Re: [IRCA] TPs on Orcas: Average to Good!

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

Yes, Patrick, you are correct....

I'm under 20 all-saltwater miles from Vancouver, which I overlook 
from my house and about the same distance from Victoria, through the 
islands.  I think that Colin momentarily forgot where I live.  I 
believe that the local QRM here is considerably worse than Colin 
suffers.  However, I'm in a fairly quiet location and I have really 
good, really large antennas; Colin in his high rise, unfortunately, 
has neither.  I also have a clear view all the way up the Strait of 
Georgia, some 300 miles, straight toward the Asian Coast.  IMHO, that 
is the key difference.  Walter, in a single family house in Victoria 
with a decent-sized yard, has improved his antenna farm tremendously 
over the past three years.  It and my farm are fairly close to equal, 
as are our DX catches on many mornings.  My feeling is that I still 
am able to hear better than Walt maybe half the time, because of my 
clear water path (I'm about a mile from the shore, too, in that 
direction) which no one in Victoria can have in the direction of 
Asia....  They do tend to hear DU much better than do I, so things 
are evened out to an extent..

So, Colin is working under VERY difficult conditions in his micro 
environment and propagation has to be doing quite well to overcome 
them. Colin, I'm sorry that I kinda gloated.  I probably should 
concentrate on being very grateful for my set up... which I am, 
unless I forget myself!


John B.
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, Slider E100
Antennas: Wellbrook Phased Array NW
Two 70' x 100' Conti Super Loops, West and Northwest







At 11:41 AM 10/23/2008 -0700, you wrote:
> Colin & John,
>
> Too bad I wasn't at the dials this morning. It would have been a good
> test being a mile from the shore here. John, you do have to deal with
> QRM from Vancouver & Victoria stations being so close. Colin,  may
> remember his signal levels he listed a year or two ago. Like CKBD 600 at
> S9+60! Ouch!! Here, my strongest is KSWB at S9+38.  I am in a rural area
> and over a good range of mountains from powerhouses, but I think John
> said he could see the lights from Vancouver & Victoria on the island
> too. That is pretty close.
>
> 73,
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> KGED QSL Manager
>
>
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