That sounds like fun! Setting the way back machine to the late
1970's,
Country Buffet used to be Royal Fork Buffet and later King's Table
Buffet -
at least here in Colorado.
I remember seeing loggings from
Chuck Hutton in GA from way back when. There
was an article on the QDFA
antenna with accompanying sound clips. That is
quite an antenna! I don't
remember where the article is or if it's still on
line.
The next
PL-380 should be here any day now. Joyce took a week off in
mid-February
for Chinese New Year. The radio stands that John Bryant
recommended from
Universal Radio are really nice and am going to buy a
couple more of those
as well, but in the "big portable" size this time.
As far as land for
antennas, I thought about stringing Beverage antennas on
nearby farm land
over the winter and possibly negotiate some farm work for
the privilege,
but never followed through.
73,
Chris
Chris Knight
(N0IJK)
Fort Lupton, Colorado
http://sites.google.com/site/ftluptonulrlogs/
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[ultralightdx] Puyallup, WA not so ultralight TP-DXer Luncheon
Hello
All,
After a local ham fair, three hard-core TP-DXers (all with solid
ULR
credentials) gathered at the Old Country Buffet on South Hill
(puyallup, WA)
this afternoon, for a general discussion of antennas,
DXpeditions,
propagation, and anything else interesting.
On hand was
Chuck Hutton, undoubtedly the most successful secret ULR DXer
(having
easily received 1566-India on a stock SRF-T615 during a DXpedition
to
Newfoundland in 2008), Guy Atkins (first to log a TA on the west
coast
using a ULR, receiving 1575-Farda on a stock SRF-39FP in Grayland),
and me
(mostly sitting in awe, listening to these two master
DXers).
While Chuck gave expert advice on propagation, receivers and
antennas, Guy
discussed the new QDFA antenna array (a cooperative project
with Dallas
Lankford), and structural systems for large loop designs. We
all discussed
the future of the Grayland Motel (currently beset with
electrical noise
issues), alternative DXpedition sites on the Washington
coast, and
innovative ways to persuade oceanfront residents to rent out
small sections
of their property to DXers (for antennas only).
When
Chuck mentioned that he was intending to purchase two new Tecsun
PL-380's,
I mentioned that my XYL was currently visiting Hong Kong, and
could get
them for $35 apiece for him (only)-- as long as he could give us
the MP3 of
1566-India, as heard in Newfoundland on the SRF-T615. We made a
deal on the
spot :-)
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
