Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Tim,

Thanks very much for your comments on the DXpedition!

<<<    Gary, some of those "rough conditions" like an AC power or 
street
lighting probably made a major contribution to your success.   >>>

Yes, Tim, that was certainly a najor advantage for weak-signal 
reception on the Cliff. There were no computers or street lights within 
miles of the DXing site. Once you got used to the complete darkness and 
total isolation of the makeshift DXing venue it was probably the best 
site that you could have ever hoped for.

<<<    One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity 
would be
offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless 
here.
Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV
I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the 
neighbors
are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;)   >>>

I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor's new plasma TV, and yes, those 
RF-polluting beasts are a DXer's mortal enemy. Its RF hash would have 
ruined everything for me on the Cliff... if there would have been any 
AC power for your neighbor to plug it in!

But in general the new FSL antennas can survive high-noise environments 
much better than air-core loops, and can usually null RF noise 
generators (like plasma TV's) down into the noise, at least on one 
bearing. The main challenge with the FSL antennas currently is a sudden 
booming demand from DXers but no commercial supply... the sellers of 
surplus Soviet ferrite on eBay must be thanking their lucky stars for 
the advent of Capitalism.

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)




-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Hills <thills@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 10:22 am
Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report


Gary, some of those "rough conditions" like an AC power or street
lighting probably made a major contribution to your success.

One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be
offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless 
here.
Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV
I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the 
neighbors
are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;)

We had planned on a trip up the west coast in late fall but work for
both of us has killed that idea along with the mini DXpedition in 
October.

Thanks for posting your results, at least I can get in some good DXing
vicariously.

Tim Hills
Sioux Falls, SD


On 8/1/2012 21:43, d1028gary@xxxxxxx wrote:
> (trimmed)
>
> DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street
> lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt water
> propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted 
in
> South Pacific DX of exceptional strength.  2.5 kW and 5 kW signals 
from
> New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema were
> actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while
> several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio 
Waatea
> were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing
> conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every
> effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition
> report, which is posted at
> http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nk9tlf95t0b2m14

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