Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tim, up here in the frozen north, we have a 50kw full time on 650...10kw
full time on 660...10kw full timer on 640 and 680....50kw full time on 700,
50kw day21kw night on 1170... probably some of your better bets to hear
Alaska.



On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
> accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I don't
> count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same
> suburban west Michigan location.
>
> I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
> few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
> worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
> stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
> several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
> more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
> bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
> straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
> mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered how
> Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
> purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.
>
> It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
> pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
> opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop was
> also added to the mix a few years ago.
>
> Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
> heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
> 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
> miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of some
> of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
> https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7
>
> Happy New Year & Good DX,
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
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