Re: [DX-CHAT] VU4

2006-04-11 Thread Peter W2IRT
At 10:33 04/11/06, Russell Kellam Jr wrote: Lord, let's hope so. VU4 is a dead zone here in SE Va. 73 I've asked around and nobody's mentioning authorized power levels. If the A and K stay low, however, propagation to the east coast shouldn't be too wretched for those with a decent yagi. I don't

Re: [DX-CHAT] VU4

2006-04-11 Thread ON7YX
http://www.dx-pedition.de/andaman2006/operation.html - Original Message - From: Peter W2IRT To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] VU4 At 10:33 04/11/06, Russell Kellam Jr wrote: Lord, let's hope so. VU4 is a

RE: [DX-CHAT] VU4

2006-04-11 Thread LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad
I think of more importance to those of us on my side of the pond is the preponderance of operators from Europe who may have a different focus than east coast and central North America, arguably the most challenging location for VU4 signals. To be honest, fighting a rock-solid EU wall for 8

Re: RE: [DX-CHAT] VU4

2006-04-11 Thread w2pky
I worked a lot of DX with 400 watts out and skill was important, now that I have legal limit power it's much easier. 73; Bill - Original Message - From: LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:03 pm Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] VU4 I think of more importance

[DX-CHAT] QSL Route

2006-04-11 Thread Russell Kellam Jr
Many tnx to all who responded to my QSL route query for 4S7AB. For some reason I thought he was there on a temporary basis.Oh well, another brain cramp. Geeze, that's the 2nd one this month!! Tnx 73 Russ W4UBC Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post

Re: [DX-CHAT] QSL Route

2006-04-11 Thread Peter W2IRT
At 13:15 04/11/06, Russell Kellam Jr wrote: Just worked 4S7AB Sri Lanka on 18.160. Anybody know his QSL route? Tnx 73 Russ W4UBC QRZ.com address; via direct, no manager. - Peter W2IRT Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX

Re: RE: [DX-CHAT] VU4

2006-04-11 Thread Peter W2IRT
At 18:02 04/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I worked a lot of DX with 400 watts out and skill was important, now that I have legal limit power it's much easier. For something like VU4 or similar other-side-of-the-world ultra-rare DX, it mostly comes down to a combination of propagation, skill,