Its been a month since I've updated the List of Ultralight Firsts and
Records and there has been quite a bit of activity, including at long
last, some work from the Pacific Northwest. The new Firsts from Asian
countries were all snagged by our compatriots in the NW:
First Station in North Korea
Gary DeBock, Grayland, WA Pyongyang BS-657 Kangnam
3/14/2008 (**SRF-39FP**)
First Station in China
Gary DeBock, Grayland, WA CRI Russian Svc.-963, Unk. Loc
3/14/2008 (**SRF-39FP**)
First Station in Thailand
Dennis Vroom, Salmon Creek, WA VOA-1575, Ban Rasom
3/16/2008 (**SRF-39FP**)
Dennis Vroom's great reception of VOA-Thailand was achieved by
inductively coupling his EWE to an otherwise barefoot SRF-39FP... he
held the receiver against the down leg of the EWE and there it was, a
new Ultralight country and a new overall ultralight distance record
of 11721 km/7283 miles!!!!
Allen Willie and his best radio buddy, Lorne Harnum, also of St.
Johns, have continued to snag Country Firsts in both Africa and Europe:
First Station in Egypt
Lorne Harnum, St. John's, NF ERTU-819 Batra, 2/29/2008 (SRF-37V)
First Station in Benin
Allen Willie, St. John's, NF TWR-1566, Parakou
3/13/2008 (SRF-37V)
First Station in the Netherlands
Allen Willie, St. John's, NF R. Maria-675 Lopik
2/20/2008 (SRF-37V)
First Station in the Faroe Islands
Allen Willie, St. John's, NF Utvarp Foroya-531 Akraberg
2/22/2008 (SRF-37V)
First Station in Corsica
Lorne Harnum, St. John's, NF R. Bleue relay-1494
2/29/2008 (SRF-37V)
First Station in Greece
Lorne Harnum, St. John's, NF ERA Sport-981,
Athens 2/29/2008 (SRF-37V)
First Station in Cyprus
Allen Willie, St. John's, NF BBC-1323 via Zygi
3/12/2008 (SRF-37V)
Finally, Allen also managed to wipe out Rob Ross' distance record for
the American Graveyard Channels:
1427 km/866 miles Allen Willie, St. John's, NF WBAE-1490 Portland,
ME 2/20/2008 (SRF-M37V)
Well, that is it for this month. With equinox upon us, surely we'll
see quite a few distance records fall in the next month. I happen to
know that Walt Salmaniw is spending an extended Easter holiday at his
cottage in the fabled Queen Charlotte Islands. I really hope that he
took a couple of ultralights along with his new Perseus SDR! Time
will tell....
The entire updated Firsts and Records List will be uploaded to the
Ultralight Files area of dxer.ca in a few minutes.
John B.
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) + a small flock of
Ultralights
Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version)
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