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High line noise here but worked him fairly easily on 20 meters.
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Wes Stewart wrote:
High line noise here but worked him fairly easily on 20 meters. Congrats! Likewise here (except no line noise!) on 17 CW. Much to my surprise, the lids weren't out either. A brief burst of someone asking three times whether the 3Y transmit frequency was in use (and being answered "YES!!!" each time by half the planet) but that was about it. Almost nobody calling out of turn. Pretty amazing. Difference between this and the pile on the 6O last week? No idea. Just because it was 17m? Doesn't seem likely but you never know... Needed for alltime new one here. Will try to catch them for additional band-countries (and hopefully on RTTY at some point) but won't be beating my head against the wall to do it. Signal seems MUCH, MUCH, MUCH better than the last Peter I expedition. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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Are you sure this wasn't a lid ? I didn't think they were going to get
set up for about another 3 days. Wes Stewart wrote: High line noise here but worked him fairly easily on 20 meters. |
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Ron wrote:
Are you sure this wasn't a lid ? I didn't think they were going to get set up for about another 3 days. On 17 they're peaking the right direction. http://www.peterone.com/updates.htm says they're on the island and expected to be on the air as of 0400 UTC today. (i.e. last night USA time) There's no further news but I'm sure updating the website is pretty low on their priority list right nowgrin! On a very vaguely related subject... I note in the last hour, three different 3Y calls have been spotted on DX Summit... Either someone out there isn't paying attention, or there are in fact a couple of "Slims" out there. To be honest I suspect the former... -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:17:45 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI
wrote: Wes Stewart wrote: High line noise here but worked him fairly easily on 20 meters. Congrats! Likewise. Likewise here (except no line noise!) on 17 CW. Much to my surprise, the lids weren't out either. A brief burst of someone asking three times whether the 3Y transmit frequency was in use (and being answered "YES!!!" each time by half the planet) but that was about it. Almost nobody calling out of turn. Pretty amazing. Difference between this and the pile on the 6O last week? No idea. Just because it was 17m? Doesn't seem likely but you never know... I was having a tough time hearing him through the noise but things seemed to be rather controlled on 20 also. The op seemed to take a break (maybe he announced it but I didn't hear it) for a few minutes and the calling stopped. I waited and when he (or another op) returned, I got him on about the fourth or fifth call. The noise had also dropped a bit which helped. Needed for alltime new one here. Will try to catch them for additional band-countries (and hopefully on RTTY at some point) but won't be beating my head against the wall to do it. Same here. Would like him on 80 mainly cuz I need some more countries on 80, but the prop forecasts say it ain't going to happen. Signal seems MUCH, MUCH, MUCH better than the last Peter I expedition. Couldn't say, I wasn't on then, nor for any of the Heard expeditions :(. May never get that one. |
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Spent a bit of time on them on 30 and 40 last night without success.
