Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-18 (Preliminary)

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<<< Since this is a Gary - Nick comparison, let's use Gary;s location as the starting point and assume a DU bearing of 225 degs (halfway between NZ and the east coast of Australia).
That path goes through Centralia WA and then to the coast at the mouth of the Columbia River.
That's way south of the Olympic peninsula and its mountains. >>>

Chuck,
The grim reaper for DU signals here in this valley location is Puyallup's South Hill, which wipes out 95% of the signals reported elsewhere. The old 738-Tahiti occasionally made it through, like the newly rejuvenated 846-Kiribati sometime does. But Australia and New Zealand are pretty much a lost cause.
The positive side of this scenario is that repeated reports of the excellent DU catches in Victoria provided the motivation to "Get out of Dodge," resulting in the discoveries of DXing hotspots like the Rockwork Cliff and Cape Perpetua.

Gary

> On December 19, 2018 at 11:45 AM Chuck Hutton <charlesh3@xxxxxxx mailto:charlesh3@xxxxxxx > wrote:
> 
> 
>     Since this is a Gary - Nick comparison, let's use Gary;s location as the starting point and assume a DU bearing of 225 degs (halfway between NZ and the east coast of Australia).
> 
>     That path goes through Centralia WA and then to the coast at the mouth of the Columbia River.
> 
>     That's way south of the Olympic peninsula and its mountains.
> 
>     Chuck
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>     From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx mailto:nhp@xxxxxxxx >
>     Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 11:32 AM
>     To: Gary DeBock; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; R. Colin Newell
>     Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-18 (Preliminary)
> 
>     <CLIP>
> 
>     Now, DUs....no argument Victoria is better, as the Olympic Peninsula
>     has nothing like the impact here that it does on paths to Puget Sound.
> 
>     best wishes,
> 
>     Nick
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