A snowstorm with about 30 cm of snow (over a foot) at the very end of the two
week span that people were there, from what I'm told. That *may* have been a
record for Newfoundland DXpeditions. Otherwise, pleasant weather.
As for wire laying difficulties, it's really thick scrub brush, forest and the
pebble/rock beach Jim describes. The tides and waves are a challenge. I think
next time I will bring and wear protective eyewear when in the thick scrub
brush/forest. We've all been lucky thus far, but those twig branches sure snap
as you push through keeping the wire straight and raising it. I've also had
close calls with branch tips narrowly missing the inside of my ears. Guess I
could wear a winter hat that covers them, or earmuffs, though you need to be
able to hear your colleagues when laying the wire. An ear injury really would
not be conducive to DX...
Saul
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:15:54 -0400
> Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] Nice work Saul!
>
> The week I was there it was pleasant. The other half of the team arrived
> later. I don't think the weather was so bad for them. But one year it
> rained constantly, the sideways kind that falls horizontally due to the
> heavy wind.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Durenberger" <[email protected]>
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America"
> <[email protected]>; "Earl Higgins" <[email protected]>;
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] Nice work Saul!
>
>
> > Jim, what was the temp/wind-chill? I know...it's no fun if you don't have
> > to suck it up <g>
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark Durenberger
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Jim Renfrew" <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:20 AM
> > To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America"
> > <[email protected]>; "Earl Higgins" <[email protected]>;
> > <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] Nice work Saul!
> >
> >> A bit hard to be sleepy in gale-force winds while doing antenna work in
> >> the
> >> tundra. That antenna Neil is working on skirts a beach where the surf
> >> comes
> >> pounding in just behind the photographer. Every wave displaces tons of
> >> gravel. Jim Renfrew
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Mark Durenberger" <[email protected]>
> >> To: "Earl Higgins" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "DX-IRCA"
> >> <[email protected]>
> >> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:45 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Nice work Saul!
> >>
> >>
> >>> AMEN, Brother Earl!
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Mark Durenberger
> >>>
> >>> --------------------------------------------------
> >>> From: "Earl Higgins" <[email protected]>
> >>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 9:34 AM
> >>> To: <[email protected]>; "DX-IRCA" <[email protected]>
> >>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Nice work Saul!
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "When on a DXpedition, it is always preferable to be sleepy than to be
> >>>> well-rested but bored."
> >>>>
> >>>> -- Higgins' First Rule of DXpeditions
> >>>>
> >>>> Sincerely,
> >>>>
> >>>> Earl Higgins
> >>>> RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside
> >>>> St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65)
> >>>>
> >>>> ________________________________
> >>>> From: Mark Durenberger <[email protected]>
> >>>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 8:49 AM
> >>>>
> >>>> GREAT piece in the latest Radio World newsmagazine by Saul Chernos on
> >>>> DX-ing
> >>>> in the Maritimes. Well done!
> >>>>
> >>>> (Kaz looks a bit sleepy)
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Mark Durenberger
> >>>>
> >>>>
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