Thanks for your generous comments, Bill! <<< BTW, what kind of antennas/receivers were the Japanese DXers using and are they going anywhere else while visiting America? >>> Satoshi Miyauchi and Hiroo Nakagawa are highly skilled in both Perseus-SDR and Ultralight radio DXing, and they tried out both styles of DXing at the Rockwork cliff. Satoshi was concentrating almost exclusively on Ultralight radio DXing with his new (home-built in Japan) 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 model inductively coupled to one of my 15" FSL antennas, while Hiroo appeared to be recording DU-DX with his own Perseus-SDR receiver hooked up to Tom's broadband loop via a splitter. Satoshi quickly caught on to the skill of chasing DU's with a spare ICF-2010 SSB spotting receiver (to check suitable DU targets), tuning his own 15" FSL to peak the ICF-2010's "Christmas tree" LED display on the frequency of choice, and then inductively coupling his Ultralight to the FSL to make a nice DU recording. In fact, he became so skillful at the process that he was even telling me about hot DU-DX signals that I didn't even know existed :-) He must have recorded at least 7 or 8 strong Kiwi signals, in addition to a booming 738-Tahiti signal on his stand-alone 3" FSL PL-380 (of which he made a long video, in front of the awesome ocean cliff scenery). Our two Japanese guests first flew into San Francisco about 4 days ago and had some sightseeing around the Bay Area before taking a flight to Portland, OR, and arriving on Saturday morning. They drove to the coast to meet us, and we had a nice welcoming dinner on Saturday night. They plan to return to Japan this evening. 73, Gary (back in Puyallup, WA)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Whitacre" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 11:32:51 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Rockwork 4 DXpedition Team Finishes Up with Dream Session Great stuff Gary! I’ll bet you’re as good a host as you are an Ultralight DX moderator! Get some sleep when you get home. You deserve it! BTW, what kind of antennas/receivers were the Japanese DXers using and are they going anywhere else while visiting America? — > On Jul 11, 2016, at 1:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Those who were concerned about yesterday's terrible session will be relieved > to know that we all made out like bandits this morning! 1017-Tonga was back, > and I was able to track down the "Dwarf Star" (576-Hamilton, // 657). Our > Japanese guests were awestruck at both the powerful Kiwi signals, 738-Tahiti > and the Oregon ocean coast scenery. Full details will follow-- our final > DXpedition video is posted at > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjda-kO_oQE&feature=youtu.be > > 73 and Good DX, > Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR) > _______________________________________________ > 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