They seemed to be having some trouble pulling people out of the mess on 30 - it could be as much as 2 minutes between QSOs. (I suppose it could be they were distracted by non-radio support activities at this point in the expedition!) On 40, unfortunately the lids were out in full force. Ironically, the ones intentionally trying to interfere with the 3Y operation were essentially ineffective. It was never difficult to know what the 3Y was sending. It was the lids who *didn't* have malicious intent who were causing the most grief - the continuous callers who made it nearly impossible to find the station the 3Y was working. I did work FO/DL1AWI on 80. If they aren't in French Polynesia (haven't looked 'em up yet) then they're a new one on that band. He'd been working on 3506.5; he vanished, then popped back up calling CQ on 3508 - I worked him on the first call out of the CQ. Sometimes you luck outgrin! Couldn't say, I wasn't on then, nor for any of the Heard expeditions :(. May never get that one. Ouch. I have worked Heard twice (sorryg) but there's never been much signal there. But the most interesting thing about DX in the new millenium is how dynamic the Most Wanted lists have become. Who'd have thought: KP1 & KP5 becoming nearly impossible, while you can work ZA and BY during any contest? -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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It was sad to note that the Europeans have become as whiney and
outrageous an the North Americans. They may have even surpassed us with their comments on the DX spots. The Russians were particularly impatient. Later in the evening the signals on 30 and 40 mts became quite good. The operation on 30 meters went well, from this location. There were a few UP Cops and the usual calls on frequency, but much less than I expected. Fourty meters was another story. Every lid and want-to-be came to the show. It was interesting to note, though, that the signal got really good about 0500 UTC, and much of the QRMing stopped. This leads me to believe that most of the lids had to go to work the next day, or passed out. The heavy toned QRM on 40 meters last night is suspected to be from some type of military operation in eastern Europe. I plotted all the azimuths given on the spots last night, and it looks like this QRM was coming from Nothern Russia. When it stopped around 0500 UTC, the 3YO was as clear as a bell here. The only other thing that I noted was that when the 3Y0 went to EU, very few NA stations quit calling. Win w0lz |
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I worked them on 15m SSB yesterday afternoon and the QSO does not show in
the on-line log. Wonder if I worked a slim? Does anyone know their departure date? -- -larry K8UT "Wes Stewart" wrote in message ... High line noise here but worked him fairly easily on 20 meters. |
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J. Mc Laughlin wrote:
The QRM on 40 CW was significant. A continuous carrier exactly on frequency that was not too strong, but fatiguing. A very strong carrier that would pop on at random. The latter caused me not to be sure of a contact at about 0200. I admit coming back two or three hours latter for a certain contact - well, I never did hear the 3Y's call sign ... I can not make sense out of the calling when 3Y was working. It could be that many who do not work CW or do not have break-in called for a few minutes and then listened to see if 3Y was waiting for them. Sure filled up the band. I tried for a few minutes on 40 last night but because of the continuous callers I couldn't figure out where he was listening - and with the pileup at least 20KHz wide I sure didn't think blind calling was worthwhile. (OTOH, it's pretty cold here this week & I could have used the added heat from the ampgrin!) (yikes, you think maybe *THAT'S* why people who can't copy the 3Y are calling him??g) The intentional QRM was certainly a lot worse last night than it was previously. I shudder to think what it sounds like on SSB. The online log search is working this morning -- hopefully that means the weather lifted & allowed the delivery of the rest of the supplies. I suppose those on the island would consider the arrival of the rest of their food to be the most important part of that news, but I suppose the rest of us would consider the iminent arrival of the rest of their simultaneous stations to be more importantgrin! I've found in the past... that a major DXpedition is a good time to find *other* good DX -- while all the big guns are busy with the 3Y, some other stuff like FO/m goes begging... -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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Dear Doug: Interesting observations.
