[IRCA] Oregon Cliff DXpedition Video (and Demonstration MP3's)

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,

For those interested in the fanatical new sport of chasing Transoceanic
DX on sheer ocean side cliffs with Ultralight radios and FSL antennas,
a new DXpedition video has been uploaded to YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=filugExDz7E&feature=plcp

Showing the sheer 400 foot (122 m) ocean side cliff on the Oregon coast
that was the venue for last week's Ultralight Medium Wave and Longwave
DXpeditions, the video features displays of the Cliff's awesome
scenery, dynamite-blasted topography and straight-down drop off to the
ocean (400 feet below). The 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 model and 8"
FSL antenna used for the DXpedition are shown in their operating
configuration, while a sleep-deprived DXing fanatic does his best to
provide a coherent narrative.

An example of the extreme South Pacific propagation boost provided by
this sheer cliff was this three-way Maori language parallel network
recorded on the morning of August 21. 603-Radio Waatea (5 kW, Auckland,
New Zealand) was pegging the PL-380's S/N reading at the 25 maximum
(this is a station which has apparently never been received at
Grayland): http://www.mediafire.com/?so9c7cy42nxpj60

765-Radio Kahungunu (2.5 kW, Napier-Hastings, New Zealand, 2.5 kW) was
running the same Maori-language interview, and also coming close to
pegging the PL-380's S/N reading:
http://www.mediafire.com/?u83bv670cc980c1

Finally, the low-powered 585-Radio Ngati Porou (Ruatoria, New Zealand,
2 kW) was identified at a much weaker level because of the same two
Maori-languages voices during the parallel programming. This is another
DU which has apparently never been received at Grayland:
http://www.mediafire.com/?7nbva8tj5f9zfub

Hopefully the video (and the upcoming DXpedition report) will motivate
a few other fanatics to grab their radio and head for the cliffs.

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
Ultralight Radio Group Co-Founder









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