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

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Walt,
 
Thanks for your comments.
 
Actually there really is a pretty good restaurant in Grayland now, believe  
it or not. It's the one on the main drag with the water wheel in front, 
which  was bought out by a new manager about a year ago-- and greatly improved. 
Even my  Chinese wife from Hong Kong (where the residents are notoriously 
picky about  food) mentioned that the seafood there was unusually good-- 
something she hasn't  said since we visited the famous Chinese restaurants in 
Vancouver, BC.
 
Of course they also have stiff coffee, the most important menu item for  
driving home after limited sleep.
 
73, Gary
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/11/2009 12:57:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
salmaniw@xxxxxxx writes:

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

----- Original Message  -----
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.
>  
> 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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