[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 9-7... Mediocre on any Antenna

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
The ambitious plan here on this holiday morning was to test out the  new 9' 
sided PVC box loop here in actual TP DXing, as rotated on  a heavy-duty PVC 
support base in the back yard. After serious labor in  preparation for this 
Labor Day test, everything was ready to go at 1200 UTC--  except for the TP 
signals.
 
The monster box loop was able to provide serious gain for this  morning's 
anemic TP's, but as John, Walt, Nigel and Dennis have already  reported, the 
signal levels were dreary at best. No matter what the  antenna, if the 
propagation is tanking, your DX results will tank along with  it.
 
At the peak of a very modest dawn enhancement (around 1315), weak audio was 
 heard on 657-Pyongyang, 666-JOBK, 738-Taiwan (with the buzzing carrier) 
and  972-HLCA, with strong audio on 594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and 828-JOBB. After  
the lackluster Asian TP's faded at 1330, the monster loop was swung around  
for DU's, and weak audio from 738-Tahiti was heard, along with a strong 
carrier  from 639-Fiji, and a moderate carrier from 648-Rhema-- among other  
moderate-carrier Kiwis and Aussies.
 
The morning wasn't a total waste, however, as various mechanical  
refinements to this largest-sized PVC Loop were tested, and worked well.  When TP 
conditions finally cooperate, this 9' sided (13'  diagonal) tuned passive loop 
should fully justify its $52 cost  :-) 
 
73, Gary DeBock 
 
Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
9' sided PVC Loop (related article is in DXer.Ca, and in the Yahoo  
Ultralightdx file site) 
 
 
 
  
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