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Re: [IRCA] July 25-26 Grayland DXpedition
Heh, good luck, Gary! Sounds like you chose a great weekend weatherwise at least, although you never know whether the fog will roll in from the ocean down there. Looking forward to reading all about it in the days to come.....Walt
At 07:47 PM 7/24/2009, you wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>With the Grayland, Washington DU (South Pacific DX) season currently at
>its peak, I was hoping to book another July night at the Grayland Motel
>together with John Bryant or Guy Atkins, in hopes of comparing notes with them
>on relative antenna performance. Unfortunately both of these noted DXers are
>busy this weekend, so the traveling monster loops (and their owner) will
>be going to the Grayland Motel's Room 14 for a one-night DXing session by
>themselves.
>
>Once again, checks will be made of the relative performance of the latest
>weird creations in hot-rodded Ultralights, SSB spotting receivers and
>collapsible-frame monster loops, although the DXing session on Sunday morning
>should be somewhat more organized than the wild effort of July 12th, which
>did manage to produce some strong mp3's from Australia despite intermittent
>rain (and an SSB spotting receiver which went on the blink, reminding its
>careless owner never to leave home without thorough equipment checks).
>
>Thanks to John Bryant, whose DU loggings from July 12-14 have all been
>conveniently entered in to the memories of the 30" loopstick ICF-2010 (along
>with fresh batteries and a thorough operational check :>) Thanks also to Guy
>Atkins for his words of wisdom-- that DXing is like fishing, and you should
> be happy for the opportunity-- even if you don't catch anything.
>
>73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, 2 hours from Grayland)
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