LBI‐15 / 2016 Attendees :
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Russ Edmunds (WB2BJH) Blue Bell, PA 2 Modified Sony ICF 2010s
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Brett Saylor (W3SWL) State College, PA Perseus
SDR, ELAD FDM‐S2 SDR
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Kris Field Horsham, PA NRD‐545; ELAD FDM S2 SDR
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Michael Hunter (W2MHZ) Neshanic Station, NJ Perseus
SDR
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Ralph Brandi Middletown, NJ Perseus SDR
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Bob Galerstein (WB2VGD) Monroe, NY ‐Drake
R8B 16
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Dave Hochfelder (N2HTA) Albany, NY Perseus SDR
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Bill Nollman Farmington, CT ELAD FDM‐S2
SDR
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Bill Whitacre Alexandria, VA Perseus SDR
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Doug Maset (N2LEA) Newburgh, NY ELAD FDM
S1 SDR
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Nick Langan (W2NJL), Tabernacle, NJ (Saturday
night only)
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Steve Walko (K3PHL), (Saturday night only)
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Michael Temme‐Soifer, Princeton, NJ
(Saturday night only)
ALL:
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16x32 pre‐amplified flag
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6 pre‐amplified Broadband Loop
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Wellbrook ALA‐1530 (2)
The 15th annual Long Beach Island
DXpedition took place in Ship Bottom, NJ November
3‐5, 2016. Conditions were
moderately auroral, although a few TAs did sneak
through. The result was many new
loggings from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Nicaragua as well as numerous new
domestics. These conditions also enabled
us to add Ecuador to our list of countries heard. We also welcomed a new member
of the crew, Doug Maset of Newburgh, NY. For this year, owing to the prior years
experiences with the final reconfiguration of the beach in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, we moved our headquarters from the middle
of the building on the beach to the South end. This provided us with corner rooms which in
turn had less electrical noise and easier access to the areas where we could
place our antennas. As a result of
greater use of SDRs, we had a larger number of loggings than we have had in
any prior year, but that comes with the side effect of taking longer to compile
a group log. As always, regardless of the conditions, the act of
getting together to DX and talk about DX remains the highlight of the weekend.