[IRCA] Ultra-lights in the air and on the Sea

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Rejected subject header: "Argh Billy, have you ever tuned a Ulr at Sea?"

I have two colleagues heading out for pleasure travel next week.

One is flying to Scotland for about 10 days - I am giving him a G6 Aviator to
take with him and test. He is very familiar with using radios but is not
currently a DXer. I am curious of how it will work out for him.

Colleague #2 is getting an SRF-59 (the best of my two '59s) to
take on a cruise ship that is either sailing from Seattle or L.A.
to the Hawaiian Islands over 5 to 7 days. He is not a dxer but
is a technician and is very familiar with portable radios, their
usage and how skip works at night. I have advised him to listen
between dusk and dawn and to do his best to get "on deck" and away from
electrical noises - and to concentrate on the AM band only - I
have also "promised" him that he may expect to hear some unusual stuff
half way between Hawaii and the mainland.

For me, this is the 3-R's of the radio hobby:

Recruitment, reception and retention.
Get new hobbyists hooked up with great little radios, make sure they hear something
and keep them coming back!


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Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca
Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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