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Regarding a more southern DX spot. The US Virgin Islands are also on my list,
just not during hurricane season!
Craig Barnes
DXing from Rockaway Beach, OR
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 27, 2017, at 9:30 AM, Donald Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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
>>
>> <<
>> Kudos again to Gary for a superlative FSL design! Domo arigatu Gary San!
>>
>> Craig Barnes
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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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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