Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 9-7... Mediocre on any Antenna
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 9-7... Mediocre on any Antenna



D1028Gary@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hello All,
The ambitious plan here on this holiday morning was to test out the new 9' sided PVC box loop here in actual TP DXing, as rotated on a heavy-duty PVC support base in the back yard. After serious labor in preparation for this Labor Day test, everything was ready to go at 1200 UTC-- except for the TP signals. The monster box loop was able to provide serious gain for this morning's anemic TP's, but as John, Walt, Nigel and Dennis have already reported, the signal levels were dreary at best. No matter what the antenna, if the propagation is tanking, your DX results will tank along with it. At the peak of a very modest dawn enhancement (around 1315), weak audio was heard on 657-Pyongyang, 666-JOBK, 738-Taiwan (with the buzzing carrier) and 972-HLCA, with strong audio on 594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and 828-JOBB. After the lackluster Asian TP's faded at 1330, the monster loop was swung around for DU's, and weak audio from 738-Tahiti was heard, along with a strong carrier from 639-Fiji, and a moderate carrier from 648-Rhema-- among other moderate-carrier Kiwis and Aussies. The morning wasn't a total waste, however, as various mechanical refinements to this largest-sized PVC Loop were tested, and worked well. When TP conditions finally cooperate, this 9' sided (13' diagonal) tuned passive loop should fully justify its $52 cost :-) 73, Gary DeBock Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) 9' sided PVC Loop (related article is in DXer.Ca, and in the Yahoo Ultralightdx file site) _______________________________________________
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Gary, I do hope that someone is recording your efforts (photos) for prosperity! I'd love to try one of these sometime. Vlad Titarev in Ukraine had a large diameter loop at his DX shack which hung from the ceiling and could be rotated by hand. I could do the same at my cottage in Haida Gwaii.........Walt
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