Re: [IRCA] Question for the competing ULR LW NDB DXers ;)

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Stephen,

Ultralight radio NDB-DXing is a new offshoot of the Ultralight AM-DXing 
craze that began in late 2007. It took about three years for the 
concept to get off the ground, mainly because there weren't any 
suitable Longwave-capable Ultralight radios until Tecsun introduced the 
DSP models, and until some tinkering fanatics developed some potent 
Longwave upgrade loopsticks and external antennas.

Rob has already given you some great answers to your questions, and 
description of the new DXing craze. But Rob and I aren't the only ones 
who enjoy chasing NDB's on Ultralight radios-- Steve Ratzlaff, Kevin 
Schanilec and others around the world have received hundreds of 
Longwave beacons on Ultralight radios, and are enjoying this new DXing 
challenge in a major way.

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Ross <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, Dec 29, 2011 4:42 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Question for the competing ULR LW NDB DXers ;)


On 2011-12-29, at 7:23 AM, Stephen Airy wrote:

> Alright you guys ;)
>
> I saw the post that one of you has logged his 25th NDB state (bonus 
points for
not even residing in the USA).

Stephen...that was me!! Last night I logged a Beacon from Missouri for 
Longwave
State # 25 Logged on a ULR Receiver. I am located in London, Ontario 
CANADA...in
the middle of the Great Lakes. If the USA had won the War of 1812.....I 
may have
actually been IN the USA!! I'm only 60 Miles from the MIchigan Border.

> So who will be the first to do at least one of the following...
> Log all 50 states (bonus points if it's done by someone outside the 
USA),
although the contiguous 48 may be passable. (You could log all Canadian
provinces or Mexican states, as alternate options.)

50 Longwave States on a ULR Receiver will be almost impossible no 
matter where
you live!!! Even in the center of the USA like Nebraska or Kansas, it 
would be
tough!! I don't think you'll see it happening any time soon! The 25 
States I
have logged so far are most likely all the Easy Ones...they will start 
getting
Real tough now!!

All Provinces would easier than all States, there are a lot more Higher 
Powered
Beacons in CANADA than there are in USA. Some States I believe actually 
have NO
BEACONS left on Longwave....so All 50 States may actually be IMPOSSIBLE 
now!!

> Log at least one NDB on every allocated frequency by a particular 
country (in
1 kHz divisions, for example 282.5 - 283.5 kHz would count as 283 kHz)
> Log every NDB on one frequency in your home country plus adjacent 
countries

That may be possible ....but would still be a big job and a lot of 
work!! Would
take a while......

> I know I won't be the first. I'll be lucky with my current equipment 
(PL-606
and barbed wire fence - does the fence, even though it's fixed, 
non-rotatable,
non-tunable, and originally wasn't designed as an antenna, put me in 
the
"unlimited" category?) to log my 15th NDB overall, 5th state, 4th using 
ONLY the
built-in ferrite (unless DGPS & traveling 80 miles for another one 
doesn't
count), OR 2nd on the same frequency (from the same location) before 
all current
competitors have completed all of the above challenges. ;)

Stephen..although the Fence is not intended to be an Antenna...it is 
regarded as
one, and would automatically put you in the Unlimited Class.


> 73,
> Stephen
>
> P.S. With those Ferrite Sleeve Loops, does every single NDB frequency 
sound as
crowded as the Class C (graveyard) mediumwave channels would sound at 
night when
using only the Amidon 7.5" stick?

When conditions are real good....some of the Frequencies on Longwave 
can get a
little clogged, similar to Graveyard Frequencies!! Usually you don't 
hear more
than 2-3 Beacons at a time though. On most frequencies they fade in and 
out one
at a time making it a little easier to ID them.

73.......ROB VA3SW (For the ULR AWARDS Committee)

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
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