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Old September 3rd 08, 03:00 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Hurricanes bring good DX

On Sep 3, 5:30*am, "Count Floyd"
wrote:
I am in Hobe Sound Florida, one mile from the ocean, and for some
strange reason, MW DX is coming in from the Caribbean, last night I
picked up WDHP, US Virgin Islands and other other antilles. *I guess
that is the only good thing about these damned hurricanes!
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That's about 1200 miles from you Bob = nice catch and well done.
I can sometimes get it from our Seefontein DX site on my Kiwa loop and
the Icom. WDHP is 10 Kw day and 1 Kw night time power.

What time did you get it in UTC/zulu?
And what radio and antenna were you using?

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx
 
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