The intentional interference has been frequent and often effective - if that is the right word. On various of their frequencies, the use of a continuous carrier that is within 2 Hz of 3Y0X's frequency is heard. It appears not to be from NA or SA. It would be interesting, though little more, to hear a psychologist's analysis of what causes persons deliberately to cause interference. Miraculously, I heard 3Y0X on 8o meters CW last night and appear to have worked them. I have gone over the propagation predictions again that suggest the unlikelihood of such a contact. I will wait for the geophysical parameters to be posed and look again. However, my guess is it was a combination of about 100 Hz effective BW, exceptionally low noise at both ends, a vertical reflecting off of salt water at their end, a tall antenna at this end, and (most important of all) the use of CW. I also heard them very weakly on 24900 about Noon. The place with the worst propagation path from here is VU4. Guys at Peter I have shown how to do it. Only criticism I have is that they could profit from providing us with some idea of how long they will work only (fill in the blank). To say EU for one hour and then Region 2 for an hour and then Region 3 for half an hour - or some such - would benefit many. 73 Mac N8TT -- J. Mc Laughlin; Michigan U.S.A. Home: "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... J. Mc Laughlin wrote: The QRM on 40 CW was significant. A continuous carrier exactly on frequency that was not too strong, but fatiguing. A very strong carrier that would pop on at random. The latter caused me not to be sure of a contact at about 0200. I admit coming back two or three hours latter for a certain contact - well, I never did hear the 3Y's call sign ... I can not make sense out of the calling when 3Y was working. It could be that many who do not work CW or do not have break-in called for a few minutes and then listened to see if 3Y was waiting for them. Sure filled up the band. I tried for a few minutes on 40 last night but because of the continuous callers I couldn't figure out where he was listening - and with the pileup at least 20KHz wide I sure didn't think blind calling was worthwhile. (OTOH, it's pretty cold here this week & I could have used the added heat from the ampgrin!) (yikes, you think maybe *THAT'S* why people who can't copy the 3Y are calling him??g) The intentional QRM was certainly a lot worse last night than it was previously. I shudder to think what it sounds like on SSB. The online log search is working this morning -- hopefully that means the weather lifted & allowed the delivery of the rest of the supplies. I suppose those on the island would consider the arrival of the rest of their food to be the most important part of that news, but I suppose the rest of us would consider the iminent arrival of the rest of their simultaneous stations to be more importantgrin! I've found in the past... that a major DXpedition is a good time to find *other* good DX -- while all the big guns are busy with the 3Y, some other stuff like FO/m goes begging... -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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J. Mc Laughlin wrote:
The intentional interference has been frequent and often effective - if that is the right word. On various of their frequencies, the use of a continuous carrier that is within 2 Hz of 3Y0X's frequency is heard. It appears not to be from NA or SA. It would be interesting, though little more, to hear a psychologist's analysis of what causes persons deliberately to cause interference. I landed another QSO on 15 CW this afternoon. Intentional QRM was nearly non-existant and general behavior good but not perfect. Miraculously, I heard 3Y0X on 8o meters CW last night and appear to have worked them. I have gone over the propagation predictions again that suggest the unlikelihood of such a contact. I will wait for the geophysical parameters to be posed and look again. However, my guess is it was a combination of about 100 Hz effective BW, exceptionally low noise at both ends, a vertical reflecting off of salt water at their end, a tall antenna at this end, and (most important of all) the use of CW. I also heard them very weakly on 24900 about Noon. I've learned not to put too horribly much credence in propagation predictions on polar paths. Reality seems to have a way of trumping theorygrin. I also heard them weakly on 24900 about the same time - not strong enough to work. It almost appeared they had better propagation to California than they did to here. They were fair on 15 SSB at the same time (and the pileup was surprisingly well-behaved) but they announced an operator change before I could work them & the new op never showed up. (unless he was the one who took them to CW!) The place with the worst propagation path from here is VU4. Agreed. (not sure where in 8-land you are but I'm probably not much more than 1000km from your QTH) When the VU4 was on a bit over a year ago, I heard them an entire once, and again not strong enough to work. I hear there's going to be an Indian national amateur radio convention on VU4 later this year & operations will be permitted. Hopefully propagation will cooperate! Guys at Peter I have shown how to do it. Only criticism I have is that they could profit from providing us with some idea of how long they will work only (fill in the blank). To say EU for one hour and then Region 2 for an hour and then Region 3 for half an hour - or some such - would benefit many. I might guess they figure that dynamically based on propagation & other duties. But that's just a guess. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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Any chance you guys that have worked them or even heard them could put it on
