Re: [IRCA] Recent DXpedition to Grayland, WA & Florence, OR

["Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> That's almost what I blurted out in my original email -- what Gary
> [and others' research to understand it] may have stumbled upon is
> the true nature of 'sea gain' or 'coastal effect' and that it falls
> off REALLY rapidly away from the coast whether you're at sea level
> or elevated.

A few years ago I was in Naples, FL.  The rental car had a decent radio.  I 
parked at a lot right at the beach, maybe a hundred or so feet from the Gulf 
of Mexico.  Cuban stations blasted in.  As I drove away, they faded down 
within a couple of blocks, and came back up when I drove near the water 
again.  Literally a couple of blocks away made a significant reception 
difference.

I'd like to hear if anyone else has a similar find.  I'd also like to find 
if anyone has done DXing from a small boat near the coast.  I'd love to tag 
along on a commercial fishing boat around here that can go out a few hundred 
miles.

Another thing that is similar...  I had a client in Providence, RI a decade 
ago at the upper end of Narragansett Bay.  The salt water had a straight 
line to Puerto Rico.  I heard WPRA-990 sign off with a decent signal a 
couple of times.  Never heard it anywhere else.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI

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