[IRCA] Downeast Maine over Memorial Day

[Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx>]

My wife and I visited Lubec, in âdowneastâ Maine, over the Memorial Day holiday for a combination birding and radio expedition.  Birding was good but DX was better!  Just starting thru the wav files and have âthe pageâ up for my unorthodox way of logging:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh9.php

Seems we hit an âopeningâ on May 29 after the sun burped and produced some amazing conditions towards Brazil and southern Africa.

Check out 657, 756 and 828 â 2 x South Africa and 1 x Malawi!  I always assume EVERYthing has been heard before in Newfoundland but Iâm not sure any of these have been heard in the U.S.

Usual 160â DKAZ was facing 100 deg. - a little south from where I put it in November when Europe/ME are more of a target.

Things went well with the remote Rt antenna until the final morning when âsomebodyâ chewed thru my CAT5 control line out by the back-end of the antenna.  My prime suspect is the ownerâs âpetâ porcupine who I had surprised more than once when driving in or coming outside the house.  I canât imagine that CAT5 tastes good so this guy must hold a grudge.  ;-)

Looking forward to moving thru more wav files but I suspect the DX gods have given about all theyâre going to on this round.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
_______________________________________________
IRCA mailing list
IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers

For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org

To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx