My wife and I visited Lubec, in ‘downeast’ Maine, over the Memorial Day holiday for a combination birding and radio expedition. Birding was good but DX was better! Just starting thru the wav files and have ‘the page’ up for my unorthodox way of logging:
http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh9.php Seems we hit an ‘opening’ on May 29 after the sun burped and produced some amazing conditions towards Brazil and southern Africa. Check out 657, 756 and 828 — 2 x South Africa and 1 x Malawi! I always assume EVERYthing has been heard before in Newfoundland but I’m not sure any of these have been heard in the U.S. Usual 160’ DKAZ was facing 100 deg. - a little south from where I put it in November when Europe/ME are more of a target. Things went well with the remote Rt antenna until the final morning when ‘somebody’ chewed thru my CAT5 control line out by the back-end of the antenna. My prime suspect is the owner’s ‘pet’ porcupine who I had surprised more than once when driving in or coming outside the house. I can’t imagine that CAT5 tastes good so this guy must hold a grudge. ;-) Looking forward to moving thru more wav files but I suspect the DX gods have given about all they’re going to on this round. Bill Whitacre Alexandria, VA _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