here so the rest of the folks could stand a chance. Seems every time I get on where there supposed to be the signals are poor to say the least. I am equiped with a TA-33SR on 20-10 with 500 W amp. Can do 40 plus 30 and WARC with my Delta loop for 40 with L/L feed. 160 with a "U". Dan/W4NTI |
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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:05:20 GMT, "Dan/W4NTI"
wrote: Any chance you guys that have worked them or even heard them could put it on here so the rest of the folks could stand a chance. Seems every time I get on where there supposed to be the signals are poor to say the least. I am equiped with a TA-33SR on 20-10 with 500 W amp. Can do 40 plus 30 and WARC with my Delta loop for 40 with L/L feed. 160 with a "U". Dan/W4NTI ut I thought you wanted to workem the old fashioned way by listening for them _________________________________________ Usenet Zone Free Binaries Usenet Server More than 140,000 groups Unlimited download http://www.usenetzone.com to open account |
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"Shel" wrote in message ... Look at http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/ Thanks, will do. And to all those guys calling CQNA on top of Peter II on 7023 tonight.....WHAT A BUNCH OF LIDS. Have a good evening. Dan/W4NTI |
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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:05:20 GMT, "Dan/W4NTI"
wrote: Any chance you guys that have worked them or even heard them could put it on here so the rest of the folks could stand a chance. Seems every time I get on where there supposed to be the signals are poor to say the least. I am equiped with a TA-33SR on 20-10 with 500 W amp. Can do 40 plus 30 and WARC with my Delta loop for 40 with L/L feed. 160 with a "U". Dan/W4NTI You just about have to work a weak signal to work him. They are running veticals on 30 and 40, wire on 80, and steppers on 10, 15, and 20. last night (Saturday) the pile was as wide as the band, for the most part. But he was about 559 on 30, 40, and 80 cw for about 5 house each. With that many people calling him, it is pot luck anyway. I managed to work him on 30 Mtrs at 0639 last night. That seemed to be the best band because there was fewe lids and less QRM on his frequency. Bu,t I really need him on 40 or 80 for five band. I will be there again tonight. Win |
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Dan/W4NTI wrote:
Any chance you guys that have worked them or even heard them could put it on here so the rest of the folks could stand a chance. Seems every time I get on where there supposed to be the signals are poor to say the least. They've been plenty loud on 30m (I forget where - 10103?) and 40m (7023) fairly often. Just keep a watch on those frequencies. Unfortunately the pileup behavior has also been worst on those frequencies. They were a lot weaker (but still well within the capability of your station) on 15 and 17m, where the piles were a lot better-behaved. 21023 may be worth staking out. I heard them here on 12 meters but nowhere near well enough to work. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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Win wrote:
Well, I have to say, Doug, that's hardly surprising when the DXpedition is listening in a QSX band 25 kHz wide! In fact, their SSB station was announcing that it was "listening 7205 to 7250". What chance does that give to other band users? 73 de G3NYY It's no different than when the contesters take over the bands, Walt. And, it doesn't happen nearly as often. The 3y0 is one of the bigger fish in DX circles. It's not every day that 2000,000 hams are on the air. 'Course the contest activity also reflects the desires of the majority of those who are on at the time... Neither the contesters as a group, nor the DXers as a group, are guilty of anything here. The guilt lies with those unable to behave decently while participating in either pursuit. (I would suggest that the wide spread of the QSX band would not be a problem if the callers would actually *LISTEN* before picking a TX frequency; indeed, a wider QSX band would *reduce* the chances someone would feel the need to transmit near, or atop, an existing QSO. It also increases the chances of a lower-powered station finding a hole in the QSX band and actually being heard.) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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Is ALL you do is ****, moan, bitch, cry, complain, bellyache and whine about
