This week, Allen Willie of St. Johns has added two more Country Firsts to his long list: Portugal-1035 and Switzerland-765. I keep thinking that he will completely run out of countries at some point, but it sure isn't yet! Great going, Allen!
I've finally added a few distance records myself: in the last three categories that did not yet have posted records in the Unlimited Class./ These were 5000 watts, Unlimited, where I listed KTSA-550, San Antonio at an embarrassingly short under 500 mile record. There other two were Unlimited Class Radio catches at 250 watts from XETI-750, Veracruz State in Mexico and 500 watts XEMF-780 from Montclova, both at rather respectable distances and great demonstrations of the nulling ability of Utralights, Unlimited or otherwise. I sense a number of people beginning to work in the Unlimited Class, so we'll likely see records start to topple there soon. The current full list of Firsts and Records has been uploaded to www.dxer.ca Here are the current (only) Records for the Western Hemisphere. PLEASE NOTE THAT A NEW GRAVEYARD RECORD CATEGORY HAS BEEN ADDED: It is currently a composite record... any reception on any one of the six Graveyard channels is eligible. Great DX! Western Hemisphere Reception from North America Longest Distance Reception-Western Hemisphere 9035 km/ 5614 miles Allen Willie, St. John's, NF R B. Nuevas-1610, Argentina 2/2/2008 (SRF-37V) **5364 km/3333 miles Kevin Schanilec, Bainbridge Is. WA, RVC-530, 12/10/2007 (**SRF-59) Longest Distance Domestic Reception within Canada and the USA1 3280 km/2038 miles Kevin Schanilec, Bainbridge Is. WA, WTAM-1100 C'land OH, 1/22/2008 (SRF-59) **3244 km/2016 miles Kevin Schanilec, B'bridge Is. WA, KVNS-1700 B'nsville TX, 1/1/2008 (**SRF-59) Longest Distance Reception @ 50 kW. -Western Hemisphere 5477 km/3403 miles Colin Newell, Victoria BC, RVC-530 South Turk Isl, 11/28/2007 (SRF-59) **5364 km/3333 miles Kevin Schanilec, Bainbridge Is. WA, RVC-530, 12/10/2007 (SRF-59) Longest Distance Reception @ 10 kW. -Western Hemisphere 3669 km/2280 miles Rob Ross, London, ON, YVMN-780 Coro, Venezuela 1/28/2008 (SRF-T615) **2253 km/1400 miles Gil Stacy, Savannah,GA, ZBVI-780, Roadtown, Tortola 1/8/2008(SRF-59 **) Longest Distance Reception @ 5 kW. -Western Hemisphere 9035 km/ 5614 miles Allen Willie, St. John's, NF R B. Nuevas-1610, Argentina 2/2/2008 (SRF-37V) Longest Distance Reception @ 1 kW. -Western Hemisphere 3433 km/2133 miles Kevin Schanilec, Bainbridge Is. WA, WTNI-1640, Biloxi, MS 2/1/2008 (Eton e100) **3244 km/2016 miles Kevin Schanilec, B'bridge Is. WA, KVNS-1700 B'nsville TX, 1/1/2008 (**SRF-59) Longest Distance Reception @ 500 W. -Western Hemisphere 1437 km/893 miles Kevin Schanilec, Bainbridge Is. WA, KLSQ, Whitney, NV 1/23/2008 (SRF-39FP) **1099km/683 miles John Bryant, Stillwater, OK, XEMF-780, Monclova, CO, MX 2/8/2008 (**SRF-T516) Longest Distance Reception @ 250 W. -Western Hemisphere 1540 km/957 miles John Callarman, Krum, TX, XEUACH-1610 Chapingo,TE, MX 1/6/2008 (SRF-37V) **1609 km/1000 miles John Bryant, Stillwater, OK, XETI-750, Tempoal VC, MX 2/9/2008 (**SRF-T516) Longest Distance Domestic Reception of a Graveyard Station -Western Hemisphere John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) _______________________________________________ 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