Re: [IRCA] UltraLight List of Firsts and Records

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

To John Bryant and Others,
 
     I am thrilled that the Ultralight List of Firsts  and Records is 
provoking such a great surge in pocket radio interest, much like  the SRF-59 review 
itself accomplished!
 
    Special thanks go to John, who has volunteered his  superb organizational 
talent to give some direction to a bewildered group of  newly-minted, wildly 
enthusiastic pocket radio fanatics.
 
     At the risk of sounding proud, I wish to humbly  claim the honor of 
having the first transoceanic reception using an  SRF-59 (JOIB-747 on November 20, 
2007) and the first reception of South Korea  (HLCA-972 on November 22, 
2007).  JOAK-594 was heard in between these two  on November 20, but as we all 
know, the band has taken a serious dive since  then, providing only a couple of TP 
loggings on an SRF-M37V  in late November (JOIB and JOAK again), and a fluke 
logging of JOAK on the  new SRF-T615 digital wonder in December (on the night 
that it arrived from  Japan, obviously homesick for the land of its birth).
 
     Dennis Vroom, in his great generosity, has  provided me with severe 
competition in pocket radio TP DX, but I will let him  post the full details of 
his loggings, including one of JOUB-747 (never heard  here) which may very well 
hold the record for the farthest transoceanic contact  to date.
 
     One final word to you East Coast Ultralight  TA DXers: the West Coast 
has a serious head start on you guys for  total Ultralight transoceanic DX 
accomplishment!  If you don't  organize, and supply your top TA DXers with SRF-59's 
immediately, the  Culprit may be forced to do it personally, rather than have 
the 2008  competition turn into a boring cakewalk! A word to the wise... hi.
 
                                                                              
                           73,  Gary DeBock
 
                                           





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