Ham Radio? Have you considered stamp collecting? Geeez Louise....... Give it a f__king rest - OK pal??? -- Charlie- "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... Win wrote: Well, I have to say, Doug, that's hardly surprising when the DXpedition is listening in a QSX band 25 kHz wide! In fact, their SSB station was announcing that it was "listening 7205 to 7250". What chance does that give to other band users? 73 de G3NYY It's no different than when the contesters take over the bands, Walt. And, it doesn't happen nearly as often. The 3y0 is one of the bigger fish in DX circles. It's not every day that 2000,000 hams are on the air. 'Course the contest activity also reflects the desires of the majority of those who are on at the time... Neither the contesters as a group, nor the DXers as a group, are guilty of anything here. The guilt lies with those unable to behave decently while participating in either pursuit. (I would suggest that the wide spread of the QSX band would not be a problem if the callers would actually *LISTEN* before picking a TX frequency; indeed, a wider QSX band would *reduce* the chances someone would feel the need to transmit near, or atop, an existing QSO. It also increases the chances of a lower-powered station finding a hole in the QSX band and actually being heard.) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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FWIW, the count of different calls with which 3Y0X has been spotted on
DX Summit is now up to at least five, not counting 3Y0X... Got 'em on 20CW about an hour ago. Lucked out. Heard the op send not just "UP" but "UP 2" -- it so happens my rig is set up such that if I hit SPLIT it automatically sets up a 2KHz split. Punched it once to clear the "wrong" split, again to get it on +2, hit the paddles -- and worked 'em on the second call. Sometimes you just get luckygrin! -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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Dear Doug: Something much like that happened to me. While trying to
contact them on 15 CW (where they were just weak) I punched in the 24 MHz SSB frequency (where they were too weak to work in a pileup) only to hear an announcement (by the operator) of the frequency where the operator was going to listen. It would have been futile to have tried in a pile up. I gave him a 34 (or some such) and he replied that I was a "true" 59. Hard to explain. 73 Mac N8TT -- J. Mc Laughlin; Michigan U.S.A. Home: "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... FWIW, the count of different calls with which 3Y0X has been spotted on DX Summit is now up to at least five, not counting 3Y0X... Got 'em on 20CW about an hour ago. Lucked out. Heard the op send not just "UP" but "UP 2" -- it so happens my rig is set up such that if I hit SPLIT it automatically sets up a 2KHz split. Punched it once to clear the "wrong" split, again to get it on +2, hit the paddles -- and worked 'em on the second call. Sometimes you just get luckygrin! -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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Dear Doug: please see comment below...
-- J. Mc Laughlin; Michigan U.S.A. Home: "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... J. Mc Laughlin wrote: snip The place with the worst propagation path from here is VU4. Agreed. (not sure where in 8-land you are but I'm probably not much more than 1000km from your QTH) When the VU4 was on a bit over a year ago, I heard them an entire once, and again not strong enough to work. I hear there's going to be an Indian national amateur radio convention on VU4 later this year & operations will be permitted. Hopefully propagation will cooperate! I am located well out in the country in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. (A troll because I am below The Bridge.) The nearest large city is Flint. I had the same experience with the last VU4 group (December 2004). I heard them well enough to be almost certain of call signs about twice for a few tens of seconds. I have a quiet location - well, most of the time, P-noise can be a major problem - and one can take to the bank that they (VU4) were weak. I was invited to give a paper in April, but I am not in shape to do such a thing in person. Several other members of my department are also radio amateurs, but they too are not able to go. In this modern age, I will present electronically. We all hope that those who attend with licenses and antennas will be effective with the path our way right through the magnetic pole. Have you heard of a group with a track-record that proposes to attend? 73 Mac N8TT snip -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
