Re: [IRCA] The Kona Experience

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Colin,
 
Thanks for your DXing reports from Kona, and for giving the 7.5" loopstick  
PL-380 a nice Hawaiian checkout.
 
I'm happy that the Victoria DXers have found these modified  Ultralights 
useful in travel situations, and I've enjoyed a lot of "vicarious  DXing" from 
your TP reports, as well as those from Walt (during his South  Pacific 
cruise in late 2009, and Kauai stay recently). The 800+ member  Ultralightdx 
Yahoo group salutes you both!
 
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) 
 
 
In a message dated 1/27/2011 5:55:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
cafe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:



This will be my last night in Kona -
and I will  apologize in advance if anyone
has been offended by my lack of effort DX  wise.

I have been very happy with the Tecsun PL-380,
most generously  modified by Gary DeBock for
Dr. Walter Salmaniw -- yes, this is a  loaner
from Walter.

It has performed stupendously - and over  shadowed
the Sony 7600G which I brought along for comparison -
which, by  the way, developed an odd display issue
while here -- some of the display  digits are faint
and only visible when viewing from an extreme angle.
I  figure it is a combination of the 7600G's age
and maybe the humidity and  the fact that it has
been dropped a few times.

Anyway - the Tecsun  DSP super-Ultra-Light would have
done better at a location that was not so  gosh darn
noisy with man made QRN - buzzes galore and
a nearby 14kv  line.

I have heard lots of "reliable" DX on it -- from
all the  regular NHK power-houses, some of the tier two
NHK stations, independents,  big gun Chinese and Taiwanese
stations and an assortment of  Aussies.

I have not heard India or Radio Farda in the AM -
and there  are, in fact, lots of things that are
notable by their absence - but I  think it has
more to do with the noise level and the fact that
I am  contrasting my experiences from last year
with the Eton E1 and a Wellbrook  ALA100M antenna...
which was a bold and wildly successful  combination.

I really and truly have been concentrating more
on my  tan and dabbling in a bit of Amateur radio --
and spending way more time  hanging out with
new friends at the Pool and tipping back
the occasional  Mai Tai at Don The Beachcombers
or Huggo's Bar.

As we speak I am  working on a 4 day get-away to
Tofino on the West Coast at Easter --
and  I promise you this, radio brothers and sisters...

It's DX Game  on!

Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com, DXer.ca  and 
BobHarris.com Amateur Radio VA7WWV - Victoria B.C. Canada |  
Twitter.com/coffeecrew
_______________________________________________
IRCA  mailing  list
IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Opinions  expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the 
original  contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, 
its  editors, publishing staff, or officers

For more information:  http://www.ircaonline.org

To Post a message:  irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


_______________________________________________
IRCA mailing list
IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers

For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org

To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx