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Great report Bill and one that goes along with the recent
zillions-of-Brazilians report from Allen Willie in NL.
I do believe that many of your catches are All Time New Ones at USA locations.
Even in PEI, NS, and NL they wouldn't be daily logs.
As I've noted in previous years, mostly from DXing at sites in Orleans, MA and
also at Granite Pier - Rockport, MA, spring can be a particularly good time for
deeper Africa and Brazil. Most of the action is right around sunset, some
aurora needs to be in the mix, and the DX doesn't go very far inland at all:
much less penetration than typical autumn / winter European stations.
Fortaleza, Brazil 760 was an S-9 regular on the pier in Rockport, MA but barely
even moved the meter / cracked the noise floor 15 miles inland at Billerica,
MA.
I really need to get back over to Orleans soon before T-storms become too
frequent and widespread.
The analogous spring / summer DXpedition activity out West is the Down Under /
South Pacific Islands scene, as popularized by Gary DeBock's activities at the
Rockworks coastal cliffs in Oregon.
Hanging up your headphones May to August is something a lot of DXers do but
reports like yours Bill and, on the "left" coast, Gary's Aussies / Zedders
feeding frenzies should indicate that DX is a year round hobby.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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From: Bill Whitacre <b...@his.com>
To: CapeDX <cap...@yahoogroups.com>; coastalroundtable
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Sent: Fri, Jun 2, 2017 10:22 am
Subject: [NRC-AM] Downeast Maine over Memorial Day
My wife and I visited Lubec, in ‘downeast’ Maine, over the Memorial Day holiday
for a combination birding and radio expedition. Birding was good but DX was
better! Just starting thru the wav files and have ‘the page’ up for my
unorthodox way of logging:http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh9.phpSeems we hit an
‘opening’ on May 29 after the sun burped and produced some amazing conditions
towards Brazil and southern Africa.Check out 657, 756 and 828 — 2 x South
Africa and 1 x Malawi! I always assume EVERYthing has been heard before in
Newfoundland but I’m not sure any of these have been heard in the U.S.Usual
160’ DKAZ was facing 100 deg. - a little south from where I put it in November
when Europe/ME are more of a target.Things went well with the remote Rt antenna
until the final morning when ‘somebody’ chewed thru my CAT5 control line out by
the back-end of the antenna. My prime suspect is the owner’s ‘pet’ porcupine
who I had surprised more than once when driving in or coming outside the house.
I can’t imagine that CAT5 tastes good so this guy must hold a grudge.
;-)Looking forward to moving thru more wav files but I suspect the DX gods have
given about all they’re going to on this round.Bill WhitacreAlexandria, VA
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