Info:
QTH: Belmont, NC - 15 W. of Charlotte
Rig: Icom IC-765 and H.B. 1/4 Wave Vert with 16 32 ft radials
spaced 25 Deg apart and buried few inches in red clay soil.
Condx: 0630 UTC - 0830 UTC, 3Y0X QRG 7.022 MHz CLG
CQ, QSX UP. Pile-Up throng moving from about 900
Hz to 12 KHz up and back low.
0630 UTC: 3Y0X signal S3, about every 30 Secs a USA or EU
called on his QRG. About 4 - 6 Cops sent UP or
Lid. Every time 3Y0X called a USA STN, a S6
key-down CW SIG put on his QRG, 4 to 6 Cops
sent LID, A--H--E, S--TH--D, or F.U., etc. Every
time 3Y0X called a EU STN, the key-down SIG
was not there. Dave, K4SV, 3Y0X OP, was HVG
TRB WRKG anybody. FM 0630 to 0745 UTC,
he sent QRT 2X, and QSY 80M 1X evidently to
try and clear the PROB of HVG TRUB WRKG
the pile-up as after about 15 - 20 MINS, he came
back to ~ 7.022 MHz CLG CQ and UP.
0745 UTC: 3Y0X SIG had come up to S6 to S8 HRE, but the
same QRM on his QRG persisted. The key - down
QRM on his QRG had decreased FM S8 to S5
with same routine as above.
0800 UTC 3Y0X SIG steady S8 HRE. Dave sent QRX. He
was QRX ABT 3 MINS.
0803 UTC New 3Y0X OP - Peter, HB9BXE, came on (???).
Not sure as 20M short skip also good and USA
SIGS strong. ATT, several USA STNS called
3Y0X on his QRG, and the Cops went wild. The
key-down SIG on QRG persisted with same
routine. New Op sending about 30 WPM and
mostly WKG EU. EU SIGS VY strong in pile-up
and the key-down QRM was stronger.
0815 UTC 3Y0X sent PSE PSE QRX QRX PSE only EU
for 60 mins, PSE only EU Up.
I gave up and went QRT. What an absolute MESS !!!!
I got them on 20M CW on 10 FEB at 1248 UTC using 90W
and my H.B. Vert, on very low end of throng, after CLG for
10 mins. Still STNS CLG on 3Y0X QRG, but only long skip,
so QRM HRE not bad.
Is 3Y0X monitoring his QRG ??
The CW bands have gone to Haiti, since the FCC restructured
the requirements for a ticket in 2000. I personally feel the only
way in to HF CW operating privledges is the old Novice class:
only the old Novice bands; 100W max and VFO of course
though. Let the new hams get some operating experiece before
do act like Lids and QRM our CW bands. When I got my
ticket in 1958, the only time I came across the word Lid was
in the ARRL Operating Manual. Now it is status quo. What
an absolute shame - the CONDX on the CW bands. I do
not work SSB, so do not know about CONDX there - PROB
the same.
OK, now let's hear some Shatter, oops I meant Chatter, well
Chat. Larry - K4WLS
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