[IRCA] NW Washington TPs May 23rd

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

Wow!  These conditions have me lamenting the lack of a dawn bowling 
league on Orcas Island... and I don't even bowl. Lots of very weak 
hets, 1s and 2s out of 10, mostly in the mid and upper band, all DU 
and mostly New Zealand.  I suspect that, had we been at Grayland, 
we'd be talking about one of those too rare "Great New Zealand 
Mornings." The only bright spot was 963 about ten minutes before 
local dawn... had quiet ballad in EE by fem, very like what NZ's 
Southern Star Network plays and their 10 kW Christchurch outlet is 
the most likely culprit.

Here is the "log"  They are all 2s unless noted.

675
738
918
963 AUDIO at 7s
1008
1017
1026
1098
1107
1503 (very persistent)
1512 (very persistent)
1566
1575
1638 peaked at 4
1701+

I've got both (former) Giant EWEs running now.; I set them both up as 
Conti Super Loops this year since my grounds here are still rather 
iffy, after a couple of seasons of hard work and $$$. Oh, the joys of 
living on bedrock.  Good rejection and separation between the two 
antennas in the Conti configuration.. I think that I'll wait until 
early August to put the Wellbrook  Array out. No further testing is 
necessary from here and the only direction that I can deploy it here 
on the mountainside is to the NW for East Asia.... obviously wasted right now.

I do hope to get to Grayland soon, primarily to try for DUs with 
Ultralights. The Wellbrooks will darn sure make that trip.

Gee, its nice to be back in TP land. How did you guys screw up the 
conditions so badly while I was gone???


John B.
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, Ultralights
Antennas: Two Giant Conti Loops, West and Northwest


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