Re: [IRCA] Ultralights and TA's

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- D1028Gary@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Russ,
>  
>      The stock ULR's like the SRF-59, DT-200VX and  others are fully
> capable 
> of barefoot TA or TP reception in states near ocean  locations, but
> they do 
> require very good propagation, and the challenge  becomes more
> difficult as the 
> local QRM increases.
>  



I agree for the most part, but while my location is perhaps 60 miles
from the ocean, that's the shortest distance, due east. TA signals for
the most part arrive between 35 and 60 degrees. At those angles, my
TA path crosses NJ, NYC, CT, RI and Eastern MA - hundreds of miles. So
while I'm near the ocean geographically, I'm not really DX-wise.

Potentially, my best shot at TA's will probably be from North Africa,
although the 2010 has managed to hear 1134 and 1314 which is no longer
on the air over more northerly paths, so with good conditions, it is possible.

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


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