Re: [IRCA] Uralights at Grayland

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis,

Congratulations on an excellent trip to Grayland under less than 
ideal conditions. Some Excellent logs.  Especially a big BRAVO on 
snagging (maybe obliterating is a better word)  the overall longest 
distance record from North America and World-wide, using a barefoot 
ultralight radio.  The record has been held by Allen Willie of St. 
Johns for his reception of Radio Sawa-1431, Djibouti at 5906 miles. 
Your VOA Reception from the parking lot at the fabled Grayland Motel 
should be around 7200 miles... on an SRF-39. These record-breaking 
trans-oceanic receptions have been coming so fast that I've gotten 
kind of jaded, I guess. Since I happen to have an SRF-39FP sitting 
here beside the computer... I look at that durn thing and just get 
the shivers when I realize that one of us heard bloody THAILAND on it 
from the West Coast, standing in a parking lot. A year ago, I'd have 
bet at least half my pension that such a thing was simply impossible. 
Bravo, Dennis!!!!

Please leave a few countries for me!  Most years, the summer is DU 
season, and I'm hoping to be at Grayland first in early June.  If 
Australia and New Zealand are still unclaimed, maybe I'll get a shot at them.

Well, done, dammit!  Do figger the exact distance for me and turn it 
in as an official record, will ya?


John B.
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods)
Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version)





At 01:15 AM 4/19/2008 +0000, you wrote:


> --
> Good Day,
>
> 1575 VOA Thailand was heard barefoot on the Sony SRF 39 fp this morning
> out in the parking lot at 1249 ut.  Placed the radio near the Sony ferrite
> coupler that was connected to the West bog. VOA was booming in.
>  Took the radio outside to get away from the coupler and noise.
> Signal was weak, but a man in Asian language was heard.
>
> SRF M35V also heard VOA 1575 Thailand when placed next to the coupler.
> This was at 1247 and the signal was fair.
>
> Latter this morning before winding up the West bog I wrapped  4 turns
> of the bog wire across the length of the SRF-39 fp.  The West bog was
> 542' long and it really increase the signal strength of stations heard using
> this method.  Stations went from weak to fair.
>
> Back home now, it was a nice 3 days at Grayland.  Hope to made
> in back in Sept-Oct-Nov. for fall Dxing.
>
> Dennis,
> Salmon Creek, WA
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