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Mark,
I appreciate your insights, particularly regarding Latin American stations. A
trip to the Maritimes is on my radar. Not sure when, but sooner than later. I
met Kaz at Grayland some time ago and I indeed drooled over the DX he
experienced in Newfoundland. As I recall Allen Willie has had nice success with
his "ultralight" as well. I will be traveling to 3 Hawaiian islands. I will be
on the north coast of Kauai first, then on the west coast of the Big Island,
then a day and a half just west of Honolulu.
Best of DX
Craig Barnes
On the road from Kalaloch, WA to Rockaway Beach, OR
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> On Mar 27, 2017, at 8:38 AM, Mark Connelly <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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