One thing that's pretty obvious, especially if you keep an eye on the cluster while trying to work them, is that their pattern is -- no pattern! Based on the spots alone, they'll work someone transmitting on 7015, then 7021, then 7012, etc. ... up and down within the announced listening range.
My guess is that they don't linger on a particular frequency for more than a QSO or two. That defeats anyone trying to jam up their receiver. It also may mean that when they QSY, they quickly hunt a clear signal on the band, and when the cluster watchers QSY to that frequency, they vacate others which now have a clear signal to work. Maddening to those who try to match a pattern. But the best strategy may just be to pick A frequency and stick to it, and wait for surrounding traffic to clear away. Add superb operators with great filters, and given enough time, you'll work them! 73 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zack Widup Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 1:34 PM To: DAVE WHITE Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] FJ/OH2AM signals Don't know what equipment they're using but I think they have verticals on the beach. I'll bet they're running a kW though. Their signal has been superb here, too. What really impresses me is that Olli just works EU right through the USA wall on CW. Maybe he has very narrow filters. He will work a bunch of USA, then a bunch of EU, then a bunch of USA ... without saying "EU only". Truly amazing! He was going so fast last night that I guess he made everyone reasonably happy. There was little or no jamming here. Just the usual clueless people who called him on his frequency for a while, then gave up. When they left, so did the DX cops. 73, Zack W9SZ On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, DAVE WHITE wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know what Olli and Martti are running from FJ? > > They've been putting a truly magnificent signal into this part of the world, certainly a change from the half-a-watt-into-a-wet-string expeditions. They're currently (10am) coming in at 20db over 9 on 40m cw and were a big S9 on 20m SSB last night. > > Excellent, efficient operation too! > > cheers > > Dave G0OIL > > > 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 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 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
