We've had quite a bit of activity in the past week and have blown away several records including, the Top of the Heap, the World Ultralight DXing Distance Record. That was held for over a month by our illustrious Ultrafounder, Gary DeBock.... 5201 miles from Puyallup, WA to HLCA-972, Dangjin, South Korea(Seoul) 11/22/2007(SRF-59). Well, Gary has had to step aside. The new record is 5424 miles now held by Allen Willie, St. John's, NF. He heard BSKSA-1521, Duba, Saudi Arabia on 1/4/2008 with a SRF-37V, barefoot!
Rob Ross actually paused in his Ultralight DXing long enough to submit for a few very nice new distance records, though I'm convinced that he is qualified for several more.... darn guy just won't quit DXing long enough to submit for records. Gil Stacy down in Savannah has continued his march through the Caribbean, recording several First ultralight receptions from some of the island nations, and establishing two new distance records at 10,000 watts. There are several other changes in the standings this week.... read through the entire list a your leisure. An almost up-to-date list is in the new issue od DXM, the IRCA bulletin . You can also find it, even more up to date (today's entries) at the Ultralight Radio files area on dxer.ca. at http://www.dxer.ca/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,87/Itemid,77/ I might add that there are a treasure-trove of other articles of interest to Ultralighters at that site. Right now, there are very few records in the List for receptions with Super-Modified Ultralight Radios. We are actually keeping records for two classes of radios.... Barefoot UltraLights and SuperModified Ultralight Radios. The Super-Modified class of radio is a recognized Ultralight receiver that has been modified or supplemented in any way.... such as inductively coupling it to a large antenna, a tuned loop, etc., or modifying it in any way, mechanically or electrically. So, if you are DXing with some modification, take the time to look over the current records, your log book may be full of record-setting catches that we don't know about! Submissions for Firsts and Records should be in an e-mail that is titled to give me a hint of the Submission and can be posted here or sent to me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] They may be made at any time. For the next several months, at least, I intend to update the list each Monday and post it to DXer.ca. About monthly, we will likely submit it to Phil for the bulletin. I'll inform this group when a new Records List goes up on DXer.ca Send in those record loggings!!! John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
