Thanks for your comments, Guy, and I'll certainly give your regards to our Japanese visitors. They have been model guests, and we are all very honored to chase DX with them. Even with the incredibly bad weather this morning, they were always cheerful, helping me to assemble the FSL antenna bases and patiently chase DU-DX with their 7.5" loopstick Ultralight radios inductively coupled to the 15" FSL (which was secured with 175-lb. test plastic tie wraps around the base, so that it wouldn't become airborne). They definitely impressed all of us with their positive attitudes and determination! <<< As you know, I was scheduled to be at Rockwork 4 this weekend also but had a change of plans come up in June. >>> We would have enjoyed having you here, Guy, but the nasty weather and the "watered down" DU-DX conditions this morning were pretty unusual in comparison to the other 5 sessions I've had on the cliff this week. We are looking for much results tomorrow (both in DU-DX and weather). After all, how could they possibly be worse? :-) 73, Gary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Atkins" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 4:46:47 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 10 Rockwork 4 DXpedition-- Murphy's Law on Steroids Wow, Gary! That was quite the welcome you arranged with the weather gods for Satoshi-san and Hiroo-san! (Nick-san too :^) As you know, I was scheduled to be at Rockwork 4 this weekend also but had a change of plans come up in June. I can't say I missed the chance for another Rockwork-style drenching, but I would have really enjoyed meeting the Japanese DXers! Please greet Hiroo and Satoshi for me in my absence and let them know I appreciate the contributions they made to my Perseus SDR blog "Five Below" during the years it was active. I hope DX conditions will be on the rebound for tomorrow morning's session, to make up for the rude awakening you encountered today. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: "America, Mailing" <[email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:07:05 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: [IRCA] July 10 Rockwork 4 DXpedition-- Murphy's Law on Steroids > It's probably safe to say that none of our DXpedition group has ever > endured such a miserable DXing session. Severe rain and wind pounded the > highly-exposed Rockwork 4 ocean cliff turnoff throughout our antenna setup > and radio listening, providing a very stark welcome for our distinguished > Japanese visitors (Hiroo Nakagawa and Satoshi Miyauchi). > > <SNIP> _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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]
