Re: [IRCA] PEI DXing. was: Re: Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-31

["Jim Renfrew" <jrenfrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In Newfoundland, the reach to East Asia is tough.  The lay of the land is 
such that our antennas aim NE to Europe, and SE to Brazil.  In 2010 we did 
well to East Asia (China, N. Korea, S. Korea, Russia, Taiwan and Japan on 
the Euro wire because the arctic is in darkness, but that also means the 
path is prone to auroral conditions.  Those receptions appear about 
0930-1030z in mid-November.  We've also logged China in the evening, like 
2300 or so, and that uses the darkness over Europe as sunrise approaches in 
East Asia.  We have also had Taiwan and Korea that same way, Sri Lanka, and 
lots of India.  I think Jean also got Thailand once.  I don't believe we've 
had Japan that way.

I don't believe we will have a Newfoundland team this fall, except for Allen 
in residence there, but I am still going through Perseus recordings from 
2010 and 2011, so still the vicarious thrill.

Jim Renfrew, Holley NY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 1:38 PM
Subject: [IRCA] PEI DXing. was: Re: Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-31


> I think PEI has the inside edge to a lot of DX, Gary.  We were on the 
> northern shore of Howe Bay, with a good water path to South America, but in 
> fact there was a bit of a land path to much of northern Europe and the 
> Middle East, and certainly to Asia, yet heard some amazing signals.  I 
> suspect that mucky red soil is fairly conductive, but still.   And the 
> antennas used were corner fed loops and an ALA100, suburban yard antennas.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> At 06:07 04-11-12, Gary wrote:
>
> > Hi Nick,
> >
> >
> >
> > Congratulations again on your long-range TP receptions during the Prince 
> > Edward Island DXpedition. The East Coast DXers probably appreciated having 
> > an Asiatic DX expert in the group-- knowing exactly what to listen for.
> >
> > About 3 years ago Brent became the only East Coast DXer (that I'm aware 
> > of) to receive Asiatic TP's on an Ultralight radio, managing to hear a 
> > couple of Japanese NHK stations on his simple Sony SRF-59 and Radio Shack 
> > loop. So it seems that PEI has always had somewhat of an inside edge for 
> > TP reception :-)
>
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