Stay safe Paul.  Tassie is likely to be the least affected of Aussie states but thems that takes chances will pay the price.

 

Still using slow old QWERTY?

Why don't you join the 21st Century?
Try Colemak (recommended) or Dvorak.
Time to leave the Victorian era behind!

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From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: Wednesday, 25 March 2020 7:51 AM
To: UltralightDX@groups.io <UltralightDX@groups.io>
Subject: [UltralightDX] COVID-19 and DXing

 

Based on the latest advice locally, I am cancelling all portable Ultralight Radio DXing sessions for the foreseeable future.

http://ultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19.html

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*** Update 15th March 2020 ***
Due to a total rewrite of MWDXerDB, please check here for any updates on this project. At this stage I am not offering any technical support of the current (pre March 2020) version.
https://ultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2020/01/software-mwdxerdb.html
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     In the first week of November two Americans and an Australian joined up on the prime Hawaiian beach of Poipu (Kauai) with an exciting agenda-- chase all corners of the world with a live DXing format. Australian Chris Rodgers brought along his Tecsun PL-880 and 20" PK Loop on the long distance flight from Sydney, while Craig Barnes and yours truly brought our "supercharged" CC Skywave Ultralights and 5" Frequent Flyer FSL antennas.
     For the first time in a Hawaii Ultralight DXpedition serious efforts were made both at sunrise and sunset, resulting in the reception of all continents except Europe on the ideally-positioned Poipu beach (one of few such spots in Hawaii). Chris, Craig and I gave it our best shot each sunrise and sunset, trying our best to concentrate on live DXing despite dazzling scenery, the best snorkeling beach in Kauai and famous luaus. We all had a blast, with the transoceanic DX incredible in both quality and quantity.
     My own personal 16-page DXpedition article has been posted at the link below, which includes MP3 links for 127 transoceanic receptions from Asia, Oceania, North America, South America and Africa. Several photos of the DXpedition team are included, as well as a bonus section of Chris' DXpedition loggings. If any of you are feeling bored with your DXing hobby, a quick trip to Hawaii will provide a permanent, thrilling cure!  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/lcuery0po9xk5s9lu2jqwwj1zk4wmmqf

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (DXing with Chris Rogers and Craig Barnes in Poipu from November 2-8, 2019)

I need to make an apology to the group. My id of a DX catch was incorrect. I was informed that the French language broadcast I thought was Fort de France on the island of Martinique was not RFO. All French AM broadcasts were shut down some time ago. SO it was either a Caijun, French or Haitian language program in south Florida. I go the coast quite often since its 8 miles from my house and do a bit of late night DX. Its amazing what I pick up "bareback" let alone when I put up my magnetic loop. I hear a lot of southern Florida stations, tons of Spanish and once in a while something that sounds like Portuguese. Brazil, perhaps? My favorite beach radios are my trusty PL-600 and as of late my Kaito WRX-911. In the future I'll be more careful of ID's before I post.
PS 760 WHAS, Louisville, KY and 760 WJR Detroit, M were booming in last night on my WRX-911 using a vintage 7 inch x 1/4 inch tunable ferrite rod antenna similar to the Greek model for sale on eBay. I got the plans from a You Tube video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gc8HZLz5Ng&t=359s It actually works very good on both the high end and low end of the MW band. I had to re-wrap the rod  few times until it balanced out on both ends of the band. 26 gauge enameled magnet wire was all I have at hand so I used it instead of Litz wire.