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Can I have the link?
Thanks
derekvme...@aol.com
On Jul 21, 2014, at 4:12 PM, Robert Ross <va...@rogers.com> wrote:
> Gary……. Great Video!!! Thanks for showing everyone what you have to go
> through to hear these amazing receptions!! It was nice of 531-PI to give a
> Beautiful English ID while you were filming!! What are the chances of that
> eh???
>
> Good show Gary!!!
>
> 73…ROB VA3SW
>
> Robert S. Ross
> London, Ontario CANADA
>
>
>
> On 2014-07-21, at 6:45 PM, Gary DeBock via IRCA wrote:
>
>>
>> From: d1028g...@aol.com
>> Subject: South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ
>> Date: 21 July, 2014 6:45:33 PM EDT
>> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> In response to several requests, on the last day of the recent Rockwork 4
>> ocean cliff DXpedition I recorded a demonstration video of the process of
>> receiving an actual South Pacific DX station on the modified PL-380 + FSL
>> combo at the cliff side location. The 1230 UTC reception time was ideal for
>> reception of a strong signal from 531-PI, a 5 kW Samoan language station at
>> 6,858 miles (11,035 km) distance. Although the lighting just after local
>> sunrise wasn't exactly ideal, the entire process of reception (checking the
>> DX station carrier strength on the ICF-2010 SSB spotting receiver, tuning
>> the 15" FSL antenna to boost the signal on the ICF-2010, entering the DX
>> station's frequency on the modified PL-380 and finally coupling the PL-380
>> to the FSL to receive a huge signal boost) is shown in the demonstration
>> video. 531-PI's signal was S9+ at the time, and an actual English ID from
>> the station was fortunately recorded as it boomed in on the modified PL-380.
>> Despite what the sleep-deprived narrator says, however, the actual distance
>> to 531-PI from the Rockwork 4 DXpedition site is actually 6,858 miles
>> (11,035 km), NOT "over 8,000 miles." After running on limited sleep for
>> seven days straight, it was amazing that this guy could even remember how to
>> turn on the camcorder.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBJ31cEAH0
>>
>> 73 and Good DX,
>> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>> DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff site on Highway 101, Tillamook Co.,
>> Oregon
>>
>>
>>
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