Last November the ocean beach location of Poipu, Kauai proved to be the mother lode of exotic DX, with propagation to all of Asia, the Pacific Islands, North and South America and even some long range MW-DX from the Middle East and Africa. The only "problem" was trying to sort out all of the exotic long range DX, with languages such as Arabic, Farsi, Hindi and many others. The Finnish language experts on Real DX got a Real Workout, and fortunately gave awesome assistance https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p21pc6hddkxejcnf8i3k9gp9ksxvsa0u
For this year's November trip Craig Barnes and I are honored to have a DXer with serious TA-DXing experience, who can help us really go after the African and Middle East big guns-- Chris Black, formerly of the Boston Area DX Group. Chris plans to be the first to set up a broadband antenna for SDR reception on the Poipu beach, and join us in tracking down another awesome MW-DX tally. Since there is a fully stocked Home Depot store only 20 minutes from the beach offering antenna wire, PVC pipe and concrete bases, the sky may be the limit in what three fanatical DXers can dream up. The Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL combo came away with long range DX from Oman, Egypt, Iran, India (2), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam (5), Bonaire and many others last November, and we have a pretty good idea now what frequencies to exploit, and which ones to ignore. The "single DXer" price in the Costco travel package is only about $1.7K, which includes round trip air fare, 6 days in a gorgeous beach side condo, a full sized rental car and some other extras. If you have interest in joining the DXpedition of a lifetime, we would be honored to have you with us! 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) _______________________________________________ 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
