Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tony,  


Kia Orana! This place is about as different from North America as you can get-- hot and humid, wacky rain and windstorms, Kiwi dollars and turbo-boosted ocean beach DX!


990-Fiji Gold was S9.like all the other Pacific island DU's this morning, despite using only my hand-held hot-rodded Ultralight--

 the wildest ocean beach propagation anyone could ever ask for. Wish you were here-- the entire place runs on Kiwi dollars-- usually for far more than the value of whatever you get as a tourist :-) But the ocean beach propagation is worth the cost of an entire trip!


Gary





>     On April 9, 2018 at 12:10 PM TONY WARD <tonyward@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>     Enjoy your time in the wonderful Cook Islands Gary! Are you hearing the other Fijian; âGold FM, only the classicsâ. Generally non-stop pop with self-promos and EG adverts pounding into Russell (the NZRDXL KiwiSDR) and comfortably wiping out the Auckland ethnic Hindi stationâ
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>     â Tony
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>     Tony Ward (VE3NO/ZL1AZV)
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>     Enhancing Universal Entropy since 1942!
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>         > >         On Apr 9, 2018, at 14:37, Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx mailto:d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
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> >         Thanks Craig,
> > 
> >         The DU propagation here is in a much higher league than what we get on the west coast, making the hot-rodded Ultralights unusually competitive for long range DX. I'm pretty sure that 531-6DL was coming in on the 7,5" loopstick CC Skywave alone at 1635 UTC this morning. Unfortunately the weather is nasty with rain and win, and the motel nails you $$ for using the Internet. Fortunately the hot-rodded Uktralights rock on!
> > 
> >         Gary
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> >             > > > On Mon, 4/9/18, Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx mailto:d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> > > 
> > >             Subject: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9
> > >             To: "America, Mailing" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> > >             Date: Monday, April 9, 2018, 2:36 AM
> > > 
> > >             A five day trip to Aitutaki in the Southern
> > >             Cook Islands kicked off this evening after the successful
> > >             deployment of a 5" TSA-friendly FSL antenna and two 7.5"
> > >             loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight models. As with all other of
> > >             these "Frequent Flyer" FSL models, the antenna breezed
> > >             through TSA screening at three different airports, and is
> > >             ready to provide inductive coupling gain similar to that of
> > >             a 4' air core box loop during this ocean beach trip.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >         > > 
> >     > 
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