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Re: [IRCA] 1530 VOA São Tomé into West Michigan t o night!

It seems to be a British Columbia thing Chuck (I know, the nerve...the Columbia River hasn't been British for many generations) . Before I started to be annoying, I'd never really realized that we often refer to the coasts here as "north" and "south". It's as if the rest of North and South America don't exist. "west" is reserved for outer Vancouver Island.
And of course, Masset is on the north coast of Haida Gwaii. Hence its charm for DXing. West just doesn't seem to enter into it, I'm sorry. 

I'll go quietly now, officer.

Nick



 At 05:28 27-01-16, you wrote:

Oops... Make that "can be called any other than the west coast".

Chuck

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From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Chuck Hutton <charlesh3@xxxxxxx> 
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1530 VOA São Tomé into West  Michigan to night!

Are you saying Walt's cabin is not on the west coast????
When writing to the IRCA list, I don't see how it can't be called the west coast. 

Chuck

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From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> 
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1530 VOA São Tomé into West  Michigan to night!

Ah, but Haida Gwaii is off what is known as the
"north" coast in these parts Chuck.   It
apparently makes a difference to the type of DX
that is heard, to be north rather than west.

And congratulations Tim.

73,

Nick



At 04:17 27-01-16, you wrote:
>Walt -
>
>How quickly they forget..... We all heard it from your cabin in 2007.
>
>Chuck
>
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>From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
>behalf of Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 4:14 AM
>To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>Subject: Re: [IRCA]     1530 VOA São Tomé into West Michigan tonight!
>
>Great catch, Tim!  I think it would be an impossible catch to the west
>coast...73,  Walt
>
>On Tuesday, January 26, 2016, Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > After several attempts trying for this one, persistence finally pays off.
> > I've actually been hearing them sign on at 0300 UTC for the last few nights 
> > with their Yankee Doodle interval signal but the signal strength has been
> > just one notch above imaginary.  If I didn't know what to listen for then
> > I'd never be able to pick it out under WCKY.  Per a suggestion from Kaz
> > himself last year, I changed things up tonight and decided to try phasing
> > the D-KAZ against a short wire on the ground about 60 feet long and
> > parallel to my north/south D-KAZ. This knocked down WCKY a bit more (more > > than I could achieve by using my remote null pot). With the D-KAZ switched 
> > to the North and phased against the short north-south wire, here's what I
> > pulled in tonight on 1530 at 0258 UTC:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBt3PM8esA
> >
> > Hearing that sign-on announcement tonight on a domestic channel was pure DX 
> > adrenaline!
> >
> > 73,
> > Tim Tromp
> > West Michigan
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