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Somebody needs to equate the various Rockworks sites with latitudes and
longitudes.
A handheld GPS coupled with online mapping tools could sort that out in short
order.
For instance, a couple of the noteworthy big-gun East Coast DXing sites are
Granite Pier - Rockport, MA at 42.667 N / 70.621 W and Tonset Rd. - Orleans, MA
at 41.8072 N / 69.9537 W.
Is anyone going to put some of the DXpedition's better Perseus files up on a
cloud server?
Almost 10 years ago Guy Atkins was doing that kind of thing with his
now-defunct "Five Below" webpage.
Seems that it would be even easier to find somewhere to park ~2 GB capture
files now.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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And the scheme you describe is the scheme we have all been using.
But..... Your post last Saturday at 12:57 AM said:
Craig and I drove up to the Cliff in the predawn darkness around 1140 (0440
local time) only to find both the Rockwork 4 and 5 turnoffs completely jammed
up with RV's, trucks and cars. As such we headed for Rockwork 6, which not only
has the highest elevation but also plenty of space. There were several RV's
parked there, but we had no trouble setting up our FSL's on the south end.
So since you were now calling the highest turnout "Rockworks 6: I followed
suite with the new scheme.
Chuck
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From: Gary DeBock <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 8:31 PM
To: Chuck Hutton; America, Mailing
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Five DXer Session at the Rockwork Cliff
FWIW (maybe a little), in the informal numbering system used by DXers since
2011, Chuck, you were indeed at Rockwork 3 on Tuesday morning, not Rockwork 5.
But none of these numbers are "official," and anybody can call any turnoff
whatever he wants.
In August of 2011 (the very first time that a wacky DXer tried setting up at
the plunging cliff) I assigned numbers to each of the Rockwork Highway 101
turnoffs, starting with #1 for the first turnoff as you approach the cliff from
the north. As such, #2 is the relatively large turnoff as you proceed up the
hill, and #3 is the somewhat smaller turnoff after that. By now everyone knows
where #4 is (including the squatters), while #5 is another relatively small
turnoff near the crest of Highway 101. Turnoff #6 is the rather wide, open area
at the crest of Highway 101, which always had plenty of space for antenna setup
until the squatters discovered it.
Up until last week none of these numbers were very important, since every DXer
simply set up at #4, everybody knew where it was, and everybody accepted the
name. After this summer's squatter proliferation we had to scramble every
morning for antenna setup space, though, and the turnoff numbers suddenly
became very important in pre-session scouting text messages. In any case, if
you wish to call turnoff #3 by a different number (#5), that's certainly OK--
the only risk is that the other DXers may misunderstand you.
Gary
On August 10, 2018 at 6:52 PM Chuck Hutton <[email protected]> wrote:
FWIW (a little, as we are comparing Rockworks sites), I was at Rockworks 5
instead of 3 on Tuesday morning..
Chuck
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From: IRCA <[email protected]> on behalf of Gary DeBock
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 7:01 PM
To: America, Mailing
Subject: [IRCA] Five DXer Session at the Rockwork Cliff
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Antenna setup in total darkness right next to total strangers is never boring,
and this morning Tom and Chuck needed some reasonable space to set up their
broadband loops. When I drove up at 1150 (0450 local time) I noticed that Tom
was setting up at Rockwork 4, and Chuck at Rockwork 3 (apparently along with
Nick, who was testing out propagation at various places with verticals). By now
Craig had become fully accustomed to my vehicle, and he showed up at a perfect
time to follow me to Rockwork 6, which had just enough space in between the
squatters to set up four large FSL's and PVC bases..
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR for two more days)
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