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: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009 11:54 am Subject: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio Co-Conspirators Heading to Grayland To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > 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) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite > artists on > tour at TourTracker.com. > (http://www.tourtracker.com/?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000006) > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > _______________________________________________ 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]
