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Re: [IRCA] TAs and West Coast woes
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs and West Coast woes
- From: "Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:56:15 -0600
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Perhaps the TA's which are from the NNE of you are better received in BC
which is closer to them. I am not familiar enough with your local topography
to tell how much blockage in that direction you'd get from the mountains.
73 KAZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Martin" <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica"
<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs and West Coast woes
> Walt,
>
> What I have to try to fiqure out is why you guys on Vancouver Is are
> hearing the TA so much better than I am? We are only 150 miles apart. As
> Bill Block reminded me, back in the 60s/70s, he almost always heard
> Eastern US stations better than I did. It must be the Coast range. Back
> in October when everyone was hearing TAs armchair copy in the West, I
> didn't. Only one night did I hear much more than 1314, when I caught
> bits on 1323. True I don't have my 400' mini bev to the NNW any longer,
> but apparently my other antennas and TA DX does not match. I can hear 50
> watt Japanese Lighthouse stations, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and on and
> on, but TAs just don't work well here. I do have a bit of hope as the
> vertical did bring in France 162 fairly well last night, but with the
> wind at 65 MPH, the noise level was terrible. So DX on the coast is not
> 100% perfect. hi.
>
> 73,
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> Home of the 2006 IRCA Convention
> Seaside Oregon!
>
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