If conditions tonight (29 March) are anything like last night, it may be a
good (if not the last) chance to get FT5 from the North American west coast
on the higher bands, especially from about 0400-0500Z (assuming they will
not have started tearing down). Worked three bands (20, 17, 15) and two
modes inside of 11 minutes, and one more band-mode within the next 20
minutes.

All with 100w and a stuck MA5B on the chimney.

It also helps that the guys (especially the CW ops) have ears like bats!

AE9F

"Danny Goodman" wrote in message
...
If conditions tonight (29 March) are anything like last night, it may be a
good (if not the last) chance to get FT5 from the North American west
coast
on the higher bands, especially from about 0400-0500Z (assuming they will
not have started tearing down). Worked three bands (20, 17, 15) and two
modes inside of 11 minutes, and one more band-mode within the next 20
minutes.

All with 100w and a stuck MA5B on the chimney.

It also helps that the guys (especially the CW ops) have ears like bats!

AE9F


Yes indeed!
They can hear you rub two D cells against your antenna.
Excellent ops!

--

... Hank

http://home.earthlink.net/~horedson
http://home.earthlink.net/~w0rli

"Barry" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:58:53 GMT, "Hank Oredson"
wrote:

"Danny Goodman" wrote in message
...
If conditions tonight (29 March) are anything like last night, it may be
a
good (if not the last) chance to get FT5 from the North American west
coast
on the higher bands, especially from about 0400-0500Z (assuming they
will
not have started tearing down). Worked three bands (20, 17, 15) and two
modes inside of 11 minutes, and one more band-mode within the next 20
minutes.

All with 100w and a stuck MA5B on the chimney.

It also helps that the guys (especially the CW ops) have ears like bats!

AE9F


Yes indeed!
They can hear you rub two D cells against your antenna.
Excellent ops!

Don't forget, they're running 100W to verticals, so if you hear them,
they'll hear you. It certainly helps that they are superb operators,
too.
Barry W2UP


Understood. Same power level here.

--

... Hank

http://home.earthlink.net/~horedson
http://home.earthlink.net/~w0rli

"Hank Oredson" wrote in message
ink.net...
"Barry" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:58:53 GMT, "Hank Oredson"
wrote:

"Danny Goodman" wrote in message
...
If conditions tonight (29 March) are anything like last night, it may
be
a
good (if not the last) chance to get FT5 from the North American west
coast
on the higher bands, especially from about 0400-0500Z (assuming they
will
not have started tearing down). Worked three bands (20, 17, 15) and
two
modes inside of 11 minutes, and one more band-mode within the next 20
minutes.

All with 100w and a stuck MA5B on the chimney.

It also helps that the guys (especially the CW ops) have ears like
bats!

AE9F


Yes indeed!
They can hear you rub two D cells against your antenna.
Excellent ops!

Don't forget, they're running 100W to verticals, so if you hear them,
they'll hear you. It certainly helps that they are superb operators,
too.
Barry W2UP


Understood. Same power level here.

--

... Hank

http://home.earthlink.net/~horedson
http://home.earthlink.net/~w0rli



The problem for me, is here in Pennsylvania, they have been at ESP signal
levels the whole time. I can sometimes hear them well enough to tell it's
them but not well enough to even copy my on call on CW. The best signal I've
heard from them is on 30m, were I was able to work them. But even then the
signal level was really 4 by 3. Looking at the propagation they are not in a
good place for the east coast at this time in the sun spot cycle.

John Passaneau wrote:
The problem for me, is here in Pennsylvania, they have been at ESP signal
levels the whole time. I can sometimes hear them well enough to tell it's
them but not well enough to even copy my on call on CW. The best signal I've
heard from them is on 30m, were I was able to work them. But even then the
signal level was really 4 by 3. Looking at the propagation they are not in a
good place for the east coast at this time in the sun spot cycle.

Likewise here.

The loudest I heard them was on 40CW on the second day of the
expedition. (when I posted that item about people not listening...)

Worked 'em on Sunday on 30 where they were pretty good copy.

Someone spotted them on 17m at something like 0530z, I think that was
Tuesday morning UTC - I could hear them but just at ESP level.

Haven't so much as heard them anywhere else. (haven't tried phone)

Would think 20 would be good fairly often and 15 in mid-morning CT most
days.

But it's their expedition - if they weren't having fun they'd be
somewhere else!
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

Their location is much better for Europe and the west coast than here in the
east. My propagation software shows that for today (30th) its possible to
work them at 1:00UTC on 30m, 4:00UTC on 20 and 17 and 13:00UTC on 15m. The
problem is that they are seldom on those band at the required times. They
have been on the lower bands working Europe not North America. As I work and
I'm unwilling to take a day off to work DX they have been a hard go. Anyway
Sunday on 30m is when I worked too.


--
John Passaneau
Penn State University


"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
...
John Passaneau wrote:
The problem for me, is here in Pennsylvania, they have been at ESP
signal
levels the whole time. I can sometimes hear them well enough to tell
it's
them but not well enough to even copy my on call on CW. The best signal
I've
heard from them is on 30m, were I was able to work them. But even then
the
signal level was really 4 by 3. Looking at the propagation they are not
in a
good place for the east coast at this time in the sun spot cycle.

Likewise here.

The loudest I heard them was on 40CW on the second day of the
expedition. (when I posted that item about people not listening...)

