Congrats Milt. Still waiting to hear them over here. Going down to the wire.
tnx Mike / W5JR Alpharetta GA > On Feb 24, 2016, at 10:34 PM, Milt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was fortunate to work them this AM on 160 M. However, the problem was > hearing their signal. It was weak, as it was the previous morning when I > listened only to a few dits. IMHO their signal is at least 20 DB below where > it should be when compared with other South Pacific DXped Top Band signals. > > As said, their signal was weak while sporadically getting answers from both > NA and JA. I waited for a signal peak where I was sure I could hear the > reply. I got a come back with a single call to them. > > I also worked them on 80 M this AM, with 100 Watts. Lots of callers. > > They QRTed on 40 M right at the time I was making the all important 160 M > contact. Otherwise I might have made the trifecta in a short period of time. > I only have a single 160 M vertical (full WL on 40 M) for use on 40 M but > the K3 tuner tunes it very well. Will see if they are on 40 in the manana. > > 73, and GL to everyone, de Milt, N5IA > > CU all in the CQ 160 SSB this weekend. I will operate N7GP from AZ -- DM52. > > ============================================================== > > -----Original Message----- From: Jim Brown > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: A35T > >> On Wed,2/24/2016 9:00 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: >> I don't understand what is going >> on here. A pacific island should be a chip >> shot from the left coast. > > Nor do I. Perhaps a poor TX antenna -- vertical with no radials? Maybe > low power? Something caused them to not be on the band at their sunset. > They did a self spot around 0515Z saying they would be on in an hour, > but no spots at all until about 1000Z or later. I went into the shack to > listen, nothing, no trace, no signal, no callers. They had QSYed to a > higher band. I QSYed back to bed. Nature called around 1330Z, I looked > to see spots, and headed for the shack. I heard occasional callers and > saw spots about LOUD, bu it was more than 45 minutes before I saw a > faint trace, another 10 minutes to be able to hear CW, then ten minutes > later, enough to copy. One call and they came back. > > One thing they clearly don't get about 160, and to a lesser extent, 80, > is the spotlight nature of propagation, and that they need to be there > from before sunset to after sunrise to catch everyone who wants to work > them. It seems that when things slowed down, they QSYed to a higher band. > > And yes, that guy who didn't know how to use the radio, QSYing up and > down the band for every caller, was on 160 the night before, as > indicated by spots from JA. Luckily, the op who was on this morning did > know how to use the radio. :) > > 73, Jim K9YC > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
