Re: [IRCA] Finally Back on the South Prairie

["Kevin S" <satya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey John:

Welcome back!  How is DXing in the barefoot class (until the Wellbrooks go
up)?

I've got a box with your name on it, but no address.  Can you let me know
your Stillwater address?

Kevin


> Just a warning that we finally made it back to the South Prairie
> portion known as Stillwater, OK. When we left Orcas Island,
> Washington a week ago minus about three hours, we thought that we
> might actually make the shortest run to Oklahoma down thru Salt Lake
> and Cheyenne.  Our first overnight in Portland allowed us to look at
> single digit lows in southern Wyoming and turned us to our official
> "Winter Route" which basically is, "Down I-5, straight south to
> Bakersfield and turn left" which takes us through central Arizona and
> in through Amarillo to northcentral Oklahoma.
>
> When we got to Needles on the CA/AZ border, we heard of a nasty snow
> storm in Eastern NM, running as far south as Houston, so we diverted
> even further South, having a nice reunion with Linda's ASU nursing
> school classmates in Phoenix and then on thru Tucson, El Paso,
> Midland-Odessa and Ft. Worth to see the grandchildren.... then a
> carefully-timed run straight north to Oklahoma.  A 3.5 day 2,100 mile
> trip turned into a 7-day 3,000 mile trip, but we are back in
> Stillwater, never once driving on icy roads... and having seen some
> good friends and family.
>
> Of course, here in Oklahoma, we got to freezing temperatures (for
> highs) and tomorrow night we'll see single digits.  Thursday and
> Friday should warm into the 40s and I'll put up parts of the
> Wellbrook array then.... and morf into a serious ultralight domestic
> MW DXer once again.
>
> While on this highway odyssey, I worked on three MW articles that
> will soon see the light of day:
>
> "Using the NRC Pattern Book as a Serious DX Tool"
> "Adding an Integral Outside Antenna Port to the PL-310 and the PL-380"
> "Having Fun with Universal's Portable Radio Stands"
>
> So, we are back in Oklahoma (Monday at noon) and getting READY TO RADIO!
>
> John Bryant
> Stillwater, OK
> WinRadio G313e + Ultralights
> Wellbrook Phased Array
>
>
>
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