Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio Co-Conspirators Heading to Grayland
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Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio Co-Conspirators Heading to Grayland



Best restaurant in Grayland, you say, Gary?  An oxymoron, I suggest!  Do have fun, and leave some of the DX to those of us slaving away at home!........Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC

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From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009 11:54 am
Subject: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio Co-Conspirators Heading to Grayland
To: ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, am@xxxxxxxxxxx

> Hello All,
>  
> Eager to test out the new DSP-enhanced Tecsun PL-300WT and 
> Grundig G8  
> Ultralight radios in actual TP and DU DXing, John Bryant and I 
> will be traveling 
>  to the Grayland Motel on the Washington state ocean coast 
> today, hopeful 
> of  snagging some nice South Pacific DX during extremely 
> early (and short) 
> dawn  enhancement periods.
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> Traveling separately, John will be bringing his 
> outstanding,  
> state-of-the-art Wellbrook Loop array for setup between the 
> motel and  the ocean beach, 
> while I will be bringing a somewhat more modest system  
> developed during 
> recent experimentation-- a collapsible-frame 8' (diagonal)  
> tuned passive loop 
> constructed with lightweight PVC, and also an all-PVC  
> altazimuth tilting 
> base. Of course I don't seriously hope to compete with  him 
> in chasing DX, but 
> these ultra-cheap PVC systems certainly provide huge  DXing 
> gain for the $50 
> investment-- and work perfectly with the overload-proof  PL-
> 300WT and G8 
> DSP-system radios.
>  
> Guy Atkins wished to join us for the DX sessions, but was 
> unfortunately  
> wasn't able to fit it into his schedule. We do plan to welcome 
> him for a nice  
> Sunday lunch together at the best restaurant in Grayland, 
> however, and 
> share our  impressions of the sunrise DX (or lack thereof). 
> John plans to stay 
> an extra day  to enjoy Monday morning DXing, during which 
> he will probably 
> enjoy the best  DXing session of the decade-- right after 
> Guy and I are safely 
> back in  Puyallup.
>  
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
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