Hello group,

I'm a recent member, but have owned an SRF-59 for over a year and played
with it on a few occasions.

This week, at the Priest Pond PEI DX-pedition (Canada) I heard full audio
from several Japanese stations, starting with JOUB, Akita, on my ICOM R75
while not using any outdoor aerials. In fact, I had the R75 wired directly
in to my tabletop Radio Shack passive loop. I used the loop to null the
splatter from WABC and got a great copy on an English lesson on the morning
of Tuesday, 6 October.

THEN, just for fun, I retrieved my SRF59 from my overnight bag and held it,
suspended from my hand inside the Radio Shack loop. With a monaural earphone
in my right ear, and my R75 delivering audio to my left ear through my
aviation-grade stereo headset (with the right ear disabled) I tuned the
SRF59 to see if I could recover any audio from JOUB.

Sure enough, after about 15 seconds of tuning up and down, I got a perfect
match between the R75 and the SRF59. Even the young girl's voice "My
grandfather LOVES astronomy." ha ha

I measured the distance on Google Earth and it comes out to about 6334
miles, or 10,193 kilometers.

I'm not a counter or record keeper, nor to I know the "official" ULR rules
as to external accessories, use of high-end spotting receivers, etc. But I
just thought I would let the group know of this particular catch.

That morning was my first TP run ever, from the Atlantic Coast of Canada,
and I was glad I could get it on the ultralight as well as the Icom. Most
amazing, I guess, was the fact it was the little Radio Shack loop delivering
RF to both of them. The other members of the group were hearing Japan also
on their Beverage, Flag and Delta loops outside, while I was getting
(clearer, albeit slightly weaker) copy from my indoor loop. The loop
effectively nulled the US northeast, leaving me with a virtually clear band.
The outdoor wire antennas still had lots of splatter from NY and Boston
stations.

The following day we added a fourth Japanese station, as well as two Koreans
and a tentative from China.

The DX-pedition has been a smashing success.

I have a Kchibo D96L on order and it has not yet arrived, so I may have to
try that one next time.

73 to all,

Brent Taylor, VY2HF
Stratford (and Priest Pond) PEI, Canada
FN86