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Gary + Craig - We definitely need one of you to get to the eastern side of the
continent and take a crack at things from New England, PEI, Nova Scotia,
Newfoundland - or, maybe even more interestingly, Bermuda or Barbados.
Weaker / rarer pre-sunset / sunset TA's would be the main event but later
evening "deep" Latin American and rarer long-haul domestics would also be on
the front burner if conditions went auroral.
Sometimes the major interference is in the opposite direction to the DX (e.g.
NYC at 255 deg. versus southern Europe 75 deg. from here on Cape Cod) so a
figure-of-8 pick-up pattern may not do as well as the cardioid pick-up of the
antenna more often used by serious DXers here: DKAZ, Kaz, SuperLoop, Flag,
terminated Bev. etc.
Anyway it would be an interesting exercise for someone to do FSL + Ultralight
on the East Coast. Certainly a spot such as Cappahayden, Newfoundland with a
considerable separation (> 800 miles) from most US pests would do best. Sort
of like the eastern version of Masset or Paul's Alaska QTH ... and of course
Hawaii.
While in Hawaii, besides TP/DU, you should also be mindful of Deep South
America possibilities - especially Pacific Coast countries such as Peru and
Chile that are rare here in the east even when we're feasting on Brazil,
Argentina, and Uruguay at beach sites during aurora. See if you can find
Richard Wood's old reports from Hilo to get you inspired. Even if some of the
stations are now silent or changed, the best reception times - sunset, late
evening, wee hours, or dawn - will be of value. Remember also that Richard had
some near-dawn receptions much deeper into Asia and even Europe than are
customary in OR, WA, and BC. India, numerous countries ending in "-stan" etc.
Also of interest: how far east into US / Canada can you go? As dawn hits
Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, etc. maybe stations from those easterly cities get
enough of a boost to override closer stations farther west in the US and
Canada. This would be similar to transmitter dawn enhancements that kick
stations from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Moldova, and Romania above closer-in UK and
Spain stations received here in MA.
I will definitely be looking forward to that Hawaii DXpedition report with
logs, audio clips, photo's, and human-interest narrative. It should provide
great tips to help less-favourably located DXers just as the Newfie and PEI
reports provide the "drool-worthy" targets for us here in the eastern US..
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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Kudos again to Gary for a superlative FSL design! Domo arigatu Gary San!
Craig Barnes
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> On Mar 26, 2017, at 7:25 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Well, it's definitely a new feeling to get smoked by another FSL user in
> TP-DX reception! Congratulations again to Craig Barnes in not only mastering
> the 3.5 inch "Baby FSL" model, but in using it to track down an astonishing
> number of Asian stations on the ocean coast at Kalaloch, WA this morning. At
> around $100 construction cost that model has some serious potential, and it
> is probably small enough to avoid TSA hassles when passing through airports.
> We will know for sure when Craig returns to Colorado!
>
> My TP-DX results were nowhere close to Craig's (or Walt's, or Nigel's),
> mainly because I needed to go elsewhere during most of sunrise enhancement.
> My general impression was that some of yesterday's Japanese big gun strength
> got diverted to Nigel in Alberta, but the Koreans on 972 and 1566 were just
> as strong as ever. Needing tp cut the DXing short at 1315 I set up two of the
> 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL models to record on 657 and 972, which resulted
> in some fair peaks from Pyongyang (including the 3 + 1 pips at 1330) and some
> booming peaks from 972-HLCA's bizarre singing practice program. But of course
> the main thrill this morning was vicarious, enjoying Craig's excitement and
> astonishment in receiving 16 TP signals on an antenna not much larger than
> his PL-310 Ultralight. Just imagine what he will be able to do on the Hawaii
> coast on Kauai Island next month, with one of the 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL
> models?
>
> 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Booming female pop music during the singing
> practice program at 1333; best Asian signal of the session
> https://app.box.com/s/3haz1hdkx6mq2g6aem74fbnq5fss3g0j
>
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight +
> 5" FSL antenna
>
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