Re: [IRCA] IRCA re St. Isidore

["Mike Stonebridge" <stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris:

Yeah I am a ways up there. According to my GPS I'm at 56' 11"N and 117' 
08"W. I don't actually live in the village of St Isidore, I just use it for 
my mail box. I live on 5 acres about 2 miles to the SW. Unfortunately Google 
Earth's HiRes area ends about a mile west of my place. You can see my 
neighbours home quite clearly, whereas mine is just a blob tho my dugout 
shows up quite well. My nearest neighbour is ½ mile to the north of here.

It's not as good a location as you would think for antennas. I'm surrounded 
by fields which are cultivated so anything permanent is out of the question. 
During the winter snowmobilers abound (plus moose and deer) so anything laid 
on the ground or above it is short lived. There are 2 roads here, N/S past 
my place, and east of it, following these is no good either because they 
both have power lines which carry very high noise levels. I've tried 
temporary BOG's in other directions out as far as 2400', but each time I put 
one out it was almost deaf, so I've quit using them. The only direction I 
can put out anything permanent is to the west. The southern edge of my 
property has a road right-of-way bordering it, and is unlikely to be used 
for a road anytime soon. Plus it is treed. So I have a wire heading west for 
1000+ feet. It works well. Sometimes it's the only antenna on which I can 
hear TA's. So I'm limited to this wire, my 300' longwire to the north, my 2 
EWE's and my vertical.

I also have a second problem called CKYL! Their 3 towers are just over a 
mile from here. Fortunately they're only 10kW (thank goodness) but they slop 
big time, so DX'ing between 590 and 630kHz is next to impossible. High 
signal levels, like I get from the 1000' wire, tend to cause numerous images 
if I'm not careful.

I moved here after I retired almost 10 years ago. Before that I lived in Fox 
Creek which is about 120 miles south of here. That's where I had room for 
very long antennas as the surrounding countryside was just bush. And 
fortunately it was crisscrossed by seismic lines in all directions where I 
could string out long wires. My longest, and best antenna there, was a wire 
that was around 2400' long pointing NE/SW. Europe off the NE end, and DU of 
the other, plus daytimers from CA, OR and WA. I originate from Southern 
England and moved to Canada 31 years ago. My wife was born and raised in 
Peace River, which is why we're where we are.

Never been to Iowa, though I've been next door into both Minneesota and 
Missouri. Exactly where are you located? And what do you do there?

Take care.



Mike


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