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Hi Rob,
Thanks for your comments, brother!
Sooner or later you, me, Allen and Richard should get together for the ultimate
Ultralight Radio Transoceanic DXpedition (along with anyone else fanatical
enough to join us!). I'll be getting a Mega-FSL ready that would shut down
Canadian customs for a full year...
73, Gary
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From: Robert Ross <[email protected]>
To: d1028gary <[email protected]>; Mailing list for the International Radio
Club of America <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon, Jul 21, 2014 4:12 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in
Auckland, NZ
Gary……. Great Video!!! Thanks for showing everyone what you have to go through
to hear these amazing receptions!! It was nice of 531-PI to give a Beautiful
English ID while you were filming!! What are the chances of that eh???
Good show Gary!!!
73…ROB VA3SW
Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
On 2014-07-21, at 6:45 PM, Gary DeBock via IRCA wrote:
From: [email protected]
Subject: South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ
Date: 21 July, 2014 6:45:33 PM EDT
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Hello All,
In response to several requests, on the last day of the recent Rockwork 4 ocean
cliff DXpedition I recorded a demonstration video of the process of receiving
an actual South Pacific DX station on the modified PL-380 + FSL combo at the
cliff side location. The 1230 UTC reception time was ideal for reception of a
strong signal from 531-PI, a 5 kW Samoan language station at 6,858 miles
(11,035 km) distance. Although the lighting just after local sunrise wasn't
exactly ideal, the entire process of reception (checking the DX station carrier
strength on the ICF-2010 SSB spotting receiver, tuning the 15" FSL antenna to
boost the signal on the ICF-2010, entering the DX station's frequency on the
modified PL-380 and finally coupling the PL-380 to the FSL to receive a huge
signal boost) is shown in the demonstration video. 531-PI's signal was S9+ at
the time, and an actual English ID from the station was fortunately recorded as
it boomed in on the modified PL-380. Despite what the sleep-deprived narrator
says, however, the actual distance to 531-PI from the Rockwork 4 DXpedition
site is actually 6,858 miles (11,035 km), NOT "over 8,000 miles." After running
on limited sleep for seven days straight, it was amazing that this guy could
even remember how to turn on the camcorder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBJ31cEAH0
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff site on Highway 101, Tillamook Co., Oregon
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