Hi Walt, <<< Nice audio and pictures. Gary I’m amazed that the pvc stands don’t succumb to wind blasts! >>> Actually the PVC bases are quite stable when there is a 16 kg (35 pound) FSL antenna on top of them! If there is really nasty wind we have some heavy-duty plastic tie wraps to secure the PVC bases to local rocks, or trees. <<< Do the squatters add any QRN? Would you consider pre-empting them with staying at the site parked in the evening? Might deter a few from parking! >>> Well, our FSL's actually take up very little space, so it's no problem for us to quickly relocate to another cliff turnoff on Highway 101 (there are 9 of them) if necessary. The RV's haven't caused any RFI that I'm aware of, although the owners do occasionally emit some audio pollution. Rockwork 4 has the tradition of the 88-Kiwi DXpedition in 2014, but it certainly isn't unique in its awesome DU-enhanced propagation, judging by this week's results. Rockwork 5 and 6 have both provided all the DXing excitement we could have hoped for! 73, Gary (in Nehalem, OR)
> On August 3, 2018 at 4:03 PM Volodya S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice audio and pictures. Gary I’m amazed that the pvc stands don’t > succumb to wind blasts! Do the squatters add any QRN? Would you consider > pre-empting them with staying at the site parked in the evening? Might deter > a few from parking! 73, Walt > > On Friday, August 3, 2018, Gary DeBock < [email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > The Kiwis were definitely on the warpath again this morning > as multiple obscure stations had their best session in quite a while (and > 738-Magic had its best session ever). The 594-Star duo hit S9, as did > 963-Star. Alexandra was especially well represented with a couple of 2 kW > stations (531-More FM and 639-RNZ) pounding in at times. Even the "dwarf > Star" (576) managed to silence the 50 kW Oz big gun 2RN. > > > > Unfortunately the "sleeping squatters" had once again jammed > > up Rockwork 4, as well as Rockwork 5. Craig followed me to the relatively > > large Rockwork 6 turnoff (the one with the highest elevation), and we did > > our setup at the southern end, as far as possible from several RV's. The > > transoceanic propagation at Rockwork 6 certainly didn't disappoint, and we > > had another thrilling session tracking down multiple low powered NZ > > stations. The notoriously tough 531-More FM cooperated nicely with 3 ID's > > in 3 minutes at 1247-- a male-voiced ID at 14 seconds, a female-voiced ID > > at 15 seconds, and another female-voiced ID at 3:26 > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p2et4xa8e602y0ocbzuongxziw7xafrc > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p2et4xa8e602y0ocbzuongxziw7xafrc > > > > Up until now 531-More FM had only been heard at Rockwork 4 on the > > west coast, but now it has finally been heard in a new place-- Rockwork 6 > > :-) More details to follow... > > > > 73 and Good DX, > > > > Gary DeBock (DXing at Rockwork 6 with Craig Barnes) > > > > Session photos from this morning posted at > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/exthrjjmdfmtphpsl8wvs8sogy3bdqu1 > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/exthrjjmdfmtphpsl8wvs8sogy3bdqu1 > > > > and https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xigucktp07306guw0fh3e4ep49f4qepb > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xigucktp07306guw0fh3e4ep49f4qepb > > > > 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB and XHDATA D-808 portables + 15" and > > 17" DXpedition FSL antennas > > > > > > ______________________________ _________________ > > IRCA mailing list > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > 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: [email protected] > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] 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: [email protected]
