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Moratorium on Ultralight Awards and Firsts/Records until December 1
John H. Bryant <bjohnorcas@...>
As most of you know, my wife and I are fortunate enough in our retirement to migrate between our long-time home in Oklahoma for winters and springs and our island cottage just south of Vancouver, BC, for the summer and fall of each year. Its that time again... we must head for the South Prairie a week from today. Its a week of packing, a week on the road and a week of settling in (and Thanksgiving in the USA.)
So, I'll be doing the graphics on some well-deserved Ultralight awards today, publishing the latest Firsts and Records and then closing those files until December 1. You may still submit Awards requests to Rob Ross as usual; he will review them and then keep a file for me until I get settled. If you could hold formal submittals for Firsts and Records until December 1, I'd really appreciate it! John Bryant
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GS Ultralight Loggings Nov. 8, 2008
Greg Shoom <shoomg@...>
Ultralight Loggings for Sat. Nov. 8, 2008. All stations logged on a stock Sony SRF-59 from Toronto, ON. Dates and times in UTC.
One more station added to the ultralight log. Total ultralight count: 191. 910 WLAT CT New Britain - 08-Nov-2008 2355 UTC - Lively music and talk in Spanish. Frequent IDs as "Mega", "La Mega", and "La Mega nueve diez". Callsign ID in English at 0002: "WLAT New Britain-Hartford". Very strong - completely dominating frequency. 5 kW (Good). --> New one for my overall log. Best, Greg Shoom VE3LXL
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Re: New Domestic Station Added
Kirk Allen <kirk74601@...>
Hi Allen,
Very nice logging of KCJJ. That X band is interesting sometimes. The only stations I've been able to ID on that freq were, KCJJ, KKGM (Ft. Worth, TX) and KRND (Fox Farm, WY) I've yet to lof anything on 1610. The closest I came to that was one night I heard some SP lang pgm'g there, but it was just too weak to hear enough to count as a new station. I always look forward to your input and your loggings. I suppose I kind of vicariously get excited about you guys' TA's and TP's. Very interesting that you and I were probably listening to CBK that morning when they were airing a R. Australia pgm! What are the chances of that!? The one and only time I've experienced TA's and TP's was one year probably in the late 80's when I went down to JB's house for a DXpedition. (We did a lot of those back then) John had planned and made arrangements to put up a 2000' Beverage...although I'm not positive, I do believe it was unterminated. Three of us erected that bad boy the afternoon before we started getting serious. for the TA's and in the morning for the TP's. Wow. What a thrill that was. Gotta run, Okla State Football is coming up on the tube real soon. 73 and best of DX to you, Kirk Allen
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Tonight's ULTRALIGHT Sunset Skip DX..........1 NEW ONE!!
Hi Guys:
Only about 1/2 Hours worth of DX'ing tonight at Sunset...but Nabbed one NEW Station for the ULR Log which is also NEW for the OVERALL LOG as well. Radio Used tonight was SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight Barefoot. ULR LOG Totals are now...............527 Stations heard. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 73.......ROB. *************************************************************************************************** 930 WDLX Washington, NC NOV/08/08 1710 EST EE FAIR Football from GREENVILLE, NC. East Carolina Pirates VS Marshall @ 1710 EST. Several Mentions of the Pirates Home game. Into Station Break. NEW STATION ULR # 527 5/1 KW ROSS, ONT. **************************************************************************************************** 690 WOKV Jacksonville, FLA. NOV/08/08 1721 EST EE FAIR Children's Hospital Spot. WOKV ID and Station promo. ID as "Talk Radio WOKV". RELOG But Nice to hear FLORIDA on ULR!!! 50/25 KW ROSS, ONT. ***************************************************************************************************** 73................ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA N6A5K1 Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!! Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude) «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«
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2008 Fall Follies RESULTS ANNOUNCED
John H. Bryant <bjohnorcas@...>
The Ultralight Contest Committee has compiled the results from each of
the six contests in the Fall Follies. The complete Final Report has
been posted in the Ultralight Files area of dxer.ca. The Final
Report contains all loggings (and some were quite spectacular) of the
four contests related to the "five most distant" stations as
well as a selection of the best loggings from the rather massive
"Total Stations Heard" contests. The loggings themselves
are quite interesting and worth a trip to dxer.ca.
