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Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ

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Hi Guy,
 
Thanks for your comments on the 531-PI demo video!
 
<<<    I didn't realize you were now using one of your stock ICF-2010 receivers for DX
spotting, rather than the hotrodded one with multiple 7.5" Amidon ferrite
rods linked together.   >>>
 
Actually my original hot-rodded ICF-2010 spotting receiver went on the blink just before last year's Rockwork 4 DXpedition in July, and although the plan was to hotrod another one for this trip, unfortunately I got distracted by the challenge of creating the 15" and 17" "Gain Monster" FSL antennas. Before the Cape Perpetua trip scheduled for next month (August 25-27) I may have the chance to design an build an updated ICF-2010 hotrod model. The stock ICF-2010 is barely acceptable as an SSB spotting receiver-- the new 15" FSL can produce strong audio on DU's that don't even manage a weak carrier on the Sony :-)

<<<   With any luck I'll have a few sunrise sessions back at the Cape Perpetua
cliff near Yachats, Oregon in September, as my wife and I are planning a
return trip to the coast. I've left the Perseus SDR "fold" after 6-1/2
years, but have an Elad FDM-S2 now.   >>>

Good luck at Cape Perpetua, Guy. You should have a nice mix of TP and DU-DX in September!


73, Gary
 

  
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: irca <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 11:02 am
Subject: Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ


 Hi Gary,

That's a wonderful demo video you made from the Rockworks cliff! I didn't
realize you were now using one of your stock ICF-2010 receivers for DX
spotting, rather than the hotrodded one with multiple 7.5" Amidon ferrite
rods linked together.

With any luck I'll have a few sunrise sessions back at the Cape Perpetua
cliff near Yachats, Oregon in September, as my wife and I are planning a
return trip to the coast. I've left the Perseus SDR "fold" after 6-1/2
years, but have an Elad FDM-S2 now.

73,

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA


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> From: d1028gary@xxxxxxx
>
> Subject: South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ
>
> Date: 21 July, 2014 6:45:33 PM EDT
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> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Hello All,
>
> In response to several requests, on the last day of the recent Rockwork 4
> ocean cliff DXpedition I recorded a demonstration video of the process of
> receiving an actual South Pacific DX station on the modified PL-380 + FSL
> combo at the cliff side location. The 1230 UTC reception time was ideal for
> reception of a strong signal from 531-PI, a 5 kW Samoan language station at
> 6,858 miles (11,035 km) distance. Although the lighting just after local
> sunrise wasn't exactly ideal, the entire process of reception (checking the
> DX station carrier strength on the ICF-2010 SSB spotting receiver, tuning
> the 15" FSL antenna to boost the signal on the ICF-2010, entering the DX
> station's frequency on the modified PL-380 and finally coupling the PL-380
> to the FSL to receive a huge signal boost) is shown in the demonstration
> video. 531-PI's signal was S9+ at the time, and an actual English ID from
> the station was fortunately recorded as it boomed in on the modified
> PL-380. Despite what the sleep-deprived narrator says, however, the actual
> distance to 531-PI from the Rockwork 4 DXpedition site is actually 6,858
> miles (11,035 km), NOT "over 8,000 miles." After running on limited sleep
> for seven days straight, it was amazing that this guy could even remember
> how to turn on the camcorder.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBJ31cEAH0
>
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff site on Highway 101, Tillamook Co.,
> Oregon
>
>
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