Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 6) Ultralight DU's for 8-3 (Preliminary)

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Walt,
<<< Nice audio and pictures. Gary Iâm amazed that the pvc stands donât succumb to wind blasts! >>>
Actually the PVC bases are quite stable when there is a 16 kg (35 pound) FSL antenna on top of them! If there is really nasty wind we have some heavy-duty plastic tie wraps to secure the PVC bases to local rocks, or trees.
<<< Do the squatters add any QRN? Would you consider pre-empting them with staying at the site parked in the evening? Might deter a few from parking! >>>
Well, our FSL's actually take up very little space, so it's no problem for us to quickly relocate to another cliff turnoff on Highway 101 (there are 9 of them) if necessary. The RV's haven't caused any RFI that I'm aware of, although the owners do occasionally emit some audio pollution. Rockwork 4 has the tradition of the 88-Kiwi DXpedition in 2014, but it certainly isn't unique in its awesome DU-enhanced propagation, judging by this week's results. Rockwork 5 and 6 have both provided all the DXing excitement we could have hoped for!
73, Gary (in Nehalem, OR)


> On August 3, 2018 at 4:03 PM Volodya S <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     Nice audio and pictures. Gary Iâm amazed that the pvc stands donât succumb to wind blasts!  Do the squatters add any QRN?  Would you consider pre-empting them with staying at the site parked in the evening?  Might deter a few from parking!  73, Walt 
> 
>     On Friday, August 3, 2018, Gary DeBock < d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx mailto:d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> 
>         > >      The Kiwis were definitely on the warpath again this morning as multiple obscure stations had their best session in quite a while (and 738-Magic had its best session ever). The 594-Star duo hit S9, as did 963-Star. Alexandra was especially well represented with a couple of 2 kW stations (531-More FM and 639-RNZ) pounding in at times. Even the "dwarf Star" (576) managed to silence the 50 kW Oz big gun 2RN.
> > 
> >              Unfortunately the "sleeping squatters" had once again jammed up Rockwork 4, as well as Rockwork 5. Craig followed me to the relatively large Rockwork 6 turnoff (the one with the highest elevation), and we did our setup at the southern end, as far as possible from several RV's. The transoceanic propagation at Rockwork 6 certainly didn't disappoint, and we had another thrilling session tracking down multiple low powered NZ stations. The notoriously tough 531-More FM cooperated nicely with 3 ID's in 3 minutes at 1247-- a male-voiced ID at 14 seconds, a female-voiced ID at 15 seconds, and another female-voiced ID at 3:26  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p2et4xa8e602y0ocbzuongxziw7xafrc https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p2et4xa8e602y0ocbzuongxziw7xafrc
> > 
> >         Up until now 531-More FM had only been heard at Rockwork 4 on the west coast, but now it has finally been heard in a new place-- Rockwork 6 :-) More details to follow...
> > 
> >         73 and Good DX,
> > 
> >         Gary DeBock (DXing at Rockwork 6 with Craig Barnes)
> > 
> >         Session photos from this morning posted at https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/exthrjjmdfmtphpsl8wvs8sogy3bdqu1 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/exthrjjmdfmtphpsl8wvs8sogy3bdqu1
> > 
> >         and https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xigucktp07306guw0fh3e4ep49f4qepb https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xigucktp07306guw0fh3e4ep49f4qepb
> > 
> >         7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB and XHDATA D-808 portables + 15" and 17" DXpedition FSL antennas
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