Re: [IRCA] TPs on Orcas, Oct 10
John, The backyard at Grayland is very dry. You might take along a 5 gallon plastic bucket to soak the area for your ground. Three weeks ago I could push ground rods easy in the ground. This past week I hammered them with a mallet. Good luck to you and Guy. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA - Original Message - From: John H. Bryant bjohnor...@rockisland.com To: irca-hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 9:38:40 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [IRCA] TPs on Orcas, Oct 10 I'd taken a couple of mornings off, but was at the dials from 1330 to 1430 this morning... generally, I shoulda taken another morning off. Well below average to poor would be my assessment. Although I did eventually get a modest number of audios, even on the upper band at dawn, things were far below normal. I did have Thailand 891 doing decently for a brief period just before 1400 and I noticed that N.K. 819 had gotten their signal cleaned up... sounded great this morning. With the additional boost that Grayland gets, I hope Dennis had a worthwhile morning before he packs up. Guy and I'll be taking the next shift, starting Monday morning, with me at Rm. 15 at the Grayland Motel and Guy a mile to my south at Grayland Beach State Park. Guy will be testing the latest iteration of the Lankford Phased Array and I'll be testing the new production version of the K9AY Phased Array from Wellbrook. The latter antenna requires a decent ground for maximum effectiveness and the Grayland sands will likely inhibit things a bit. However, even under those difficult circumstances, I'm very hopeful that the new antenna will prove even more effective than my older ALA100-based Wellbrook Array. Guy and I will both heading back during the day on Thursday. John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops ___ 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 ___ 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
[IRCA] TPs on Orcas, Oct 10
I'd taken a couple of mornings off, but was at the dials from 1330 to 1430 this morning... generally, I shoulda taken another morning off. Well below average to poor would be my assessment. Although I did eventually get a modest number of audios, even on the upper band at dawn, things were far below normal. I did have Thailand 891 doing decently for a brief period just before 1400 and I noticed that N.K. 819 had gotten their signal cleaned up... sounded great this morning. With the additional boost that Grayland gets, I hope Dennis had a worthwhile morning before he packs up. Guy and I'll be taking the next shift, starting Monday morning, with me at Rm. 15 at the Grayland Motel and Guy a mile to my south at Grayland Beach State Park. Guy will be testing the latest iteration of the Lankford Phased Array and I'll be testing the new production version of the K9AY Phased Array from Wellbrook. The latter antenna requires a decent ground for maximum effectiveness and the Grayland sands will likely inhibit things a bit. However, even under those difficult circumstances, I'm very hopeful that the new antenna will prove even more effective than my older ALA100-based Wellbrook Array. Guy and I will both heading back during the day on Thursday. John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] TPs on Orcas, Oct 10
John H. Bryant wrote: I'd taken a couple of mornings off, but was at the dials from 1330 to 1430 this morning... generally, I shoulda taken another morning off. Well below average to poor would be my assessment. Although I did eventually get a modest number of audios, even on the upper band at dawn, things were far below normal. I did have Thailand 891 doing decently for a brief period just before 1400 and I noticed that N.K. 819 had gotten their signal cleaned up... sounded great this morning. With the additional boost that Grayland gets, I hope Dennis had a worthwhile morning before he packs up. Guy and I'll be taking the next shift, starting Monday morning, with me at Rm. 15 at the Grayland Motel and Guy a mile to my south at Grayland Beach State Park. Guy will be testing the latest iteration of the Lankford Phased Array and I'll be testing the new production version of the K9AY Phased Array from Wellbrook. The latter antenna requires a decent ground for maximum effectiveness and the Grayland sands will likely inhibit things a bit. However, even under those difficult circumstances, I'm very hopeful that the new antenna will prove even more effective than my older ALA100-based Wellbrook Array. Guy and I will both heading back during the day on Thursday. John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops ___ 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 A quickie from Masset. Bangladesh on 693 at good to very good levels. Thanks to the Grayland people for alerting me. Easy catch at 14:30 with EE nx under/occasionally over NHK2 and in the clear after 15:05 when JJ signed off. Have some good audio. Overall a good morning./ Also some interesting stuff to ponder: 576 had Indian sounding music at 8 level at 15;06. 666 was weird at 15:28 with CC and JJ and SS soundiang music. I considered New Caledonia as a possibility. 1548 had DW from SL at good level with EE at 16:19. 1575 had VOA and Fardabot and probably AFN at 16:15 in Bangla for VOA. Who's on 1126.1 causing a loud het on 1125? Loud at 17:37. Fantastic TA last night with audio on jusbout about every frequency! 1611 Vatican Radio at armchair level. TWR Benin 1566 with EE religious. Czech on 954 at 9 level. Romania on 1053 BBC Ulster on 1341. 1134 Croatia at armchair all evening. Moldova 1548. 963 armchair esp after 04;00. Have about 2 full hours of Perseus wav files to enjoy! .Walt in Masset ___ 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
