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Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio Co-Conspirators Heading to Grayland
Hi Walt,
John, Guy and I had a discussion at Bennett's restaurant in Grayland this
afternoon (over some delicious food) concerning how you and Nick would need
to come down to and sample the cuisine-- which by consensus was much better
than the mediocre fare of your previous trips.
Guy even drove all the way from Puyallup just to join us for lunch (2.5
hours each way), which may have been somewhat related to the quality of the
restaurant...
The DX this morning on the beach was very good, with both Aussie and Kiwi
stations booming in all over the band. John had his Wellbrook array set up
outside Room 9, and I was out in the drizzly weather at the Grayland Beach
Road picnic table with a new experimental 8' passive loop. Both of us heard
more DU's than we have heard for 9 months-- primarily because this is our
first trip to Grayland in about 9 months!
John usually has his best Grayland DXing sessions of the year right after I
come back home, so I'm getting psychologically prepared. By the way, John
and Guy still haven't gotten over the episode in the QCI DXpedition, when
you heard the best DX of the entire trip right after they left. And I
thought this only happened to me :>)
73, Gary
In a message dated 7/12/2009 6:56:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
salmaniw@xxxxxxx writes:
Hi, Gary. Yes, it's good to hear that the once rustic Grayland region
with very few amnenities now has progressed to the 21st century. Remember the
years without cell service and no eateries? We had to go into town to
find either. I still remember the trouble we went to to get dial-up internet
access, so that we could post loggings daily during one of the big
DXpeditions from years past (I think it was Guy Atkins who spent little time
DXing, and more time with the computer/modem). It's too bad that one of the
QDFA couldn't be employed to compare with the Wellbrook array and
Beverage(s)........Walt
----- Original Message -----
From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009 1:24 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio Co-Conspirators Heading to Grayland
To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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