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[IRCA] DXpedition to Lubec, Maine

>From Nov. 8-15 I was at Quoddy House for the 5th time [QH5] in the past 4 years [4 autumn & 1 summer] to try my luck at east-coast-style trans-oceanic DX.

While there's still LOTS of wav files to go through, enough is available to get a 'glimpse' of things.

Quoddy House [QH] is near Lubec, Maine:  <https://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.818103,-66.962673&t=h&z=18>

As much as a DX opportunity, a visit to QH is also an opportunity to try out new antennas and new configurations of trusted antennas.  Over the past few visits I've gotten an idea of where it's possible and useful to put up antennas.  Here's a platt showing what and where I put out a nearly 2500 ft. BOG and two 160' DKAZ antennas - both at 50 deg and ~350' apart:  <http://realmonitor.com/qh5/lubec-ants.pdf> - large pdf file

and here's a chronology of when each was up and in what configuration it was in on which day:  <http://realmonitor.com/qh5/antenna_cron.html>

Instead of a 'traditional' log I put up sound samples of what I heard on a website.  The website for QH4 is here:

<http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_QH5.php>

Besides the sounds [accessed by clicking the play button icon in the antenna/time/date vs. frequency matrix], other links of interest include:

- stats for what was heard: <http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_stats_qh5.php>

- AzGraph for each antenna to illustrate how it worked: <http://realmonitor.com/phpmygraph_qh5_combo.html>

- a Google Map of what was heard:  <http://realmonitor.com/latlon_qh5/>

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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