Hello All,
Local Ultralight radio fanatics (and those yet to be converted)
gathered together for a very enjoyable DX-related meeting during
typical (dreary) Seattle weather at Bruce Portzer's comfortable house
on Saturday.
In attendance was Chuck Hutton, master DXpeditioner and resident
authority on obscure 9 kHz-split DX stations (and to my knowledge, the
only DXer to have ever received 1566-India on an Ultralight radio from
North America, having accomplished this during a 2008 Newfoundland
DXpedition), Bruce Portzer (another Asiatic DX authority, and author of
the authoritative Pacific Asian Log), Phil Bytheway (author of
Ultralight radio-related coulumns in both the DXM and DXN), Guy Atkins
(fellow Puyallup DXing fanatic, and the first DXer to have received any
TA on a barefoot Ultralight radio on the west coast, snagging
1575-Farda at Grayland in 2008), Tom Rothlisberger (fellow NDB-DXing
fanatic and DXpeditioner), Theo from Vancouver, BC (who, when
considering the local weather, probably wished that he was in Waikiki
with Walt) and yours truly (hopelessly-hooked ocean cliff ULR
DXpedition fanatic). and several others (I'm sorry if you were not
mentioned).
The conversation soon turned into a lively discussion of live Vs.
remote DXing, especially concerning the tradeoff of lost sleep Vs.
DXing results. The Perseus SDR DXers (with their relatively expensive
receivers and cheap Beverage wires) seemed somewhat perplexed at the
idea of someone using a $50 Ultralight radio with a $500 FSL antenna.
After an interesting discussion about this bizarre subject, a perfect
solution was found-- adapt the expensive FSL so that it could be used
with the expensive Perseus SDR-- thereby providing the ultimate boost
to the (dragging) Ukrainian and Italian economies. The design challenge
was eagerly accepted by the two Puyallup DXers (at least by one of
them, with the other one chickening out by simply offering to donate a
7" FSL to the project ). As for whether the single-optimized-frequency
FSL can really be adapted for broadband Perseus SDR DXing , nobody
seemed very optimistic-- but at least the plan gave us a nice excuse to
meet together again after the local Hamfair next month to discuss
progress (or the lack thereof).
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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