I have only one QSO with Desecheo right now - 15 meter SSB with the dynamic duo who operated there a few years ago.
I want to get at least a CW and a digi QSO and maybe a couple other bands. I hope they aren't going to assume everyone in North America has KP5 confirmed on all band-modes already. :-) But it should be a lot easier from here than from EU. They're almost in my back yard. 73, Zack W9SZ On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:57 AM, ragnar otterstad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I can see right now what's going to happen when they > > work Europe: > > > > When the operator says quite clearly for the fifth time > > "Golf Nine Alpha Alpha Alpha five and nine", all > > the Italians will keep shouting their last two for ten > > minutes solid on the G9's frequency, overmodulating > > their 3kW amplifiers and without pausing for > > breath......even if they are in the log twelve times > > already. > > > Unfortunately, I think you are right. Part of the problem is lack of > proper understanding of English, which applies to all the latin countries, > where films are dubbed. Up here, we have subtitles, so people get language > lessons without even knowing it !! > > > > > These guys are all pretty good operators and you'll > > have propagation akin to a telephone line on most bands > > nearly 24 hours per day from where you live. Don't > > bother takin the time off work during the first week when > > the big guns will slug it out toe to toe, but you'll > > make it in the log easily enough during the second week. > > If you wait till the band's closed to Italy, > > anyway....."Whiskey eight Tango Alpha Hotel five and > > nine".."ITALY KILO ITALY KILO ITALY KILO ITALY > > KILO ITALY KILO....." > > > > If you're like me you concentrate on CW where there are > > fewer muppets.... > > There are some rotten apples even on CW these days , I am sorry to say > !This applies in particular to some Eastern -Europeans countries and Balkan. > > If they work split, which I am sure they will, things get easier when you > have experienced operators at the DX-end. F ex I rarely have to make more > that 2-3 calls to get a qso when f ex DL3DXX, G3SXW and others like them > are at the DX-end- Even when the signals are marginal, which they often > are up here in the North ! > 73 rag LA5HE > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Alt i ett. Få Yahoo! Mail med adressekartotek, kalender og > notisblokk. http://no.mail.yahoo.com > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -----------------------------------------------------------