Win wrote: Well, I have to say, Doug, that's hardly surprising when the DXpedition is listening in a QSX band 25 kHz wide! In fact, their SSB station was announcing that it was "listening 7205 to 7250". What chance does that give to other band users? 73 de G3NYY Gee, 45 KHz to accomplish what could be done in 2 to 3 KHz on CW. |
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J. Mc Laughlin wrote:
I am located well out in the country in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. (A troll because I am below The Bridge.) The nearest large city is Flint. OK, about as far away as you can be in 8-land without being a Yoopergrin! I was invited to give a paper in April, but I am not in shape to do such a thing in person. Several other members of my department are also radio amateurs, but they too are not able to go. In this modern age, I will present electronically. We all hope that those who attend with licenses and antennas will be effective with the path our way right through the magnetic I had the same experience with the last VU4 group (December 2004). I heard them well enough to be almost certain of call signs about twice for a few tens of seconds. I have a quiet location - well, most of the time, P-noise can be a major problem - and one can take to the bank that they (VU4) were weak. Yep. My QTH is also usually quite quiet, so a signal has to be awfully weak to be weaker than the noisegrin! pole. Have you heard of a group with a track-record that proposes to attend? I've not. It is, however, still early & there's time for things to change! -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:13:25 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI
wrote: (and while it's scant consolation, note that the ops who CQ w/o listening are NOT the ones who end up in the Top 10 box when it's all over...) Sorry to burst your bubble, Doug, but I did hear some top ten guys CQing on or very close to the 3Y. 73, Barry W2UP -- Note - Remove the X from my e-mail address for direct replies |
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"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
... Dan/W4NTI wrote: Any chance you guys that have worked them or even heard them could put it on here so the rest of the folks could stand a chance. Seems every time I get on where there supposed to be the signals are poor to say the least. They've been plenty loud on 30m (I forget where - 10103?) and 40m (7023) fairly often. Just keep a watch on those frequencies. Unfortunately the pileup behavior has also been worst on those frequencies. They were a lot weaker (but still well within the capability of your station) on 15 and 17m, where the piles were a lot better-behaved. 21023 may be worth staking out. I heard them here on 12 meters but nowhere near well enough to work. 17 has been the easy band from out here in the NW. In fact, they were calling CQ on 18.143 a bit ago, with no takers and a good signal -- ... Hank http://home.earthlink.net/~horedson http://home.earthlink.net/~w0rli |
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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
J. Mc Laughlin wrote: pole. Have you heard of a group with a track-record that proposes to attend? I've not. It is, however, still early & there's time for things to change! http://www.dl7df.com/ Peter Lemken DF5JT Berlin -- Paul Lincke ist dem Zille sein Milhaud. (Harry Rowohlt) |
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Has yours?
-- Charlie-AD5TH www.deepsouthnet.net "Walt Davidson" wrote in message ... On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:58:38 -0600, "Charlie" wrote: Is ALL you do is ****, moan, bitch, cry, complain, bellyache and whine about Ham Radio? Have you considered stamp collecting? Geeez Louise....... Give it a f__king rest - OK pal??? Has your tower fallen down yet, Charlie? ;-) 73 de G3NYY -- Walt Davidson Email: g3nyy @despammed.com |
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Dear Peter and Doug:
Thanks for the notes. I expect a few more people will go to VU4. All it takes is a group that knows what it is doing and some propagation. With a group from Europe and (so I have heard) a group from NA, each area should get a shot at a contact. I hope that the duration of the licenses is greater than two or three days. 73 Mac N8TT -- J. Mc Laughlin; Michigan U.S.A. Home: "Peter Lemken" wrote in message ... Doug Smith W9WI wrote: J. Mc Laughlin wrote: pole. Have you heard of a group with a track-record that proposes to attend? I've not. It is, however, still early & there's time for things to change! http://www.dl7df.com/ Peter Lemken DF5JT Berlin |
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Thank God! The new log has all the lost contacts.
Happy days. Win, w0lz |
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Thank God! The new log has all the lost contacts.
It's Iridium and the ops you need to thank. I don't think God puts Peter I very high on her list of priorities right now. Derek aa5bt |
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Last night was a good night.