Below are an abbreviated compilation of the result of Fall Follies 2008: 2008 Fall Follies
Barefoot Receiver ClassUltralight MW DX Contests FINAL TALLY SHEET STATIONS HEARD - Barefoot Allen Willie, St. Johns, NF 134 stations Sony M37V Ira Elbert New III , Watkinsville, GA 68 stations Sony SRF-M37 John Glover, Naperville, IL 33 stations Sangean DT-400W NORTH AMERICAN DX - Barefoot Allen Willie, St. Johns, NF 17,782 km Sony M37V Kevin Schanilec, Bainbridge Island, WA 16,183 km. Sony SRF-39FP and Eton e100 Nick Kucij, S. Burlington, VT 7,879 km Eton Mini 300 John Glover, Naperville, IL 7,517 km Sangean DT-400W Ira Elbert New III, Watkinsville, GA 6,946 km Sony SRF-M37 WORLD-WIDE DX - Barefoot Guy Atkins, Grayland Beach S.P., WA 48,351 km. Sony SRF-39FP Allen Willie, St. Johns, NF 45,170 km Sony M37V Unlimited Receiver Class STATIONS HEARD - Unlimited Kirk Allen, Ponca City, OK 99 Stations Eton e100/Select-A-Tenna NORTH AMERICAN DX - Unlimited No entries submitted WORLD-WIDE DX - Unlimited Gary DeBock, Puyallup, WA 51,699 km Slider e100 + Murata CFJ455K5 IF Filter John Bryant, Eastsound, WA 50,664 km. Slider e100 + Wellbrook Array Dennis Vroom, Vancouver, WA 48,143 km Slider e100 + EWE-NW Congratulations to all involved in the Fall Follies The Ultralight Contest Committee John Bryant, Kevin Schanilec, Allen Willie
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Re: My 1st TRANS-ATLANTIC on an ULTRALIGHT!!! 1134 Khz Hrvatksi Radio CROATIA!!!
Paul Logan
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last night
Allen Willie
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GS Ultralight Loggings Nov 5 to 7, 2008
Greg Shoom <shoomg@...>
Ultralight Loggings for Wed. Nov. 5 to Fri. Nov. 7, 2008. All stations logged on a stock Sony SRF-59 from Toronto, ON. Dates and times in UTC.
Three more stations added to the ultralight log. Total ultralight count: 190. 1040 WHO IA Des Moines - 05-Nov-2008 2349 UTC - Ads. Traffic report. ID. (Fair) --> This would have been an easy one, except for the severe interference from local 50 kW CHUM on 1050. 1500 WFED DC Washington - 06-Nov-2008 2335 UTC - Federal government talk. ID as Federal News Radio, plus one callsign ID. Promo spots for U.S. government agencies. (Fair). 570 WSYR NY Syracuse - 07-Nov-2008 0225 UTC - ID heard and not much else. (Poor) Best, Greg Shoom VE3LXL
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Re: JOUB audible in Oklahoma
bbwrwy
Dennis:
Sadly conditions have deteriorated since Thursday morning. This morning there was little sign of JOUB 774, only a het around local sunrise. Also noticed a het on 828 kHz. Reception seemed to favor the southern states and Mexico this morning. The exceptions were CKRM 620, Regina, and CJGX 940, Yorkton, both with decent signals. I hope things improve in the next day or so. Best of DX. Richard Allen, 36°22'51"N / 97°26'35" W (near Perry OK)
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Re: My 1st TRANS-ATLANTIC on an ULTRALIGHT!!! 1134 Khz Hrvatksi Radio CROATIA!!
bbwrwy
Robert:
Congratulations on your first ULR reception of a signal from across the Atlantic. Have a great weekend. Richard Allen, 36°22'51"N / 97°26'35" W (near Perry OK)
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Re: My 1st TRANS-ATLANTIC on an ULTRALIGHT!!! 1134 Khz Hrvatksi Radio CROATIA!!!
John H. Bryant <bjohnorcas@...>
Congratulations Rob!!!
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We told ya da Slider e100 was a marvel, eh? Oh darn it! Now, I'm gonna have to make another of those "Trans-Atlantic DXer" awards! John B.
At 08:31 PM 11/7/2008 -0500, you wrote:
Hi Guys:
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First Transatlantic station for Robert Ross
Allen Willie
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Re: JOUB audible in Oklahoma
Dennis Gibson <wb6tnb@...>
Wow!! I hope conditions are that good tomorrow morning. I'll be at
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Ledbetter Beach in Santa Barbara a couple of hours before sunrise. I'll have my Sony 2010 and Select-a-Tenna as a spotter and DT-400W and SRF-39FP in case conditions are good enough that a stock ultralight is all that's needed. Ledbetter Beach looks like this: Ledbetter Beach: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Leadbetter_beach.jpg That photo tells the story of why it's so freaking expensive to live here. Clicking on the photo will enlarge it. 73
--- In ultralightdx@..., "bbwrwy" <richarda@...> wrote:
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My 1st TRANS-ATLANTIC on an ULTRALIGHT!!! 1134 Khz Hrvatksi Radio CROATIA!!!
