Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Derek,

<<<   Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the
dark since
2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the
bay area
the cliffs continue to work their magic.... Sent from south of grayland
   >>>

Well, Derek, I have become a true believer in Cliff Top DXing. and I
hope that we can persuade other friends to give this thrilling form of
TP-DXing a try. It would be great to have a joint DXing session with
you at the top of 805' Cape Perpetua in the future (a video of the
ocean beach from the 800 foot level is posted at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HoP77ApQ_o&feature=relmfu ), if we can
figure out a way to deal with wild animals, and the "Day Use Only"
police.

73, Gary DeBock


 -----Original Message-----
From: Derek Vincent <eargazimm@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
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Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 9:25 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report


Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the dark
since
2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the
bay area
the cliffs continue to work there magic....

Sent from south of grayland

On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:31 PM, d1028gary@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi Tim,
>
> Thanks very much for your comments on the DXpedition!
>
> <<<    Gary, some of those "rough conditions" like an AC power or
street
> lighting probably made a major contribution to your success.   >>>
>
> Yes, Tim, that was certainly a najor advantage for weak-signal
reception on
the Cliff. There were no computers or street lights within miles of the
DXing
site. Once you got used to the complete darkness and total isolation of
the
makeshift DXing venue it was probably the best site that you could have
ever
hoped for.
>
> <<<    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 ;)   >>>
>
> I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor's new plasma TV, and yes, those
RF-polluting beasts are a DXer's mortal enemy. Its RF hash would have
ruined
everything for me on the Cliff... if there would have been any AC power
for your
neighbor to plug it in!
>
> But in general the new FSL antennas can survive high-noise
environments much
better than air-core loops, and can usually null RF noise generators
(like
plasma TV's) down into the noise, at least on one bearing. The main
challenge
with the FSL antennas currently is a sudden booming demand from DXers
but no
commercial supply... the sellers of surplus Soviet ferrite on eBay must
be
thanking their lucky stars for the advent of Capitalism.
>
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Hills <thills@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 10:22 am
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
>
>
> 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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