Managed to land 'em on 80 & 40 CW, and then on 40 SSB for my first phone QSO with the island. The pileups were a lot better-behaved in all three places. (40CW had been a madhouse most of the week) On 80 it was nearly perfect. Apparently most of the lids: - were asleep - were jamming somewhere else (30m?) - finally managed to burn out their finals (we can only hope) - were too busy participating in the Disease Discussion Net - thought the station calling CQ on 3523 was K3YO & not worth messing with I see there's some RTTY activity showing up - maybe??? (a few folks reported 'em on 10 meters late yesterday morning but not even a hint here. ARRL.org reports the guy on the Space Station worked them - on 2 meters...) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... Last night was a good night. Managed to land 'em on 80 & 40 CW, and then on 40 SSB for my first phone QSO with the island. The pileups were a lot better-behaved in all three places. (40CW had been a madhouse most of the week) On 80 it was nearly perfect. Apparently most of the lids: - were asleep - were jamming somewhere else (30m?) - finally managed to burn out their finals (we can only hope) - were too busy participating in the Disease Discussion Net - thought the station calling CQ on 3523 was K3YO & not worth messing with I see there's some RTTY activity showing up - maybe??? (a few folks reported 'em on 10 meters late yesterday morning but not even a hint here. ARRL.org reports the guy on the Space Station worked them - on 2 meters...) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm Conditions are much better today to 3Y0 land. Just went to listen on 14.023 and there they were. Put in the second VFO and found who he was in QSO with. Made exactly 1 call. He came right back. That's with 500w to Mosley 3 element. Dan/W4NTI |
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Dan/W4NTI wrote:
Conditions are much better today to 3Y0 land. Just went to listen on 14.023 and there they were. Put in the second VFO and found who he was in QSO with. Made exactly 1 call. He came right back. That's with 500w to Mosley 3 element. Congrats! I managed a RTTY QSO on 15 a few minutes after making that post; went out for a bike ride, and when I got back caught 'em on 12m CW and SSB and on 10m SSB. (they were spotted on 10 CW at the time as well, but not even a hint here on CW.) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com Ham stuff for sale: http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm |
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:21:09 GMT, "Dan/W4NTI"
wrote: [snip] Conditions are much better today to 3Y0 land. Just went to listen on 14.023 and there they were. Put in the second VFO and found who he was in QSO with. Made exactly 1 call. He came right back. That's with 500w to Mosley 3 element. Same here. One call. Forty was an entirely different can of worms. What an embarrassment. A pack of untrained chimpanzees would have been better operators; although I'm damning chimpanzees with faint praise. |
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Wes Stewart wrote:
Forty was an entirely different can of worms. What an embarrassment. A pack of untrained chimpanzees would have been better operators; although I'm damning chimpanzees with faint praise. The embarassing thing about the operator on 40 is the fact that the team has been made aware of the less than stellar performance on that band and obviously decided not to do anything about it. Peter Lemken DF5JT Berlin -- Paul Lincke ist dem Zille sein Milhaud. (Harry Rowohlt) |
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I thought the 40 Op did much better last night. His rate was up and
he stayed on frequency. And , realy, it's there show. We have no right to tell them how to run it. And we have no idea what the conditions are at his location. Many of the artic ops tell me the QRN is extremely high on some bands. We just don't know. I finally did work him on 40 last night after three days of trying. Win, w0lz On 16 Feb 2006 17:10:43 GMT, (Peter Lemken) wrote: Wes Stewart wrote: Forty was an entirely different can of worms. What an embarrassment. A pack of untrained chimpanzees would have been better operators; although I'm damning chimpanzees with faint praise. The embarassing thing about the operator on 40 is the fact that the team has been made aware of the less than stellar performance on that band and obviously decided not to do anything about it. Peter Lemken DF5JT Berlin |
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:00:47 -0700, Wes Stewart
wrote: On 16 Feb 2006 17:10:43 GMT, (Peter Lemken) wrote: Wes Stewart wrote: Forty was an entirely different can of worms. What an embarrassment. A pack of untrained chimpanzees would have been better operators; although I'm damning chimpanzees with faint praise. The embarassing thing about the operator on 40 is the fact that the team has been made aware of the less than stellar performance on that band and obviously decided not to do anything about it. I wasn't commenting on the op at 3Y, I was talking about the idiots calling him. Most of the time there were so many fools calling on his TX freq that I couldn't tell what kind of op -he- was. I think the DX should listen on their TX freq from time to time. If they hear things like last night they should just QSY up 50 or so and leave the idiots behind. The DXers who actually tune the band will find and work him in the clear, until of course, one of them makes the mistake of spotting him, then it's time to QSY again. I agree, Wes. I wasn't commenting on your post as much a Peter's. But, I know where Peter is coming from, too. Actually, last night, I could not hear most of the NA stations. IT made it hard to find who he was working, but nice, as I could not hear the lids. All in all, I think it has been a great operation. I have not been to bed before 3:00 AM yet. My fist is sore from calling, and I enjoy every minute of it. Win, w0lz. |
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