Re: [IRCA] DXing from the South Pacific 16 Nov2009

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> */Dxing report from the South Pacific (sailing toward Tonga) for
> 
> November 16, 2009:/*
> 
> Hello, everyone! We?re now 2 days outbound from The Bay of Islands, New
> 
> Zealand and bound for Tonga. 

Good work Walt - you are working way harder than I am!

I keep trying different deployments of the ALA100M
as there is a 12kv line about 160 feet away
and with all the salt spray here, there is an s4 to s9
level of frying static across 1/2 the MW band
and the entire LW band...
Sometimes it subsides after midnight.
There is also TVI across the MW band and a good part of SW
and this also vanishes after midnight -
cap that off with a variety of hash noises that are
likely old style light dimmers.

I have gone down by the pool quite a few times
and it is very very quiet there.
10 more days and then home to the rain.

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Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com ---
Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA
DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT Com
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