Re: [IRCA] DXing and cruising - part two

2018-04-30 Thread Theo
: Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXing and cruising -\ part two From: Mark Connelly <markwa1...@aol.com> Date: 29/04/2018 9:19 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Do any US stations make it to any of the western Africa locales where you sailed? Mauritania 783 and Canaries 621 are som

Re: [IRCA] DXing and cruising -\ part two

2018-04-29 Thread Mark Connelly via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Do any US stations make it to any of the western Africa locales where you sailed? Mauritania 783 and Canaries 621 are sometimes "blowtorch" level here on Cape Cod around sunset (as were now-gone Senegal 764/765 and Guinea 1386/1403/1404 in the old days). The guitar

Re: [IRCA] DXing and cruising -\ part two

2018-04-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Thanks Theo. Fascinating descriptions. As for the fishing, well, I guess that could be a secondary use of a long whip antennaif you can't hook a big one in one mode, hook something else in another best wishes, Nick At 17:05 2018-04-29, Theo wrote: And from February, with the

Re: [IRCA] DXing and cruising -\ part two

2018-04-29 Thread Volodya S
Yes, I enjoyed it very much, too! Walt On Sunday, April 29, 2018, Eric Floden wrote: > Thanks Theo, > > Good to read > > EricF > Ottawa > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >

Re: [IRCA] DXing and cruising -\ part two

2018-04-29 Thread Eric Floden
Thanks Theo, Good to read EricF Ottawa ___ 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

[IRCA] DXing and cruising -\ part two

2018-04-29 Thread Theo
And from February, with the funny part at the end of the second para as long as the formatting holds: "As some already know, I took off back to Africa in early February when the chance to take a cruise calling at St Helena couldn't be resisted, even if credit card and bank account were