For those interested in how a new, stand-alone 7.5" loopstick XHDATA D-808 portable stacks up against a D-808 inductively boosted by a 17" Monster FSL, the same 2 minute segment of 1017-A3Z in Nuku'alofa, Tonga was recorded on both models from 1304-1306 yesterday at the Rockwork 3 ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon. Both models were raised up on standard 4' PVC bases. and all other conditions (recording level, etc.) were equalized.
Both the 7.5" loopstick D-808 and the Monster FSL-assisted D-808 start off their recordings with Tonga dominant over the Australian station 1017-2KY, which initially attempts to make it a horse race with A3Z but folds badly in the clutch. The stand-alone 7.5" loopstick D-808 portable's reception of the two stations is linked at https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xw0vuzpbqyg2gc0ekh7s2tdzm5n6r7l0 The reception of a D-808 boosted by a 17" Monster FSL is linked at https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/r6yrwe7pzze6kw59qnzrbg8c704kg1l2 By the way, the 7.5" loopstick D-808 transplant operation is one of the easiest such modifications to perform in the history of portable DXing. There are two ideally-situated terminal connections to solder in a loopstick transplant, presumably because the Chinese engineers (or reverse engineers?) used this system to test out various loopsticks. Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR for one more day) _______________________________________________ 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
