Hello All, This afternoon in Seattle (WA) various Ultralight group leaders and tinkering fanatics gathered together at Bruce Portzer's house, in a serious attempt to convince each other that they are halfway normal individuals.
Included in this fine assembly were Guy Atkins (with his 18" Stormwise loopstick PL-380), Chuck Hutton (the only DXer ever to have logged India on an Ultralight radio in North America, from Newfoundland in 2008), Kevin Schanilec (fanatic tinkerer, newly hooked ULR- NDB chaser and moderator of Ultralightdx), Phil Bytheway (ex-EIC of the IRCA, now enjoying his free time with Ultralight radios) and me (generally keeping the ferrite and PVC suppliers from feeling any recession). Jim Kenney was also in attendance (expressing his skepticism that ULR's would ever cross the "big pond" in NDB chasing), and also Walt Salmaniw (who has used his E100 Slider model to post very detailed DXing reports from the South Pacific, and Hawaii). The weather was awful and the Seattle traffic was jammed as usual, but there was a lot of creative energy in the Ultralight group contingent. Thanks especially to Bruce and his wife for welcoming this diverse group, and to Kevin and Guy for bringing their monster antennas to the gathering (convincing me that I'm not the only eccentric tinkerer). Fortunately, because of the rain and wind, I decided not to bring one of the huge new portable PVC Loops (which might have upset my plan to appear relatively sane). 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