Re: [IRCA] DXing from Kilauea crater

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

Which part of Utah do you DXpedite in Mark?   I recall some 
impressive scenery near Hanksville, but my DX inhaler at the time was 
limited to a small ALA100 antenna, plus a  horizontal loop cut for 40 
meters, and much of the radioing was ham rather than MW.

best wishes,

Nick


At 15:41 19-01-12, you wrote:
> Hi Colin.  Need to get you out in the Utah desert for one of our 
> DX-Peditions...if you want QUIET  <g>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Durenberger
>
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> > OK - standing in the pitch black with the YL
> > staring down into a glowing crater might
> > not be DXing - but it is right up there
> > with sheer excitement of the radio hobby.
> >
> > Actually had my FT-60r handheld and keyed
> > the local repeater and chatted to
> > Victoria via an "IRLP" internet/radio link.
> >
> > Staying at the Nohea Volcano Cabin -
> > http://www.volcanoplaces.com/nohea/nohea.html
> > Which seems fairly quiet for DXing -
> > Noted they have WiFi here (a linksys) and
> > a BPM extension on their network (which I
> > will definitely unplug if it becomes noisy!)
> >
> > I have not been an acoustic environment this quiet
> > in a very long time - can hear a few crickets...
> > and that is it!
> >
> > 73,
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