Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ

[Robert Ross <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary……. Great Video!!! Thanks for showing everyone what you have to go through to hear these amazing receptions!! It was nice of 531-PI to give a Beautiful English ID while you were filming!! What are the chances of that eh??? 

Good show Gary!!!

73…ROB VA3SW

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA



On 2014-07-21, at 6:45 PM, Gary DeBock via IRCA wrote:

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> From: d1028gary@xxxxxxx
> Subject: South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ
> Date: 21 July, 2014 6:45:33 PM EDT
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> 
> Hello All,
> 
> In response to several requests, on the last day of the recent Rockwork 4 ocean cliff DXpedition I recorded a demonstration video of the process of receiving an actual South Pacific DX station on the modified PL-380 + FSL combo at the cliff side location. The 1230 UTC reception time was ideal for reception of a strong signal from 531-PI, a 5 kW Samoan language station at 6,858 miles (11,035 km) distance. Although the lighting just after local sunrise wasn't exactly ideal, the entire process of reception (checking the DX station carrier strength on the ICF-2010 SSB spotting receiver, tuning the 15" FSL antenna to boost the signal on the ICF-2010, entering the DX station's frequency on the modified PL-380 and finally coupling the PL-380 to the FSL to receive a huge signal boost) is shown in the demonstration video. 531-PI's signal was S9+ at the time, and an actual English ID from the station was fortunately recorded as it boomed in on the modified PL-380. Despite what the sleep-deprived narrator says, however, the actual distance to 531-PI from the Rockwork 4 DXpedition site is actually 6,858 miles (11,035 km), NOT "over 8,000 miles." After running on limited sleep for seven days straight, it was amazing that this guy could even remember how to turn on the camcorder.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBJ31cEAH0  
> 
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff site on Highway 101, Tillamook Co., Oregon
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