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Gary Debock’s report from the 2020 Rockwork Ocean Cliff Ultralight DXpedition
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary Debock, who shares a short report he originally posted on Facebook from the Rockwork 2020 Ultralight DXpedition: Rockwork 2020 started off with a monster session, with S9 signals from the likes of 320-AI (Aitutaki, Cook Islands), 352-RG (Rarotonga, Cook Islands), 558-Radio Fiji One, 603-Radio Waatea, 1017-Tonga, 1107-Magic Talk […]
Gary DeBock’s November 2018 Poipu, Hawaii Ultralight DXpedition
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, for sharing the following guest post: November 2018 Poipu, Hawaii Ultralight DXpedition A Thrilling Sample of Forward Pacific Propagation By Gary DeBock, Puyallup, WA, USA January 2019 In late September my wife and I stumbled across an outstanding 6-day Costco Travel package to the Aston at Poipu […]
A full report from Gary DeBock’s Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DXpedition
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following notes from his Cook Islands Ultralight DXpedition: Checking out transoceanic DX propagation at an exotic ocean beach site can provide the hobby thrill of a lifetime– if a DXer is lucky enough to choose the ideal time, place and gear to make the […]
A taste of Gary DeBock’s Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DXpedition
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following notes from his Cook Islands Ultralight DXpedition: Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DXpedition from April 8-13 A gorgeous environment, with thrilling long range DX! Ruth and I took this trip as the 38th anniversary of out first meeting at Victoria Peak in Hong Kong […]
Ultralight DX: A batch of inexpensive Sony SRF-39FPs found on eBay
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Vance Thompson, who writes: Thought you might be interested to see that several SRF-39FP radios have been up on eBay recently at a fairly reasonable price. I picked one up when they first were posted, but the price has gone down the last couple of days and even has […]
Pacific Island Results from Gary DeBock’s Hawaii Ultralight DXpedition
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and intrepid Ultralight DXer, Gary DeBock, who shares this DXpedition summary with recordings: Kona, Hawaii DXpedition– Pacific Island Results by Gary DeBock From December 17-20 a Mini-DXpedition was conducted in Kona, Hawaii with a 5 inch (13cm) “Frequent Flyer” FSL antenna and a 7.5 inch (19cm) loopstick C.Crane Skywave […]