Lincoln City, Oregon is a typical ocean coast tourist town with a huge number of motels, factory outlet malls and diverse restaurants. Currently it is overwhelmed by visitors (paying and otherwise) awaiting tomorrow morning's total solar eclipse.
After having been somewhat spoiled by the DU propagation enhancement provided by the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita (and confirmed by Nick, in his detailed study last year) I decided to avoid all the flat ocean beaches in this tourist-crowded venue and seek out a DXing location halfway up the steep bluffs overlooking the ocean in the northern part of town (called "Road's End."). The strategy seemed to work like gangbusters this morning. A public parking spot on the steep bluff at the end of NW 50th St. (facing the ocean to the southwest) produced Kiwi-enhanced signals worthy of the Rockwork cliff, along with 558-Fiji, 585-2WEB and several others. These were all received on a relatively modest 8" FSL and CC Skywave model. Full details will follow. 73, Gary DeBock (in Lincoln, City, OR) _______________________________________________ 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
