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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-11
Gary:
I'm happy to see such an arrangement improves reception. In the past I've thought about trying it myself. With recent TP signal propagation I need a boost!
Good DX.
Richard Allen.
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> On Feb 12, 2017, at 00:50, d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Early morning antenna testing coincided with moderately good TP-DX conditions from 1300-1400 UTC this morning (in predawn darkness). 594, 747, 972 and 1575 were managing fair to good signals, while 1566-HLAZ was peaking at very good levels.
>
> For kicks I phased the gain boost (on 1566-HLAZ's Japanese service at 1321 UTC) from two 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL's onto a 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave model, and ended up with somewhat of a "Frankenstein" boost in gain (S3 without any FSL boost, S5 with one FSL, and S9+ with both FSL's). A photo of this grand extravaganza is posted at https://app.box.com/s/avl1jvccrkjjqrqie387c0hpw5qenx9w , and an MP3 of the huge signal (with weak accompaniment from the NK jammer) is linked below.
>
> 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Japanese service at 1321 after double gain boost from two 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL's
> https://app.box.com/s/sk2pnmobcl37kmp0fkqlmatokslet072
>
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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