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- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9
- From: C B <bevdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 13:34:09 +0000 (UTC)
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Gary,
That's great news! The 5" FSL overkill! Wow! I am really looking forward to what else will come your way in the Cook Is. Thanks for the report.
73,
Craig Barnes
Wheat Ridge, CO (then off to Kona on Sat:-)
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On Mon, 4/9/18, Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Subject: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9
To: "America, Mailing" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, April 9, 2018, 2:36 AM
A five day trip to Aitutaki in the Southern
Cook Islands kicked off this evening after the successful
deployment of a 5" TSA-friendly FSL antenna and two 7.5"
loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight models. As with all other of
these "Frequent Flyer" FSL models, the antenna breezed
through TSA screening at three different airports, and is
ready to provide inductive coupling gain similar to that of
a 4' air core box loop during this ocean beach trip.
The first DXing session this evening
was primarily designed to check out propagation, and
conditions within the DU area were phenomenal. A 7.5"
loopstick model alone had an S9 mix of 531-PI and More FM,
S9 signals from 540-Samoa, 558-Fiji, 630-Cook Islands,
846-Kiribati, 1017-Tonga and 1098-Marshalls, an S9 Newstalk
ZB in the null of 1017-Tonga, an S9 Newstalk ZB in the null
of 1098-Marshalls, an S9 signal from the 1 kW 936-Chinese
Voice in Auckland, etc. I had planned to set up the 5" FSL
this evening but the hot-rodded CC Skywave was receiving
almost every target station at a huge level, making it seem
like overkill. The conditions here are like a potent mix of
Kona, Hawaii Pacific island propagation and Rockwork 4 New
Zealand propagation (only much better). Really wild
performance from just a 7.5" loopstick-- more details and
MP3's to follow.
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (DXing in Aitutaki, Cook
Islands)
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB models
(2) +
5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna
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