Hi Guys:
Well....it is with Great pleasure that I announce I have Logged my FIRST Trans-Atlantic AM BCB Station on an Ultralight Radio this evening. From 1915 to 1948 EST I had a Nice reception of Hrvatski Radio from ZADAR CROATIA on 1134 Khz. This was logged on my Brand New ETON E-100 SLIDER Ultralight that just arrived in the mail earlier this afternoon from the West Coast Modification Team of Steve Ratzlaff and John Bryant with some Coaching from Gary Debock. I saw on the Reflectors that this was a good evening for Trans-Atlantics...so I thought what better time to try it out....the first place I looked was 1134 Khz...as I have heard this before on the BIG Radios , and knew it does a good job into Ontario when the band is good. So...thanks to the efforts of the above mentioned DX'ers who were instrumental in me obtaining this Ultralight DX Monster Machine...I present my logging...... ******************************************************************************************************** 1134 Hrvatski Radio Zadar, CROATIA Nov/07/08 1915-1948 EST Croatian PR-GOOD Male and Female in Slavic Language at tune in presumed Croatian language. Deep Fades but Real Nice Peaks in Audio. Talk from 1915-1922. Mention of "Hrvatski" by Female at 1922. 2 males Spoke at 1926-27. Instrumental Music @ 1927-1929. 2 males spoke again @ 1929- 1930. Another Mention of "Hrvatski" at 1930. Into POP Music with male Vocals @ 1932-1934. Still in @ 1945-1948. Female with Croatian Vocals/Music. Signal peaking at 4 out of 5 on the E-100's Meter!!! Is this the Farthest WEST in North America for a Trans-Atlantic on an Ultralight???? RELOG....But NEW on ULTRALIGHT # 526 Country # 11 on Ultralight 600 KW 4520 MILES 7274 KMS ROSS, ONT. *********************************************************************************************************** What a Great Early Christmas Present this E-100 Slider has turned out to be!!! I am on Holidays for the next 9 days...and I think I'm gonna have me some FUN with this Radio!! 73..ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA N6A5K1 Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!! Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude) «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«
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Stronger Transatlantic possibilities
Allen Willie
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TA possibilities on ULRs from east Tennessee
Carl DeWhitt
I am wondering what might be my best possibilities for receiving TAs
here in East Tennessee on ULRs ?I would think Algeria 891 and Saudi Arabia 1521 might be possibilities.Other suggestions ? Carl DeWhitt Walland,Tn
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Re: New State
Carl DeWhitt
--- Nice going ,Kirk.I once heard the St.Petersburg station on 620
back in Oklahoma.At the time their call sign was WSUN if i recall correctly.Here in the Knoxville,Tn area we have WRJZ in Knoxville on 620.However, their signal seems weaker at night and i am not sure they are a 24/7 station.They air Christian talk and preaching.In the evening,it might be possible to log something else on that frequency here. Carl DeWhitt Walland ,Tn. In ultralightdx@..., "Kirk Allen" <kirk74601@...> wrote: pgm'g when the signal would fade up for a bit. Finally at apx 1148 UTC, Ipgm'g much to my surprise. It was CBK, Regina, SK airing some of theirpgms until back to their side of the big pond at 1115. Regional wx rptfor SK, especially the southern part of SK. Makes me hunger for some TP
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Re: 400 UL Stations!
At 10:32 PM 11/6/2008, you wrote:
A great night with my new E100. Got my 399th and 400th UL stations Good Work John.....Looks like you're gonna really be wallpapering your Shack with Awards in the next few days!!!!! 400 is a tough achievement.....and I commend you on this John!! Gary Debock is looking like a Prophet as a result of all the amazing DX guys are logging on these little Pocket Rockets!! HAHHHAHA... 73...ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA N6A5K1 Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!! Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude) «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«
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Re: DXing East Asia in the Heartland
bbwrwy
I've found JOUB 774 has long been the easiest of all trans-oceanic
stations to receive here at my rural QTH. I agree with Gary, from my experience November is the best month for hearing Japanese stations, followed closely by December. Listen from around 1000 UTC until past your local sunrise. My log book shows the earliest I've ever heard the station was 0841 UTC on 11-22-86. Much is dependent on your local QRM situation. And, expect long fades. Yesterday (11-6-08) was my best reception of JOUB ever, and hopefully that will improve in the coming weeks. But this morning nothing more than a trace of a het, around 1100 UTC, was audible. I'll admit surprise when I heard JOUB on a SRF-T615 on 9/30/08. Since then I've heard the station several times, once on a barefoot, factory aligned E100. Good luck. Richard Allen, 36°22'51"N / 97°26'35" W (near Perry OK)
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CBK Regina, Saskatchewan
Allen Willie
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