[IRCA] DU's Take a Day Off

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello Guys,
 
     As reported by Steve, the DU's were very miserable  this morning, even 
right on the ocean beach.  Guy Atkins had a 600' BOG run  in the SW direction 
hooked up to his E1 at the Grayland Beach access road, and I  was using the 
ICF-2010 with a 19.5" loopstick.  Our net result was  weak audio on 531 (on both 
setups), and some moderate carriers on 612, and a few  other frequencies.  The 
signal levels were far below stock Ultralight  capabilities..
 
     It was about 38 degrees on the beach, with a nice  icy breeze around 4 
AM, as we waited for some DX to show up.  Nothing  did, but even at that 
bizarre hour a steady stream of clam  diggers proceeded to the beach in their 
RF-hash producing beater cars,  staring at us like we were nuts.  Around sunrise the 
531 audio improved  from hopeless to miserable, but the SRF-T615's were 
completely  unimpressed.  Only the 20" loopstick model SRF-39FP had a trace of 531  
audio, but no ID's (again).
 
     Guy and I had planned to return to our  Westport motel to catch a nap 
before the 2-hour return trip, but we were both so  frozen and frazzled that a 
simultaneous decision was made to  immediately drive both our cars straight 
back to Puyallup.  The total  Ultralight DX tally for the night:  JOUB-774, 
barely reaching audio level  on the SRF-T615 around 1200 UTC.  It was truly a 
lesson in humility,  but at least we both learned to appreciate how lucky we have 
been in past  DXpeditions  :>)
 
                                                                              
             73,  Gary
 
                                                                              
                          
 
                                                                              
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