Willis, Yeah, like I'd logged Alaska (which I did back in Indianapolis. KFQD-730, and I have a QSL card and verie from them).
My current two longwires favor the northeast. One is at 45/225º and is 65 feet long and 15 feet high. The other is at 135/315º and is 120 feet long and 15 feet high. The 125-footer is terminated in the coax at the 315º end, and so is directive, more-or-less, in that direction. The 65-footer is strongly influenced by a steel fence that parallels it and seems to act as a director such that it, too, faces north. The new 65-footer, terminated at the 225º end, gives me much more directivity toward the south and west. Maybe I'll log that dumb ole' WABV-1590, the one run by that lunatic from Arkansas, on this new one. Then, maybe I'll NOT log WABV. Ah, such an encouraging thought. Once I do log WABV, it'll become a pest, and maybe larn me never to DX no more! (:-X Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ===================================================================== At 03:40 PM 4/26/2007 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Chucky- >Congrats!!!! >That is some real long haul DX from your place. :) >Over here they are a pest all day and night long. >Willis > >1380 NC WKJV Asheville 4/25 & 0933. Logged on remnants of > morning skywave. Easy picking with day power > of 25 kW. Not noted before now, but I was > testing a new 45/225º 65-foot, 10-foot high > longwire. My other two longwires favor north- > east. This new one will help me with western > NCs stations. (CAT-NC) > _______________________________________________ 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