August 2012 Oregon C liff Ultalight DXpedition Results
Hello All,
For those interested in the fanatical sport of chasing Transoceanic DX on sheer ocean side cliffs with Ultralight radios and FSL antennas, a file describing the 5-day South Pacific DXing results at Oregon's "Rockwork 4" (a sheer 400 foot cliff in Tillamook County, south of Cannon Beach) has been uploiaded to http://www.mediafire.com/view/?fiq0reu0csswixw , and to the Ultralightdx Yahoo group file section. Detailing the thrilling experience of receiving bizarre-strength New Zealand stations at the top of a sheer ocean cliff with a straight-down drop off to the Pacific below, the DXpedition report describes the goal of duplicating the freakish-strength South Pacific propagation observed during the July DXpedition to Cape Perpetua, especially the search for an Oregon cliff site of near-identical topography which could also provide DU signals of S/N readout-pegging levels. The search was successful... "Rockwork 4" provided its own freakish-strength and obscure DU's, including a few bizarre stations like 585-Radio Ngati Porou, a presumed 936-New Supremo and many others. Thanks again to Bruce, Chuck, Paul, Neil, Tony and others who provided ID assistance on obscure stations. Hopefully the DXpedition report will motivate a few other fanatics to head for the cliffs! 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) |
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