms, during their two ocean cliff DXing sessions. 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



----- Original Message -----

From: "Walter Salmaniw" <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 1:31:10 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-4 

I listened in the 14:15 to 15:30 time frame from Point No Point, near 
Victoria, BC using my DeBock modified Tecsun PL-380 ULR. I could hear 774 
and 594 at fair level, but that was about it. What was remarkable, though, 
was how electrically quiet things are in rural locations! What a treat to 
MW DX and hear station after station, simply by rotating the ferrite 
antenna and not hearing any noise. Just like in the good old days! I was 
also amazed on how little Vancouver interfered with listening, and even our 
local CFAX 1070 was for a bit, not audible at all. Interesting, indeed! 
Reception on this site on the north side of the Straits of Juan de Fuca, 
not far from the entrace, was very similar to reception on the WA and OR 
coasts vis a vis domestic DX at least. 73,...Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC 

On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 9:06 PM, <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

> The Japanese and Korean big guns were once again well represented during 
> the dawn session but the second-tier Asians continued to drop off in 
> strength and variety. The regulars on 594, 693, 747, 774, 828, 972, 1053 
> and 1566 were in and out of good audio as usual from 1430-1515 but the 
> Chinese were missing in action, while 603, 657 and 738 could only manage 
> ghostly audio on peaks. The Chinese propagation that was pretty good a 
> couple days ago has now fizzled out completely with the exception of a 
> strong carrier on 1593 (that couldn't quite manage audio through Seattle 
> splatter). Of course for most of November conditions were much worse, so 
> maybe we should be thankful for the NHK big guns? 
> 
> 73 and Good DX, 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
> 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight+ 
> 15" FSL antenna 
> 
> 
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