Interesting conditions here last night. I
heard a whole lot of DX that simply could
not hear me. I'm running QRP and don't
expect to work everything I hear but one
thing for sure, the overall conditions
were really nice. It was fun to take a
break and listen to EU working other EU &
SA and
I felt conditions were "OK" to various parts of Europe throughout the
night. Yes, things would seem good to one location or another for a few
minutes, then just evaporate.
That station from Haiti 4V1TL had huge huge signal probably louder than any
Florida guy I heard.
A "new band greenie for me"
I felt like the SE US was under a propagation blanket. A look at RBN, NA
spotted by EU nodes made us notable by our absence, K3ZM the notable
exception of course. EU would pop in for a few minutes and then go away. No
clue as to the prop mechanics doing that. The on again off again
propagation
Totally different experience here. Condx were fabulous. At the half way
point, I have 71 DX stns wkd (non US & non VE), 42 DX countries. EU stns were
everywhere and stayed in for several hours. But, so far, nothing wkd further
west than KH6.
Looking forward to tonight, now starting right
One small request would be to NOT mention callsigns - at least during the 5
day "waiting period" for log submissions to be completed.
Some folks may not be running assisted, may bust the odd call or two, or
whatever. No point in giving out corrected callsigns at this point.
Thanks
Tom - VE3CX
Hi Jim,
Even I heard you once, from the deepest darkest Los Angeles. About 0825 you
were calling someone I couldn't hear while you were Q5. It gave me a bit of a
thrill knowing you were QRP, and was a good indication that I'm hearing better
(though still poorly) this year.
Jeff W6JK
On
Hi Gary,
As preface, you are in my CQ160CW log. And lest someone have the idea that
the following is some kind of whining about QRP...
Particularly in a contest, I ENJOY trying to pull QRP stations out of the
noise, especially the ones I can manage to copy and the next guy can't.
Successfully
We are often forced to run with fairly narrow bandwidths (I had to run last
night with 250 Hz) with stations sometimes being spaced out only 300 or 400
Hz. I had several occasions last night when someone was calling me 300 Hz
or more off frequency. . .so far off they were almost zero beat to
On Sat,1/30/2016 11:19 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
But let's be clear headed about what QRP lays on the other end and what the
dB realities are.
Like Dave, you have articulated the issues pretty well. BTW -- I called
you several times last night, but prop wasn't very good (I heard a half
I'm not sure why you would be surprised running QRP that stations that were
"loud" couldn't hear you. You're at a 13 db disadvantage at a minimum. Ad
in clix (and there plenty of them) plus QRM the guy is experiencing on the
other end. . .and, well, there you are. . .you can't be heard. That
Cq160 is not very interesting for a dx-er anymore. A handfull of european
big guns are covering the band with CQ over and over again but they don't
seem to hear very well. During the morning hours I can hear a layer of NA
and SA stations behind the usual european contest stations who keep CQ-ing
Herb has good antennas. But many others mixing QRP with high angle antennas,
have a tougher time.
73
Bruce-k1kz
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 11:40:12 -0600, David Raymond wrote:
I'm not sure why you would be surprised running QRP that stations that
were
"loud" couldn't hear you.
And I don't mean to imply that all QRP stations have inefficient antennas .
. .that was a tongue in cheek comment. Some of you QRP guys have quite fine
antennas. . both TX and RX. Let's have fun! 73. . .Dave, W0FLS
- Original Message -
From: "David Raymond"
Dave,
I wouldn't say Surprised, more like
curious.
Obviously my 5W is not going to break a
pileup and that's no surprise but when
contesting stations with low signal levels
here are working one station right after
another and when I call & they hear me,
that's the usual. When a station is
On Sat,1/30/2016 9:40 AM, David Raymond wrote:
Condx to JA from here in Iowa this morning were quite good
Yes, it was a good night. Dave, W0FLS and Toni, N0NI, are two guys who
pulled my QRP signal out. Thanks also to W5MX and someone signing a club
call in Gulfport, MS who heard me and gave
. . .Condx to JA from here in Iowa this morning were quite good
>From K9YC. . .Yes, it was a good night. Dave, W0FLS and Toni, N0NI, are two
>guys who
pulled my QRP signal out.
A friendly word to you guys running 10w to the gutter. . .please give us time
to find which antenna/direction
This is only part of it.
Just one example from a few years ago in a 160 contest; There was a very
loud station in the Caribean, and he was running EU, and doing quite well.
Many NA stations calling him - he was 20 over S9, and deaf as a post.
Later on, he was like S3, and running NA like mad!
Great advice, Dave. I was lucky enough to learn that many years ago in
one of my first Topband contests from Chicago where I had a very
mediocre antenna farm. Someone told me he had to figure out which RX
antenna to use for me. That's how I worked you and Toni -- I gave you
enough calls to let
Probably our club station in Gulfport... K5GDX. We operate field day style...
Generator power and all. RX 4 Sq, 550 beverage to Europe added this year.
1/4 wave vertical under a balloon over our radial field. Lots of funbut off
the air tonight. Strong winds this afternoon took
That's it! Many thanks.
73, Jim
On Sat,1/30/2016 5:45 PM, chacuff wrote:
Probably our club station in Gulfport... K5GDX. We operate field day style...
Generator power and all. RX 4 Sq, 550 beverage to Europe added this year.
1/4 wave vertical under a balloon over our radial field.
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