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Can you set up A KAZ in the dark?
I can barley set up a BOG In the dark.
Thanks
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On Jul 23, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Chuck Hutton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bill and Gary:
>
> I think you will be surprised if you use Google Earth to take a look at the
> turnouts on the Rockworks cliff.
>
> Two of the turnouts will accommodate a 270 degree DKAZ of 140 to 160 feet. A
> third will hold an equally big DKAZ but will be facing almost north - south.
>
> Chuck
>
> To: [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in
> Auckland, NZ
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 06:13:58 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in
> Auckland, NZ
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 02:13:55 -0400
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Good luck on your Oregon coast trip, and I hope that the Kiwi DX rolls in for
> you (like it did for Chuck and me at Rockwork 4 last week).
>
> <<< I went by Rockworks 4 yesterday and once you saw it, Mark, you would
> NOT want to
> attempt a DKAZ! Even those who do not suffer from vertigo would ‘think
> twice’
> about the drop! ;-) >>>
>
> Rockwork 4 definitely has limited space, and will never accommodate large
> single-loop wire antennas (like a DKAZ). On the other hand, the Cliff seems
> to provide a potent transoceanic propagation boost for smaller antennas, like
> the 15' x 15' Flag, used by Chuck last week, and my own 15" FSL. For
> Perseus-SDR DXers, the big question is probably whether the Cliff's potent
> transoceanic signal boost will enable smaller broadband antennas to
> outperform large single-loop wire antennas set up at sea level. Chuck's
> favorable Kiwi results at Rockwork 4 last week should provide some new input
> in the discussion.
>
> <<< However, a 160’ DKAZ erected at 800’ ASL down the coast a bit between
> Yachats
> and Florence, OR was getting almost as good a signal on 531 as Gary had. >>>
>
> As usual, I'll be very interested in your loggings and MP3's, Bill. I'm still
> sorting out the UnID's and MP3's from last week's trip to Rockwork 4-- a very
> wild trip. Chuck and I both agree that Rockwork 4 really rocks!
>
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Whitacre <[email protected]>
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 6:19 am
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in
> Auckland, NZ
>
>
> That IS a great demo video Gary. And great loggings too, as usual.
>
> If it’s July on the northwest coast radio guys are out doing crazy things to
> hear DU DX!
>
> I went by Rockworks 4 yesterday and once you saw it, Mark, you would NOT want
> to
> attempt a DKAZ! Even those who do not suffer from vertigo would ‘think
> twice’
> about the drop! ;-)
>
> However, a 160’ DKAZ erected at 800’ ASL down the coast a bit between Yachats
> and Florence, OR was getting almost as good a signal on 531 as Gary had.
> More
> later but I just arrived at a place called San Souci up an old logging road
> about a mile off Rt. 101 in a Home Away rental that I’ve been to a couple of
> previous summers and it never fails to satisfy.
>
> BTW, I’m NOT using remote Rt on this DKAZ nor one I left behind for a few
> days
> at Grayland. Ended up using the old ‘bring the radio to the antenna’ method
> using a very nice Anker battery that puts out 5V [for the Perseus] and 12V
> [for
> a Wellbrook FLG100LN] at the same time! Ended up terminating the Grayland
> DKAZ
> with 867 ohms and the one here in San Souci with 820 ohms. More later on
> null
> depths but they’re ‘sufficient.'
>
> —
>
> On Jul 22, 2014, at 4:39 AM, Mark Durenberger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I probably would have wanted to swing out a D-Kaz...and then you might have
> had Oregon’s Highway Patrol suddenly interested :-))
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mark Durenberger
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: [email protected]
>> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 9:40 PM
>> To: [email protected] ; [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in
> Auckland,NZ
>>
>> Thanks for your comment, Mark! I wish that you could have been with me on
>> the
> Cliff (it's always nice to have other DXers join us on the Cliffs, to remind
> us
> that we are still halfway normal individuals)!
>>
>> 73, Gary
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Durenberger <[email protected]>
>> To: d1028gary <[email protected]>; Mailing list for the International Radio
> Club of America <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Mon, Jul 21, 2014 6:20 pm
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in
> Auckland,NZ
>>
>>
>> Excellent work Gary! Thanks for sharing.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mark Durenberger
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gary DeBock via IRCA
>> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 5:45 PM
>> To: [email protected] ; [email protected]
>> Subject: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in
>> Auckland,NZ
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