Hi Bill, <<< Gives new meaning to ‘like a local!’ Is the ‘array’ in-line with Korea Gary or broadside? — not a sarcastic question at all. >>>
The FSL "array" is all broadside to Korea-- with 1566 fortunately broadcasting directly this way (via Japan :-) This kind of wacky "Ferrite Frankenstein" gain system works best on the higher MW frequencies, when the FSL's can be placed relatively close together. On the lower frequencies you can get the same gain boost, but need to have about 4 feet of space to play with. 73, Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Whitacre" <b...@his.com> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 8:59:01 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-11 Gives new meaning to ‘like a local!’ Is the ‘array’ in-line with Korea Gary or broadside? — not a sarcastic question at all. Bill Whitacre Alexandria, VA — > On Feb 12, 2017, at 10:32 AM, Nick Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote: > > Hope that you enjoyed your overnight visit to Jeju Island Gary. I was quite > pleased with HLAZ' signal near sunrise this morning, but your reception > decidedly blew that out of the water. That was quite a menacing looking pair > of FSLs too. > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > > At 06:50 12-02-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: >> Early morning antenna testing coincided with moderately good TP-DX >> conditions from 1300-1400 UTC this morning (in predawn darkness). 594, 747, >> 972 and 1575 were managing fair to good signals, while 1566-HLAZ was peaking >> at very good levels. >> >> For kicks I phased the gain boost (on 1566-HLAZ's Japanese service at 1321 >> UTC) from two 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL's onto a 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave >> model, and ended up with somewhat of a "Frankenstein" boost in gain (S3 >> without any FSL boost, S5 with one FSL, and S9+ with both FSL's). A photo of >> this grand extravaganza is posted at >> https://app.box.com/s/avl1jvccrkjjqrqie387c0hpw5qenx9w , and an MP3 of the >> huge signal (with weak accompaniment from the NK jammer) is linked below. >> >> 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Japanese service at 1321 after double gain boost >> from two 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL's >> https://app.box.com/s/sk2pnmobcl37kmp0fkqlmatokslet072 >> >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
