Re: [IRCA] Nevada on BCB..etc etc

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim, I think your best bet for DXing near home is to head about an hour or 
90 min east to the near desert just behind some mountains and find a safe 
spot (good luck on that) where you can lay out a couple of BOGs about 150 to 
200m length and phase away what ever local /semi local pests remain. I know 
this isn't so easy any more with a family and if you hesitate to do this 
alone and unarmed I don't blame you.

The site we initially used up that hill west of Rancho Bernardo has been 
gated for about a decade, and I don't know what the access is to that site 
east of Poway which was so good for Mexicans with Bevs sloping down the 
hill. I did see that land near the Hwy (including what I used to own) on 
fire a couple years ago on CNN when So Cal had all those bad fires !! If 
there's access there, that should be a safe spot since it is far from the 
border and what ever goes on around there with aliens and border patrol and 
smuggling and whatever.

When I left SD 15 years ago, I had EVERY station in BC, BCS, Sonora, and 
Sinaloa, along with much of Chihuahua logged, helped greatly by phased Bevs 
there.

As far as bowling goes, my petite 11 yr old daughter is bowling quite well 
now for her age and often breaks a 400 series.

I think sunset from eastern TX is a better time than sunrise for Nevadans 
since most have unfavorable night patterns to the east. Dallas to Vegas is 
1077 miles at 287.7 degrees and I honestly don't know what the serious QRM 
would be on a loop aimed that direction which should decently null WGN and 
XEDE (and KSAH or whatever else to the SSW) . KDWN gets out great on day 
pattern presunset and I've honestly been able to hear Savage's voice up to 
45 min prior to their sunset with my phased setup 12 miles NNW of WGN's tx 
and I am about 1500 miles from Vegas.

 Memphis is also somewhat closer than here and the same looping idea to loop 
WGN should also work. Reno (KKOH is further) about 1660 miles from here, and 
I can get them thru phased WBBM (13 miles) but, in general it is a bit 
easier to catch KDWN 720. Other NV's logged here are 840 due to presumed 
pattern malfunction. 1140 once for an add string via sunset skip 11 years 
ago with WRVA phased out, and KHWG 750 via sunset skip on superb SSS nights 
or when they leave day power on late. I've tried for some other 
possibilities but no luck.

For those who do sunset skip DXing to catch station on day rig, early March 
(in a couple days) can be very good and will have many targets on day rig 
for 30 to 45 minutes later than in Feb. Also, it is easier to be home from 
work in plenty of time for sunset skip in March.


73 KAZ Barrington IL (wishing he had San Diego's weather)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Hall" <timhall1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
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Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Nevada on BCB


> Thanks Jim.  These days I put most of my effort into travel DX since
> the conditions here in SoCal are so bad 95% of the time.
>
> I print that format on two sides, and fold it in half, so I have a
> single sheet of paper for each town I stay in.  I use a steno pad with
> a small clipboard.  I keep it in the car during the day so I can take
> notes along the way.  I prepare a custom logbook for each trip and
> reduce it to fold the same way, so everything fits in the clipboard.
> My custom logbooks include whatever states/provinces/estados I think
> I'll hear, including AM BCB and TIS/HAR stations.  I also often
> prepare market listings for each market I'll be passing through to
> help me remember what channels I should be checking along the way.
>
> On trips where I have to pack light, I bring the little RCA digital
> voice recorder that everyone was talking about last year (which works
> pretty nicely when you hold it up to your car radio speakers).  On car
> trips with my wife when I can bring more equipment, I also pack my
> Marantz musician's tape recorder and a digital timer for overnight
> recording.
>
> Hope you enjoy your trip!  We're eagerly anticipating some long car
> trips to Yellowstone with my dad in June and to Corpus Christi around
> the first of July (my wife has bowling tournaments in Reno and Corpus
> Christi; I'm looking forward to seeing how the Kiwa loop performs on
> the gulf coast).
>
> 73, Tim
>
> On 2/26/06, Jim Pogue <jpogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thanks Tim - this will be very useful plus I like the format you are 
>> using.
>> I'll probably "steal" it myself and start using it when I travel.
>>
>> 73s, Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Tim Hall
>> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:25 AM
>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>> Subject: [SPAM]Re: [IRCA] Nevada on BCB
>>
>> I've been to Dallas a few times on business trips, plus have DXed a
>> bit from the airport when changing planes there.  I left a rather
>> meager bandscan at
>> http://members.cox.net/tim_hall_dx/BANDSCAN_Dallas.DOC
>>
>> 73, Tim Hall
>> Chula Vista, CA
>>
>> On 2/25/06, JohnCallarman@xxxxxxx <JohnCallarman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > The only Nevada station I've heard from 40 miles north of Dallas was 
>> > the
>> one
>> > on 840, when WHAS was off the air for maintenance.
>> >
>> > But I haven't done any sunrise DXing, which might enable a Nevada 
>> > station
>> to
>> > rise to the top when the last few minutes of critical hours here 
>> > coincide
>> > with the first few minutes of critical hours here.
>> >
>> > John Callarman, Krum TX
>> >

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