You'd actually be surprised how often that happens. Back at the old QTH, when I was concentrating on completing 80 M DXCC, there were a couple of DXpeditions that I only worked on that band; AH3D comes to mind. Now Johnston wasn't an ALL TIME new one for me, but the previous QSO had been many, many moons before, so it was pretty close!
73, ron w3wn -----Original Message----- From: Peter Dougherty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 1:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] 'tis the season At 12:47 AM 12/15/2007, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote: There were spots for E4/OM2DX on 80 and 40 earlier this evening. I THOUGHT I heard them, barely, on 80, but of course, the Russian Frequency Cops -- the ones with the 2 letter call UP -- were jamming the frequency. We've got a week, hopefully. Plenty of time. Got 'em on 80 through some QSB and my usual S9++ electrical QRN. They were stronger on 80 than 40 to me, and (of course) working EU heavily. Sigh. I lost them on 40 from about 10:30 to 11:30 pm then they came back up, albeit with deep fades, but by then, they weren't listening for stateside any more and the EU powerhouses took over. I'm hoping to nail 'em on 1 or 2 of the higher bands tomorrow before the impending Nor'Easter forces me to lower the tower for a couple of days (can't beam to them when it's down due to trees). They're saying freezing rain and heavy ice accretion possible as well as strong gusty frigid winds from the NW for 3 days afterwards. Ought to be "interesting" to say the least! I'm hoping I can at least get the tower back up part-way after the worst of the storm is over. Gotta say, it sure would be funny if I only get them on one band, and that band is 80! I think that would be a first for an All-Time New One! Cheers, Peter, W2IRT Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
