[IRCA] Left Coast ULR Summit

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,

This afternoon in Seattle (WA) various Ultralight group leaders and
tinkering fanatics gathered together at Bruce Portzer's house, in a
serious attempt to convince each other that they are halfway normal
individuals.

Included in this fine assembly were Guy Atkins (with his 18" Stormwise
loopstick PL-380), Chuck Hutton (the only DXer ever to have logged
India on an Ultralight radio in North America, from Newfoundland in
2008), Kevin Schanilec (fanatic tinkerer, newly hooked ULR- NDB chaser
and moderator of Ultralightdx), Phil Bytheway (ex-EIC of the IRCA, now
enjoying his free time with Ultralight radios) and me (generally
keeping the ferrite and PVC suppliers from feeling any recession). Jim
Kenney was also in attendance (expressing his skepticism that ULR's
would ever cross the "big pond" in NDB chasing), and also Walt Salmaniw
(who has used his E100 Slider model to post very detailed DXing reports
from the South Pacific, and Hawaii).

The weather was awful and the Seattle traffic was jammed as usual, but
there was a lot of creative energy in the Ultralight group contingent.
Thanks especially to Bruce and his wife for welcoming this diverse
group, and to Kevin and Guy for bringing their monster antennas to the
gathering (convincing me that I'm not the only eccentric tinkerer).
Fortunately, because of the rain and wind, I decided not to bring one
of the huge new portable PVC Loops (which might have upset my plan to
appear relatively sane).

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)







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