Thanks to all that responded (there were many of you - Thanks again!). I chose Russ Johnson's email to reply back to.
I primarilly DX domestics on MW. However, since I can't normally get Latin American DX from Indiana, I may find South American DX more interesting than most (at least on this trip). If I have the time, I'll try to do a mid-day bandscan on AM, with my E-100. I experienced coastal MW enhancement in the Florida panhandle, as a kid. WWL in LOUD at high noon at about 275 miles. If FM coastal trop is in, it appears that South Florida is possible. The Delmarva, New England and such are out as the coast runs away to the East (no direct ocaen path). Mid-June may allow some good Es conditions, though. Again it's not a DX-pedition but I always try to scope out the band when in a new area. I'm interested in seeing dad's DTV set-up (he lives near Rockingham). I guess that I didn't give him enough credit - he already has a converter box and a bowtie antenna. He gets more channels than he did before and a couple )apparently) are yet to come to full power. I shoulda guessed that he'd be okay, he put the DX bug in me. 73, Dave in Indy ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:36:34 -0400 From: Russ Johnson <[email protected]> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX "lay of the land" from the Myrtke Beach area Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My experiences with MW DXing from that area were not that great. You will experience how easily Florida stations roll in during the day time over the water. At night time, the band is really overwhelmed with South American signals. So if that is what you are after, you will probably be excited. But for domestic DXing, it was kind of a letdown for me. In fact, I have stopped bringing much in the way of listening gear, etc during the annual summer beach week. Don't know about FM Dxing. On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:05 PM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey Fred and Group; > > I have a question. We are planning a family vacation in mid June to > Ocean Isle beach, NC (just up the coast from Myrtle Beach, SC). What > would FM DX be like from there? I've seen tons of long haul coastal > trop from New England down to the Carolina coast, and even Florida. Is > long haul tropo (on say, the car radio) feasable from this location? My > concern (not knowing much about coastal tropo) is that at Ocean isle > Beach, the coast turns and runs almost E-W. Is that a factor? > > What about AM DX? Summer conditions and lightning crashes not > withstanding, does the "Coastal Carolina" area suffer from lousy ground > conductivity, like most of the SE US has? Being on the Atlantic coast, > one would think of TA's. Again bad time of the year but I never hear of > Carolinas TA DX. Too far south? > > Thanks. > > 73, > Dave in Indy _______________________________________________ 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]
