[IRCA] not DU's from Jordan River, BC

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

This morning I thought I'd try to level the playing field a bit with 
cliffside Gary, by being waterside Nick, and going out to Jordan 
River, BC in the wee hours, and setting up a receiver on the shore of 
Juan de Fuca Strait.  This isn't on the edge of the Pacific exactly, 
though it has a water path to the Pacific via the strait from about 
270 to 290 degrees.    The DU bearings of 220 to 270 degrees are 
water path for the last 25 to 45 km, but there is a chunk of 
Washington's Olympic peninsula blocking the path for a ways beyond 
that.   I debated using a ultralight portable like Gary, but it was 
forecasted rain (correct as it turned out), so I opted for a small 
ALA100 antenna out in the rain, while I stayed dry in the car driving 
an old DR333 radio off the car battery.

So, I guess I was pretty equalized with Gary's cliffside location and 
FSL antenna?   Well,  I sure hope conditions were better for 
him.    I've had better mornings at home, and fairly recently 
too.   Only audios, and very spotty at that,  were on 567 and 612, 
peaking around 1220 to 1230 UT.   Lots of carriers, with one odd one, 
801, which was quite strong, better than expected 819 for 
example.   I double checked conditions using a Sony 2010 with a Kiwa 
pocket loop (thanks for the loan, Dr. Salmaniw), and my poor results 
weren't a receiver or antenna problem it seems.  And the signal 
strength recorder at home also said that an extra few hours in bed 
would not have been amiss.

Oh well, DX wouldn't be as interesting if you didn't get skunked once 
in awhile I guess.

best wishes,

Nick


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