Hi Brian, First of all, Thanks ?to hometown buddy Guy for providing the information on the Cape Perpetua Highway 101 turn off site. Guy was the first to conduct a successful Broadband FSL DXpedition at an ocean cliff site, having used the Cape Perpetua turn off to record vibrant TP-DX on his Perseus-SDR last September.
As for the "Rockwork 4" ocean cliff site, it is indeed one of the smaller Highway 101 turn offs located just south of the entrance to Oswald West State Park. As you drive past the state park entrance and up the hill to the ocean cliffs, you will come to a rather large turn off close to the top of the hill, which has a relatively large parking lot, and a "Rockwork" sign. This is "Rockwork 2" (my own personal name), which typically has at least a couple of large RV's parked overnight throughout the summer (along with owners who, unfortunately, feel like they own the place). Go a couple of turn offs past this site and you will come to "Rockwork 4", which is notable for its 400' sheer drop off cliff-- plunging straight down to the Pacific Ocean far below. Assuming that this won't bother you, Brian, you should set up your DXing equipment as close as possible to the cliff edge, so that the maximum propagation gain can be enjoyed from Rockwork 4's awesome topography.? 73 and Good Luck, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -----Original Message----- From: Guy Atkins <[email protected]> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jun 21, 2013 07:42 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Ultralight "Cliffhanger" DU-DXpeditions Hi Brian, I don't think Gary will mind if I jump in here and add a couple details in response. Here's a link that I've sent to others, which shows the Google Maps location of the turnout on the highway at the Cape Perpetua cliff DXing location: http://goo.gl/maps/9Kax If you use the Street View feature you can see the amount of space that's available for a few cars, and the approach to the spot. The location is a little over a mile south of Yachats, Oregon, and maybe 1/8th or 1/4th mile north of the visitor's center. Have fun DXing at the Oregon coast, and leave some DX for me ;^) I'll be arriving there a week later. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Brian Chapel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gary. > > I will be spending one night in Newport and one night in Coos Bay during > the week preceding the first DXpedition so I would like to see the sites > and hopefully do some DXing there. > > "Rockwork 4" is located about 10 miles south of Cannon Beach, OR, and >> has a 400' sheer drop off to the Pacific Ocean directly below the DXing >> site. >> > > On the east side of the road in Oswald West State Park there is a large > parking lot. About 1 mile south of that and about 2 miles north of Manzania > on the west side of 101 I see three smaller cliff-side parking lots. Is one > of those the Canon Beach site? > > Cape Perpetua is located 2 miles south of Yachats, OR, and its turnoff >> site has the additional thrill of being directly in the headlights of >> 18-wheel trucks before they make their final turn on Highway 101. >> > > Where is that in relation to the entrance to the Cape Perpetua Visitor > Center? > > Brian Chapel > Victoria, BC > > _______________________________________________ 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]
