Hello All, Local Ultralight radio fanatics (and those yet to be converted) gathered together for a very enjoyable DX-related meeting during typical (dreary) Seattle weather at Bruce Portzer's comfortable house on Saturday.
In attendance was Chuck Hutton, master DXpeditioner and resident authority on obscure 9 kHz-split DX stations (and to my knowledge, the only DXer to have ever received 1566-India on an Ultralight radio from North America, having accomplished this during a 2008 Newfoundland DXpedition), Bruce Portzer (another Asiatic DX authority, and author of the authoritative Pacific Asian Log), Phil Bytheway (author of Ultralight radio-related coulumns in both the DXM and DXN), Guy Atkins (fellow Puyallup DXing fanatic, and the first DXer to have received any TA on a barefoot Ultralight radio on the west coast, snagging 1575-Farda at Grayland in 2008), Tom Rothlisberger (fellow NDB-DXing fanatic and DXpeditioner), Theo from Vancouver, BC (who, when considering the local weather, probably wished that he was in Waikiki with Walt) and yours truly (hopelessly-hooked ocean cliff ULR DXpedition fanatic). and several others (I'm sorry if you were not mentioned). The conversation soon turned into a lively discussion of live Vs. remote DXing, especially concerning the tradeoff of lost sleep Vs. DXing results. The Perseus SDR DXers (with their relatively expensive receivers and cheap Beverage wires) seemed somewhat perplexed at the idea of someone using a $50 Ultralight radio with a $500 FSL antenna. After an interesting discussion about this bizarre subject, a perfect solution was found-- adapt the expensive FSL so that it could be used with the expensive Perseus SDR-- thereby providing the ultimate boost to the (dragging) Ukrainian and Italian economies. The design challenge was eagerly accepted by the two Puyallup DXers (at least by one of them, with the other one chickening out by simply offering to donate a 7" FSL to the project ). As for whether the single-optimized-frequency FSL can really be adapted for broadband Perseus SDR DXing , nobody seemed very optimistic-- but at least the plan gave us a nice excuse to meet together again after the local Hamfair next month to discuss progress (or the lack thereof). 73, 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