[IRCA] Grayland TP's for 8-29...Ultralights Save the Day

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello Guys,
 
     Although John pronounced the morning the poorest  of the week, it sure 
didn't seem too bad at Grayland!
The Japanese powerhouses were not up to their usual Grayland levels, but  the 
Koreans, VOA-1575 and some Chinese were about as strong as I've ever  heard 
them.  In fact, the new Ultralight DXing sensation, a stock Sangean  DT-400W, 
made a crystal-clear mp3 of a booming VOA-1575 ID at 1258, as well  as a 
booming HLAZ-1566 at 1246.
 
     Room 14 of the Grayland Motel proved less than  ideal, with a wild party 
going on next door in Room 12 until 2:00AM (there is no  Room 13 at the 
Grayland Motel, no doubt at the insistence of DXers not  wishing for bad luck).  
There was also a steady drizzle at the ocean  coast, which made it impossible to 
take the stand-alone portables  to "my" picnic table on the Grayland Beach 
Road.  But there  was still a lot of fun.
 
     Arriving in Grayland just around sunset, I  immediately noticed a strong 
heterodyne on 1215 from Virgin Radio on the  30" loopstick ICF-2010, around 
0330 UTC.  The signal was coming from the  right direction, but never came to 
audio.  I couldn't help thinking that if  the loopstick was a couple of feet 
longer, audio would have been there  :>)
 
     Around 1130, there were the usual weak DU carriers  on the modified 
2010, but JOUB-774 was the first to produce audio, around  1110  HLCA-972 followed 
shortly after.  Then multiple Koreans,  Japanese and Chinese showed up, along 
with VOA-1575, for a very interesting  morning.  At around 1315, a presumed 
RTM-1475 in E. Malaysia showed up  weakly on the 30" ICF-2010, but wasn't 
audible on the Ultralights.
Finally, 2NR-738 showed up with weak audio around 1335 on the modified  2010 
and E100, for the only DU audio of the morning.  None of the "second  tier" 
Japanese showed up, even on the modified 2010.
 
     The new stock Sangean DT-400W was a real winner,  logging 6 TP's in 
rather modest conditions (JOUB-774, JOIB-747,  JOAK-594, HLCA-972, HLAZ-1566 and 
VOA-1575).  Its high-band performance was  clearly superior to that of the Sony 
SRF-T615, which also logged the same six  stock TP's this morning.  The 
modified E100 (7.5" Amidon slider loopstick  and Murata CFJ455K5 narrow filter) 
logged new stand-alone Ultralight catches of  CRI-1593 and a presumed Taiwan-738, 
as well as a relog of North Korea-657 (heard  in March on an SRF-39FP).
 
     The tiny little analog SRF-S84 managed to  hear JOUB-774, no doubt the 
smallest official Ultralight ever to hear a  TP.  The entire morning was a real 
blast--  everybody should have this  much fun.  Can't wait to try this again 
ASAP!
 
     73,  Gary
 
      



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