Yes the world of a tiny light saves our sanity through the night! I am grateful that my wife is tolerant of my dxing in bed even with the main light on sometimes. She, like most wives/significant others really doesnt care too much for the hobby but she really did though it was cool to hear Japan last season, barefoot even! I wish I could get her interested cause I think she would really enjoy it but she has bad hearing...73 Todd in Woodbury MN
-----Original Message----- From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS <[email protected]> To: irca <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 2:59 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] I've Got to Find A Better Method! Stephen - Welcome to my world. Almost everything is identical, right own to trying to recall if I have to work or not! Like Todd, I keep small LED flashlight on the nightstand, and a small pad and pen. I DX uch the same way. If I can't sleep, I DX. I do note that *man made* oise is lower at odd hours (4 AM) and that to me makes the band much uieter and easier to DX. 73, ave in Indy ----------------------------- Message: 2 ate: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:37:05 -0700 (PDT) rom: Stephen Ponder <[email protected]> o: Mail Group UltralightDX <[email protected]> ubject: [IRCA] I've Got to Find A Better Method! essage-ID: <[email protected]> ontent-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I must have really been stressed out this week! I woke up this morning Saturday, Nov 6th, 2010) at 4:00 AM, thinking it was a work day with a :00 AM eleconference!! I was halfway down the hallway, headed toward the hower, when had that Homer Simpson "Doh!" moment and realized that it was aturday. Wow! Anyway, when I got back to bed, I was having trouble getting back to leep, so I icked up my DT-400W and earbuds off of the nightstand by my side of the ed and tarted tuning around. I was amazed at the difference in the sound of the band at 4:30 AM CDT 0930 MT) as compared to when I usually DX, which is around 11:30 PM CDT 0430 GMT)! exican stations which are just barely audible under the jumble at the ater ime were booming in, some sounding like they were locals! Of course, with my wife asleep next to me, I really couldn't turn on a ight and ot down station details, so I thought I'd be "cool" and just remember tations, requencies, and times so that when I got up later on, I could write hem all own in my logbook. NOT COOL! I must have been sleepier than I thought I was. All of those exotic XE nd uban stations that I heard and tried to remember have now faded into a onglomeration of "La Buenas," "Noticias," "Equis Eh Something," and hat-not. I seem to remember listening to Cuba's "Radio Rebelde" on 720 kHz, ominating ver Chicago's "WGN" around the 6:00 AM CDT (1100 GMT) TOH timeframe. I lso emember hearing Cuba's "Radio Enciclopedia" on 530 kHz with a very good ignal round 5:30 AM CDT (1030 GMT). I've got to find a better method for nighttime (i.e., "bedside") X'ing!! A very "sleepy" 73, tephen H. Ponder, N5WBI Many great deeds are performed in the small truggles of life." - Victor Hugo, Les Miserables ouston, Texas, USA - EL29kn -Mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ RCA mailing list [email protected] ttp://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original ontributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its ditors, 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]
