Re: [IRCA] Report from Grayland, Oct. 15th

[Chuck <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

Guy:

As I understand it, 846 is dead (transmitter failures in 2008) and moved 
to 1440 where it has been heard by a few in the last year.

Chuck

On 10/15/2011 1:36 PM, Guy Atkins wrote:
> Kevin Schanilec and I arrived at Grayland Beach State Park yesterday for
> three nights of DXing. The primary antenna in use for this trip is a
> Wellbrook ALA100 phased array, although later today I'll probably put up a
> PA0RDT Mini-Whip for a "reference" omni-directional antenna. Kevin is using
> his ICOM R-75 on the Wellbrook array, while I have a recently hotrodded
> AR7030 Plus receiver in use.
>
> <CLIP>
>
> A casual check of the band at approx. 0400 revealed 738 Tahiti at a fair to
> good level, and some island music and talk from 1017 Tonga. There were
> strong hets on usual South Pacific frequencies 846 and 1098 but no audio at
> this time.
<CLIP>
 73, Guy

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