Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
Hi Derek, Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the dark since 2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the bay area the cliffs continue to work their magic Sent from south of grayland Well, Derek, I have become a true believer in Cliff Top DXing. and I hope that we can persuade other friends to give this thrilling form of TP-DXing a try. It would be great to have a joint DXing session with you at the top of 805' Cape Perpetua in the future (a video of the ocean beach from the 800 foot level is posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HoP77ApQ_ofeature=relmfu ), if we can figure out a way to deal with wild animals, and the Day Use Only police. 73, Gary DeBock -Original Message- From: Derek Vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 9:25 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the dark since 2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the bay area the cliffs continue to work there magic Sent from south of grayland On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:31 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hi Tim, Thanks very much for your comments on the DXpedition! Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street lighting probably made a major contribution to your success. Yes, Tim, that was certainly a najor advantage for weak-signal reception on the Cliff. There were no computers or street lights within miles of the DXing site. Once you got used to the complete darkness and total isolation of the makeshift DXing venue it was probably the best site that you could have ever hoped for. One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;) I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor's new plasma TV, and yes, those RF-polluting beasts are a DXer's mortal enemy. Its RF hash would have ruined everything for me on the Cliff... if there would have been any AC power for your neighbor to plug it in! But in general the new FSL antennas can survive high-noise environments much better than air-core loops, and can usually null RF noise generators (like plasma TV's) down into the noise, at least on one bearing. The main challenge with the FSL antennas currently is a sudden booming demand from DXers but no commercial supply... the sellers of surplus Soviet ferrite on eBay must be thanking their lucky stars for the advent of Capitalism. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) -Original Message- From: Tim Hills thi...@sio.midco.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 10:22 am Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street lighting probably made a major contribution to your success. One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;) We had planned on a trip up the west coast in late fall but work for both of us has killed that idea along with the mini DXpedition in October. Thanks for posting your results, at least I can get in some good DXing vicariously. Tim Hills Sioux Falls, SD On 8/1/2012 21:43, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: (trimmed) DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt water propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted in South Pacific DX of exceptional strength. 2.5 kW and 5 kW signals from New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema were actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio Waatea were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition report, which is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nk9tlf95t0b2m14 ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
Cool vid And yes that is very high : ) Thanks for the video clip... Soon DXpeditions will become a multimedia experience.. : ) Ps More video : ) Sent from the shed. On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:07 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hi Derek, Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the dark since 2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the bay area the cliffs continue to work their magic Sent from south of grayland Well, Derek, I have become a true believer in Cliff Top DXing. and I hope that we can persuade other friends to give this thrilling form of TP-DXing a try. It would be great to have a joint DXing session with you at the top of 805' Cape Perpetua in the future (a video of the ocean beach from the 800 foot level is posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HoP77ApQ_ofeature=relmfu ), if we can figure out a way to deal with wild animals, and the Day Use Only police. 73, Gary DeBock -Original Message- From: Derek Vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 9:25 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the dark since 2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the bay area the cliffs continue to work there magic Sent from south of grayland On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:31 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hi Tim, Thanks very much for your comments on the DXpedition! Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street lighting probably made a major contribution to your success. Yes, Tim, that was certainly a najor advantage for weak-signal reception on the Cliff. There were no computers or street lights within miles of the DXing site. Once you got used to the complete darkness and total isolation of the makeshift DXing venue it was probably the best site that you could have ever hoped for. One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;) I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor's new plasma TV, and yes, those RF-polluting beasts are a DXer's mortal enemy. Its RF hash would have ruined everything for me on the Cliff... if there would have been any AC power for your neighbor to plug it in! But in general the new FSL antennas can survive high-noise environments much better than air-core loops, and can usually null RF noise generators (like plasma TV's) down into the noise, at least on one bearing. The main challenge with the FSL antennas currently is a sudden booming demand from DXers but no commercial supply... the sellers of surplus Soviet ferrite on eBay must be thanking their lucky stars for the advent of Capitalism. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) -Original Message- From: Tim Hills thi...@sio.midco.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 10:22 am Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street lighting probably made a major contribution to your success. One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;) We had planned on a trip up the west coast in late fall but work for both of us has killed that idea along with the mini DXpedition in October. Thanks for posting your results, at least I can get in some good DXing vicariously. Tim Hills Sioux Falls, SD On 8/1/2012 21:43, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: (trimmed) DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt water propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted in South Pacific DX of exceptional strength. 2.5 kW and 5 kW signals from New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema were actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio Waatea were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition report, which is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view
Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street lighting probably made a major contribution to your success. One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;) We had planned on a trip up the west coast in late fall but work for both of us has killed that idea along with the mini DXpedition in October. Thanks for posting your results, at least I can get in some good DXing vicariously. Tim Hills Sioux Falls, SD On 8/1/2012 21:43, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: (trimmed) DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt water propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted in South Pacific DX of exceptional strength. 2.5 kW and 5 kW signals from New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema were actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio Waatea were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition report, which is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nk9tlf95t0b2m14 ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
Hi Tim, Thanks very much for your comments on the DXpedition! Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street lighting probably made a major contribution to your success. Yes, Tim, that was certainly a najor advantage for weak-signal reception on the Cliff. There were no computers or street lights within miles of the DXing site. Once you got used to the complete darkness and total isolation of the makeshift DXing venue it was probably the best site that you could have ever hoped for. One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;) I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor's new plasma TV, and yes, those RF-polluting beasts are a DXer's mortal enemy. Its RF hash would have ruined everything for me on the Cliff... if there would have been any AC power for your neighbor to plug it in! But in general the new FSL antennas can survive high-noise environments much better than air-core loops, and can usually null RF noise generators (like plasma TV's) down into the noise, at least on one bearing. The main challenge with the FSL antennas currently is a sudden booming demand from DXers but no commercial supply... the sellers of surplus Soviet ferrite on eBay must be thanking their lucky stars for the advent of Capitalism. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) -Original Message- From: Tim Hills thi...@sio.midco.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 10:22 am Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street lighting probably made a major contribution to your success. One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;) We had planned on a trip up the west coast in late fall but work for both of us has killed that idea along with the mini DXpedition in October. Thanks for posting your results, at least I can get in some good DXing vicariously. Tim Hills Sioux Falls, SD On 8/1/2012 21:43, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: (trimmed) DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt water propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted in South Pacific DX of exceptional strength. 2.5 kW and 5 kW signals from New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema were actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio Waatea were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition report, which is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nk9tlf95t0b2m14 ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the dark since 2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the bay area the cliffs continue to work there magic Sent from south of grayland On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:31 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hi Tim, Thanks very much for your comments on the DXpedition! Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street lighting probably made a major contribution to your success. Yes, Tim, that was certainly a najor advantage for weak-signal reception on the Cliff. There were no computers or street lights within miles of the DXing site. Once you got used to the complete darkness and total isolation of the makeshift DXing venue it was probably the best site that you could have ever hoped for. One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;) I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor's new plasma TV, and yes, those RF-polluting beasts are a DXer's mortal enemy. Its RF hash would have ruined everything for me on the Cliff... if there would have been any AC power for your neighbor to plug it in! But in general the new FSL antennas can survive high-noise environments much better than air-core loops, and can usually null RF noise generators (like plasma TV's) down into the noise, at least on one bearing. The main challenge with the FSL antennas currently is a sudden booming demand from DXers but no commercial supply... the sellers of surplus Soviet ferrite on eBay must be thanking their lucky stars for the advent of Capitalism. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) -Original Message- From: Tim Hills thi...@sio.midco.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 10:22 am Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street lighting probably made a major contribution to your success. One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here. Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;) We had planned on a trip up the west coast in late fall but work for both of us has killed that idea along with the mini DXpedition in October. Thanks for posting your results, at least I can get in some good DXing vicariously. Tim Hills Sioux Falls, SD On 8/1/2012 21:43, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: (trimmed) DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt water propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted in South Pacific DX of exceptional strength. 2.5 kW and 5 kW signals from New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema were actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio Waatea were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition report, which is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nk9tlf95t0b2m14 ___ 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 ___ 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
[IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
Hello All, From July 18-21 a bizarre DXpedition was conducted at a Highway 101 road side turnoff on Cape Perpetua, Oregon's highest ocean side cliff (2 miles south of Yachats, in Lincoln County). The DXpedition equipment and antenna were radically different from traditional ones, as a hot-rodded Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight and new 8 diameter Ferrite Sleeve Loop antenna were set up at a high ocean cliff elevation. DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt water propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted in South Pacific DX of exceptional strength. 2.5 kW and 5 kW signals from New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema were actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio Waatea were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition report, which is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nk9tlf95t0b2m14 Included is a description of the rugged DXing site, the tough choice of where to set up a listening post, and the latest DXpedition equipment from our quirky Ultralight Radio science. Many photos were included of the two DXing fanatics who pushed their luck during the trip (in more ways than one), as well as links for MP3's from 32 South Pacific and Asian stations, the DXpedition video, and various references. Hopefully it will provide motivation for other DXing fanatics to push their own luck on ocean side cliffs! 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
