Re: August 2012 Oregon C liff Ultalight DXpedition Results
Hi Alex,
Thanks very much for your positive comment on the DXpedition article!
<<< As I was reading the discussion regarding the comparison with
Greyland/more inland reception, it occurred to me that it might be
worthwhile to see if there is a significant difference if you're
located at the water/beach at sea level as opposed to cliffside. Has
anyone had a chance to do this? >>>
Well, this is currently a very hot topic among the local TP-DXing
group. A couple of local TP-DXers plan to go back to the two cliff-side
Ultralight DXpedition sites visited this summer (Cape Perpetua and
"Rockwork 4") with Perseus-SDR receivers soon to see what their own
TP-DXing results will be at these sheer cliffs. The freakish-strength
South Pacifc signals heard during these two Ultralight radio
DXpeditions have raised some eyebrows locally.
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Thanks very much for your positive comment on the DXpedition article!
<<< As I was reading the discussion regarding the comparison with
Greyland/more inland reception, it occurred to me that it might be
worthwhile to see if there is a significant difference if you're
located at the water/beach at sea level as opposed to cliffside. Has
anyone had a chance to do this? >>>
Well, this is currently a very hot topic among the local TP-DXing
group. A couple of local TP-DXers plan to go back to the two cliff-side
Ultralight DXpedition sites visited this summer (Cape Perpetua and
"Rockwork 4") with Perseus-SDR receivers soon to see what their own
TP-DXing results will be at these sheer cliffs. The freakish-strength
South Pacifc signals heard during these two Ultralight radio
DXpeditions have raised some eyebrows locally.
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex P <winston376@...>
To: ultralightdx <ultralightdx@...>
Sent: Sat, Sep 1, 2012 2:49 pm
Subject: [ultralightdx] Re: August 2012 Oregon C liff Ultalight
DXpedition Results
Gary,
Very interesting reading of a fine report and congratulations on
bringing focus to a different DX experience.
As I was reading the discussion regarding the comparison with
Greyland/more inland reception, it occurred to me that it might be
worthwhile to see if there is a significant difference if you're
located at the water/beach at sea level as opposed to cliffside. Has
anyone had a chance to do this?
Regards
Alex
--- In ultralightdx@..., D1028Gary@... wrote:
From: Alex P <winston376@...>
To: ultralightdx <ultralightdx@...>
Sent: Sat, Sep 1, 2012 2:49 pm
Subject: [ultralightdx] Re: August 2012 Oregon C liff Ultalight
DXpedition Results
Gary,
Very interesting reading of a fine report and congratulations on
bringing focus to a different DX experience.
As I was reading the discussion regarding the comparison with
Greyland/more inland reception, it occurred to me that it might be
worthwhile to see if there is a significant difference if you're
located at the water/beach at sea level as opposed to cliffside. Has
anyone had a chance to do this?
Regards
Alex
--- In ultralightdx@..., D1028Gary@... wrote:
DX
Hello All,
For those interested in the fanatical sport of chasing Transoceanic
on sheer ocean side cliffs with Ultralight radios and FSL antennas, astraight-down
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
drop off to the Pacific below, the DXpedition report describes thegoal
of duplicating the freakish-strength South Pacific propagationobserved
during the July DXpedition to Cape Perpetua, especially the searchfor
an Oregon cliff site of near-identical topography which could alsoon
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
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)