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Re: [IRCA] Cape Perpetua DX Sept. 14th - NOT !!



Gremlins, Guy!   I've done that at least once at Rose Spit, and basically
am stuck as I couldn't return due to the tides.  Sorry to hear that,
although conditions were basically not great all around, I suspect....Walt

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> DX was a no-show for me at Cape Perpetua this morning, but not for the same
> reason Walt in Victoria experienced (lousy propagation). In my case I lost
> the #!%?)* BNC-to-BNC coax cable I brought on the trip!
>
> I was hooking up the gear at 1250 UTC on the lonely highway 101 turnout
> this morning, and couldn't find the coax cable anywhere among my stuff. The
> features of Wellbrook loops are impressive, but they haven't yet released a
> Bluetooth wireless version of the ALA1530 series  :^)
>
> I think the coiled cable must have fell out of the vehicle as I was packing
> up after yesterday's session; I looked around the same small parking area
> this morning after the discovery but didn't spot it (another DXer passing
> through found the cable and scooped it up, ha!
>
> If this was a regular DXpedition I'd have many cables with me, but I only
> packed the bare-bones essentials for this vacation. Perhaps I'll locate a
> suitable substitute at the tiny Radio Shack store up the road in Waldport,
> Oregon.
>
> 73,
>
> Guy Atkins
> Puyallup, WA
> *Not* DXing in Yachats, Oregon
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