Zack: This op has a similar situation to the just concluded VU7 op. During the hours that HAMCAP said it was a possibility, they were on other bands. Mostly they seemed focused on 40, 80, and 160M, which means they were focused on EU, and not NA or SA. I even tried email to see if I could get them on 20M CW, and even though VU7SJ tried on a couple of nights, I never even heard them then or on any band or mode in the 2 weeks they were there. I have good antennas at 25m and good equipment. The only cluster spots I saw on them was from the East Coast NA. They were very few, had comments about weak signals, and didn't last long.
HAMCAP says NA from my area (Pacific Northwest) should have its best chance for A5 around their sunset which is around 0z. and it says I should be able to work them SP on 17M and 20M around that time. So far, I have not seen them on those bands at that time. I hope one of theirs reads DX Chat and realizes this and changes the band/mod strategy on a few days jusgt to give NA W coast a chance.. I have a friend who has 300+ confirmed and needs this for a new one. A5 cluster spots are very rare here. I wish him luck. He had the same experience from his QTH in Dallas, TX with the VU7. I did read the A5100A website comments and they comment about difficult operating conditions and poor QSO rates. John Owens - N7TK -------------- Original message -------------- From: Zack Widup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Has anyone in the USA on this group (well, let's even say North America) > worked/heard A5100A yet? All the spots I've seen for them have been from > Asia and EU and I haven't heard a peep from them. > > 73, Zack W9SZ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body put either > > unsubscribe dx-chat > > or > > subscribe dx-chat > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
