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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-26

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Glenn Hauser, a regular contributor to this list, DX'ed in the USVI many years ago.  The report was quite interesting.

Tons of Latin Americans of course and a reasonable representation of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East (though not much different from often-used shore sites within the US for those).  Many of the stations active then are gone now - true regardless of which hemisphere DX we're considering.  Monster Euro's such as Norway 1314, Switzerland 765 / 1566, Austria 1476, Vatican 1530, Holland 747, Sweden 1179, Denmark 1062, all those French and Germans ... gonzo.  All those juicy 5 kHz Pan-American splits are just a memory now: pretty much gone before we had SDR's to grab 'em.   555 St. Kitts was last to go; even that was quite a while ago now.

I guess we still have the "slightly off channel" guys like the 1039.62 Venezuelan, a regular here.  Crumbs compared to the Latin America splits bounty we used to enjoy before channelized digital car radios kind of forced the non-split issue.

A refresh-report of DX possibilities from the eastern Caribbean is definitely overdue.  That even includes how US / Canadian stations do down there.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION

 South Yarmouth, MA

 

 

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From: Donald Barnes <bevdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
Cc: irca <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Mar 27, 2017 8:02 pm
Subject: Re: Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-26

Regarding a more southern DX spot. The US Virgin Islands are also on my list, just not during hurricane season!

Craig Barnes
DXing from Rockaway Beach, OR

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 27, 2017, at 9:30 AM, Donald Barnes <bevdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I appreciate your insights, particularly regarding Latin American stations. A trip to the Maritimes is on my radar. Not sure when, but sooner than later. I met Kaz at Grayland some time ago and I indeed drooled over the DX he experienced in Newfoundland. As I recall Allen Willie has had nice success with his "ultralight" as well. I will be traveling to 3 Hawaiian islands. I will be on the north coast of Kauai first, then on the west coast of the Big Island, then a day and a half just west of Honolulu.
> 
> Best of DX
> 
> Craig Barnes
> On the road from Kalaloch, WA to Rockaway Beach, OR
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Mar 27, 2017, at 8:38 AM, Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Gary + Craig - We definitely need one of you to get to the eastern side of the continent and take a crack at things from New England, PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland - or, maybe even more interestingly, Bermuda or Barbados.
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>> Weaker / rarer pre-sunset / sunset TA's would be the main event but later evening "deep" Latin American and rarer long-haul domestics would also be on the front burner if conditions went auroral.
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>> Sometimes the major interference is in the opposite direction to the DX (e.g. NYC at 255 deg. versus southern Europe 75 deg. from here on Cape Cod) so a figure-of-8 pick-up pattern may not do as well as the cardioid pick-up of the antenna more often used by serious DXers here: DKAZ, Kaz, SuperLoop, Flag, terminated Bev. etc.
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>> Anyway it would be an interesting exercise for someone to do FSL + Ultralight on the East Coast.  Certainly a spot such as Cappahayden, Newfoundland with a considerable separation (> 800 miles) from most US pests would do best.  Sort of like the eastern version of Masset or Paul's Alaska QTH ... and of course Hawaii.
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>> While in Hawaii, besides TP/DU, you should also be mindful of Deep South America possibilities - especially Pacific Coast countries such as Peru and Chile that are rare here in the east even when we're feasting on Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay at beach sites during aurora.  See if you can find Richard Wood's old reports from Hilo to get you inspired.  Even if some of the stations are now silent or changed, the best reception times - sunset, late evening, wee hours, or dawn - will be of value.  Remember also that Richard had some near-dawn receptions much deeper into Asia and even Europe than are customary in OR, WA, and BC.  India, numerous countries ending in "-stan" etc.  Also of interest: how far east into US / Canada can you go?  As dawn hits Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, etc. maybe stations from those easterly cities get enough of a boost to override closer stations farther west in the US and Canada. This would be similar to transmitter dawn enhancements that kick stations from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Moldova, and Romania above closer-in UK and Spain stations received here in MA.
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>> I will definitely be looking forward to that Hawaii DXpedition report with logs, audio clips, photo's, and human-interest narrative.  It should provide great tips to help less-favourably located DXers just as the Newfie and PEI reports provide the "drool-worthy" targets for us here in the eastern US..
>> 
>> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
>> South Yarmouth, MA
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>> Kudos again to Gary for a superlative FSL design! Domo arigatu Gary San!
>> 
>> Craig Barnes
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Mar 26, 2017, at 7:25 PM, d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, it's definitely a new feeling to get smoked by another FSL user in TP-DX reception! Congratulations again to Craig Barnes in not only mastering the 3.5 inch "Baby FSL" model, but in using it to track down an astonishing number of Asian stations on the ocean coast at Kalaloch, WA this morning. At around $100 construction cost that model has some serious potential, and it is probably small enough to avoid TSA hassles when passing through airports. We will know for sure when Craig returns to Colorado!
>>> 
>>> My TP-DX results were nowhere close to Craig's (or Walt's, or Nigel's), mainly because I needed to go elsewhere during most of sunrise enhancement. My general impression was that some of yesterday's Japanese big gun strength got diverted to Nigel in Alberta, but the Koreans on 972 and 1566 were just as strong as ever. Needing tp cut the DXing short at 1315 I set up two of the 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL models to record on 657 and 972, which resulted in some fair peaks from Pyongyang (including the 3 + 1 pips at 1330) and some booming peaks from 972-HLCA's bizarre singing practice program. But of course the main thrill this morning was vicarious, enjoying Craig's excitement and astonishment in receiving 16 TP signals on an antenna not much larger than his PL-310 Ultralight. Just imagine what he will be able to do on the Hawaii coast on Kauai Island next month, with one of the 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL models?
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>>> 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Booming female pop music during the singing practice program at 1333; best Asian signal of the session
>>> https://app.box.com/s/3haz1hdkx6mq2g6aem74fbnq5fss3g0j
>>> 
>>> 73 and Good DX,
>>> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>>> 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight +
>>> 5" FSL antenna
>>>

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