I love reading others' DXpedition reports & loggings. In that same spirit I offer the following.
>From Nov. 16-22 I was at Quoddy House for the 4th time [QH4] in the past 3 >years [3 autumn & 1 summer] to try my luck at east-coast-style trans-oceanic >DX. While there's still LOTS of wav files to go through, enough is available to get a 'glimpse' of things. Quoddy House [QH] is near Lubec, Maine: <https://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.818103,-66.962673&t=h&z=18> As much as a DX opportunity, a visit to QH is also an opportunity to try out new antennas and new configurations of trusted antennas. Over the past few visits I've gotten an idea of where it's possible and useful to put up antennas. Here's a platt showing what and where I put up a nearly 1000 ft. BOG and two 140' DKAZ antennas - one at ~45 deg for TAs and the other at ~150 deg for LatAm: <http://realmonitor.com/qh4/qh4-antennas.pdf> - large pdf file and here's a chronology of when each was up and in what configuration it was in on which day: <http://realmonitor.com/qh4/antenna_cron.html> Instead of a 'traditional' log I put up sound samples of what I heard on a website. The website for QH4 is here: <http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_QH4.php> Besides the sounds [accessed by clicking the 'x' in the antenna/time/date vs. frequency matrix], other links of interest include: - stats for what was heard: <http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_stats_qh4.php> - AzGraph for each antenna to illustrate how it worked: <http://realmonitor.com/phpmygraph_qh4_combo.html> [still a work in progress for parts, but a good working example is: <http://realmonitor.com/phpmygraph_qh4_BOG.php>] - a Google Map of what was heard: <http://realmonitor.com/latlon_qh4/> Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together. Bill Whitacre Alexandria, VA _______________________________________________ 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
