Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff Ultralight DU's for 7-21

[John Callarman <johncallarman@xxxxxxx>]

Wish I hadn't red this ... Alsea, Yachats, Cape Perpetua ... this old Corvallis boy is homesick. Hopefully there'll be 60th CHS reunion next year.

John Callarman, KA9SPA, Family Genealogist, Retired Newspaper Editor, DX-oyente, Krum TX (AKA Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon)
 

> To: ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: d1028gary@xxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:04:15 -0400
> Subject: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff Ultralight DU's for 7-21
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> Thanks again to Dennis, Nick and Steve for their relative TP and DU 
> signal reports (although they may all feel like throwing me off of the 
> Oregon Cliff by now).
> 
> This morning the Cape Perpetua Oregon Cliif DXpedition wrapped up, and 
> I was very pleased to welcome fellow Ultralight radio DXer Norm Clark 
> (of Monmouth, OR) to join in the wild fun. Norm has a 7.5" MW loopstick 
> PL-380 (of the new design, just concocted last week) and a 5" Medium 
> Wave FSL (the model previously published with "Heathkit-like" building 
> instructions).
> 
> Norm arrived at the cliff around 1210 UTC, and was promptly greeted by 
> an unexpected Far East visitor, 774-JOUB, which pegged his PL-380's S/N 
> display at 25. He then managed to receive 738-Tahiti without blowing 
> out his Tecsun Ultralight's front end, although the French-language 
> station's strength made the outcome questionable for an extended 
> period. What really made Norm absolutely astonished was a booming 
> signal from the New Zealand 5 kW Christian music broadcaster 684-NZ 
> Rhema on his hot-rodded PL-380 and FSL, which convinced him that the 
> normal rules of MW propagation do not apply on this Cliff!
> 
> It was another Kiwi-slanted morning at this 400' high ocean view site, 
> with New Zealand running roughshod over all other South Pacifics. Once 
> again 567-RN, 603-Waatea, 657-Southern Star, 675-RN and 684-NZ Rhema 
> were pegging the PL-380 (+ 8" DXpedition FSL) S/N display at 25, and 
> 1008-Newstalk ZB joined this select group for a short period around 
> 1300. The Aussie X-banders were down for the count, making the 1701 kHz 
> reception (and ID) yesterday the DXpedition's sole success in this 
> aspect. 1584 kHz had weak music audio around 1250, but since even the 
> Aussie Big Guns were anemic, this flea-powered station had a hopeless 
> task in making itself heard with any strength. But the New Zealand 
> stations really were on the Warpath this morning, and I'm glad that 
> Norm was able to join in the Kiwi-slanted fun.
> 
> Last evening Ruth, Danny and I had the great pleasure of being invited 
> to the best restaurant in Yachats, Oregon (at the Adobe Inn Motel) by 
> Norm and his beautiful wife Dawn. Norm and I both shared some 
> interesting stories about action in Vietnam, military life and other 
> matters. Dawn listened patiently to our rambling about DXing and other 
> matters, while I expressed my sincere apology for turning her husband 
> into another Ocean Cliff DU-DXing fanatic.
> 
> Sorry for all the delayed resonses to emails during this DXpedition-- 
> we are at the mercy of public library computers, which seem to be 
> trained to cut off your access immediately before you have completed 
> typing a lengthy upload.
> 
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (now at the Alsea, OR public library computer, which is 
> about to cut me off) 
> 
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