Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report

[Tim Hills <thills@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary, some of those "rough conditions" like an AC power or street 
lighting probably made a major contribution to your success.

One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be 
offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. 
Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV 
I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors 
are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;)

We had planned on a trip up the west coast in late fall but work for 
both of us has killed that idea along with the mini DXpedition in October.

Thanks for posting your results, at least I can get in some good DXing 
vicariously.

Tim Hills
Sioux Falls, SD


On 8/1/2012 21:43, d1028gary@xxxxxxx wrote:
> (trimmed)
>
> DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street
> lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt water
> propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted in
> South Pacific DX of exceptional strength.  2.5 kW and 5 kW signals from
> New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema were
> actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while
> several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio Waatea
> were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing
> conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every
> effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition
> report, which is posted at
> http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nk9tlf95t0b2m14

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