Worked 'em on Sunday on 30 where they were pretty good copy.

Someone spotted them on 17m at something like 0530z, I think that was
Tuesday morning UTC - I could hear them but just at ESP level.

Haven't so much as heard them anywhere else. (haven't tried phone)

Would think 20 would be good fairly often and 15 in mid-morning CT most
days.

But it's their expedition - if they weren't having fun they'd be
somewhere else!
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
...
John Passaneau wrote:
The problem for me, is here in Pennsylvania, they have been at ESP signal
levels the whole time. I can sometimes hear them well enough to tell it's
them but not well enough to even copy my on call on CW. The best signal
I've
heard from them is on 30m, were I was able to work them. But even then
the
signal level was really 4 by 3. Looking at the propagation they are not
in a
good place for the east coast at this time in the sun spot cycle.

Likewise here.

The loudest I heard them was on 40CW on the second day of the expedition.
(when I posted that item about people not listening...)

Worked 'em on Sunday on 30 where they were pretty good copy.

Someone spotted them on 17m at something like 0530z, I think that was
Tuesday morning UTC - I could hear them but just at ESP level.

Interesting. Worked 'em on 17 CW about 0430Z on the 24th..
Very weak, but little QSB, and solid copy.

Haven't so much as heard them anywhere else. (haven't tried phone)

Would think 20 would be good fairly often and 15 in mid-morning CT most
days.

Nada heard here on 15 / 12 / 10.

But it's their expedition - if they weren't having fun they'd be somewhere
else!

--

... Hank

http://home.earthlink.net/~horedson
http://home.earthlink.net/~w0rli

John Passaneau wrote:

Their location is much better for Europe and the west coast than here in the
east. My propagation software shows that for today (30th) its possible to
work them at 1:00UTC on 30m, 4:00UTC on 20 and 17 and 13:00UTC on 15m. The
problem is that they are seldom on those band at the required times. They
have been on the lower bands working Europe not North America. As I work and
I'm unwilling to take a day off to work DX they have been a hard go. Anyway
Sunday on 30m is when I worked too.

--
John Passaneau
Penn State University


I'm just a couple of hours west of you in the northern panhandle of West
Virginia. The first band I caught them on was 17. Over the next
several days, I managed to add 40 and 80 and last night, 160m. I'm all
smiles.

Dave K8MN

They were on yesterday morning on 30 around 8am EST with a fair signal.
Much
easier to work then since the pile ups have dwindled.
Here in SW Ohio I've heard them several times with a good signal, but only
managed the 'sure' contact this morning. Did hear them on 20 several times,
but no contact with my lowly 100 watts and Zepp pointed at Europe.
I thought the operation was a terrific effort considering the not so good
propagation. Seems they were on somewhere almost all the time. It was a new
one on 30 (no surprise), but I have worked the island several times before
when it was FB8X.
It helps to be retired! No work days missed here , at least as far as I'm
concerned. The wife has a different opinion.

My server has had difficulty posting. I made this post early yesterday, but
it never showed up. So. I'm attempting it again. My apologies if it is a
duplicate. Curious to see if it makes it this time.

73's


"Danny Goodman" wrote in message
...
If conditions tonight (29 March) are anything like last night, it may be a
good (if not the last) chance to get FT5 from the North American west
coast
on the higher bands, especially from about 0400-0500Z (assuming they will
not have started tearing down). Worked three bands (20, 17, 15) and two
modes inside of 11 minutes, and one more band-mode within the next 20
minutes.

All with 100w and a stuck MA5B on the chimney.

It also helps that the guys (especially the CW ops) have ears like bats!

AE9F

Barry wrote:

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 04:34:53 GMT, Dave Heil
wrote:

John Passaneau wrote:

Their location is much better for Europe and the west coast than here in the
east. My propagation software shows that for today (30th) its possible to
work them at 1:00UTC on 30m, 4:00UTC on 20 and 17 and 13:00UTC on 15m. The
problem is that they are seldom on those band at the required times. They
have been on the lower bands working Europe not North America. As I work and
I'm unwilling to take a day off to work DX they have been a hard go. Anyway
Sunday on 30m is when I worked too.

--
John Passaneau
Penn State University


I'm just a couple of hours west of you in the northern panhandle of West
Virginia. The first band I caught them on was 17. Over the next
several days, I managed to add 40 and 80 and last night, 160m. I'm all
smiles.

Dave K8MN

And I'm just a few hours east of you. I've worked them all bands
160-12m. The only tough ones were 160 and 12. There have been
several evening, about 0300Z, a bit after their sunrise, when they've
been s9+ on 40m. They've also had very good signals on 20m, longpath
in the morning, and when I worked them on 20 RTTY about 0330Z, they
were albout s7, shortpath..
Barry W2UP

Good going! I had no chance on 20/15 meters as one of my towers came
down during a windstorm at the end of November. The replacement tower
is in place but the new tribander isn't yet assembled.

The next to last night of operation, the 40m op was CQing with no takers
late in the evening here. I listened to about fifteen minutes of CQing
with no takers before calling him for an insurance contact. 160m looked
like it might be more of a challenge due to QRMers on his transmit
frequency and a horde of non-stop W callers. The QRM let up and I found
a "sweet spot" for calling". It helps being out in the sticks since the
noise level is a lot lower.

Dave K8MN
Cameron, WV