Re: [IRCA] Some gratifying Eastern catches (November 2nd)

[Brian Rachford <azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

Glad you got that one.  It feels weird to push that far east and not get a
"W" call out of it, but picking up a set of 94-year old call letters is
definitely special.

Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
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On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:29 PM, C & T Dorn <cdorn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for the post on this. Managed to log KDKA here near Edmonton, AB
> today. A new state for me. I haven't had a lot of luck with the Eastern US
> from my location. Listening on a Lowe HF-150 with a K9AY loop.
>
> 73,
> Chris VE6IY
> On 02/11/2014 11:03 PM, Brian Rachford wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I can't compete with all of the interesting TA, TP, DU, etc., catches
>> reported here, but I had an excellent cross-country evening.  This got a
>> little long; I'll probably write up something even longer for my blog with
>> recordings.
>>
>>
>> That was promising, so I went to 1020 and sure enough, after 30 minutes of
>> effort, through presumed KTNQ and KCKN (both SS):
>> 1020 KDKA, Pittsburgh PA, weak at 8:33pm, 50000W, call (new), 1820 miles
>> This was probably a slightly better catch, even given the favorable
>> nighttime patterns of KTNQ and KCKN.  I've been rather disappointed at
>> times with distant reception (or lack thereof), but this was a very
>> encouraging night.
>>
>> (I didn't keep particularly good logs when I was a teen in Iowa the last
>> time I was doing consistent DXing, but I tended to do a better job with
>> longer distance catches.  Thus, these are not my first lifetime logs of
>> KYW
>> and KDKA.)
>>
>> Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
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>> http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/
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