Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-11

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks, Nick. 

Of course if I was as dedicated as our IRCA Technical Editor I would have made a detailed band check and TP-DX report yesterday morning-- but it's much more fun trying a wacky "Ferrite Frankenstein" gain boost to see how scary I can make 1566-HLAZ sound :-) 

This multiple FSL phasing system may hold promise during future DXpeditions, assuming that ocean cliff weather doesn't send the "Frequent Flyers" sailing into the Pacific. 

73, Gary 


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

From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <nhp@xxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 7:32:52 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-11 

Hope that you enjoyed your overnight visit to Jeju Island Gary. I 
was quite pleased with HLAZ' signal near sunrise this morning, but 
your reception decidedly blew that out of the water. That was quite 
a menacing looking pair of FSLs too. 

best wishes, 

Nick 



At 06:50 12-02-17, d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
>Early morning antenna testing coincided with moderately good TP-DX 
>conditions from 1300-1400 UTC this morning (in predawn darkness). 
>594, 747, 972 and 1575 were managing fair to good signals, while 
>1566-HLAZ was peaking at very good levels. 
> 
>For kicks I phased the gain boost (on 1566-HLAZ's Japanese service 
>at 1321 UTC) from two 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL's onto a 7.5" 
>loopstick CC Skywave model, and ended up with somewhat of a 
>"Frankenstein" boost in gain (S3 without any FSL boost, S5 with one 
>FSL, and S9+ with both FSL's). A photo of this grand extravaganza is 
>posted at https://app.box.com/s/avl1jvccrkjjqrqie387c0hpw5qenx9w , 
>and an MP3 of the huge signal (with weak accompaniment from the NK 
>jammer) is linked below. 
> 
>1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Japanese service at 1321 after double gain 
>boost from two 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL's 
>https://app.box.com/s/sk2pnmobcl37kmp0fkqlmatokslet072 
> 
>73 and Good DX, 
>Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
> 
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