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Hmm...another 11 years? C'mon, I was looking for instant
gratification! But, getting back to the subject at hand, I have had a bit of luck in the WPX a few weeks ago, as Jim said (and nice to work you there, also, Jim), and worked ZL around 2 AM on 20. Just looking to finish WAZ, really, and missing about 9 of them or so-some really easy ones, too, like zone 2. I guess what Peter is hearing is going to be what I can hear, if you're in NYC, I'm further out on LI. This past winter was good-30 and 40 were great pretty much every night around here-worked my only VK on 30 meters; not bad even for my pisweaker 100w/dipole station. Heard FO/ON4AXU last week, and was getting set to work him, but at the moment of truth, the phone rang and I had to take it....krappppp..... I guess I'm going to have to start getting up early to go hunting-but I can barely get my carcass out of bed for work in the mornings...even earlier for DX might kill me. Oh well, there's always county hunting.. 73-Ken (I have no idea how my original post got reposted, either, sorry) Peter Dougherty wrote in message . .. said : |
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Peter Dougherty .......
That's what I was until a few months ago (now 600W and a dipole). After I wrote that article last night I spun the VFO around 20 metre phone, and I heard two ZLs and a VK3 between midnight and 1 am, so they're still possible. I don't get out too well on 30, nor am I a big CW fan, so I can't say for sure how that band is now. Right now, 30 is noisy. Very noisy. Almost as bad as 40 at night. Nothing like the summer to get the static going on the lower bands. But, this is typical, so I'll wait it out. No big one. 30 was good to me for most of the winter/spring, getting me some good, if fairly common DX like VK5, 3B8, 3B9, JY9, HF0, and KH6. Missed the XF4 and T33C on 30, but picked them up elsewhere. Most of the time, I'm on 30, 40, or 20 CW, and RTTY wherever I can find it. I actially just restarted my station in December, after a few years of being off, and a few months of indecisiveness. I started the country/state/zone count clean-I only took 4 contacts from my old log from the mid/late 90's and carried them over into the new logbook/logfile. The couple of entities I worked and didn't know if I would see again for a long time (E44, HK0/m, R1MV, and OJ0) I kept-the other few years worth of stuff was disregarded. So upon getting back on the air, I was wondering where all the Asian stations are! I guess that was the whole "point" of the topic. Being on the downward slide of the cycle doesn't help, but I guess we all have to make do for now. So, in the 6 months or so since then, I put up about 130 countries on the board and have most of the WAS done and WAC is finished as well. For a minimal station and sporadic operating times, not bad. Just have to get the cards for them. Work in progress, as per usual. Its been nice being back-nice ragchews in addition to the DX/contest stuff going on. That reminds me-have to prep and submit my CW/WPX log. The hustle never ends..... 3's, Ken/ZN |
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Peter Dougherty .......
That's what I was until a few months ago (now 600W and a dipole). After I wrote that article last night I spun the VFO around 20 metre phone, and I heard two ZLs and a VK3 between midnight and 1 am, so they're still possible. I don't get out too well on 30, nor am I a big CW fan, so I can't say for sure how that band is now. Right now, 30 is noisy. Very noisy. Almost as bad as 40 at night. Nothing like the summer to get the static going on the lower bands. But, this is typical, so I'll wait it out. No big one. 30 was good to me for most of the winter/spring, getting me some good, if fairly common DX like VK5, 3B8, 3B9, JY9, HF0, and KH6. Missed the XF4 and T33C on 30, but picked them up elsewhere. Most of the time, I'm on 30, 40, or 20 CW, and RTTY wherever I can find it. I actially just restarted my station in December, after a few years of being off, and a few months of indecisiveness. I started the country/state/zone count clean-I only took 4 contacts from my old log from the mid/late 90's and carried them over into the new logbook/logfile. The couple of entities I worked and didn't know if I would see again for a long time (E44, HK0/m, R1MV, and OJ0) I kept-the other few years worth of stuff was disregarded. So upon getting back on the air, I was wondering where all the Asian stations are! I guess that was the whole "point" of the topic. Being on the downward slide of the cycle doesn't help, but I guess we all have to make do for now. So, in the 6 months or so since then, I put up about 130 countries on the board and have most of the WAS done and WAC is finished as well. For a minimal station and sporadic operating times, not bad. Just have to get the cards for them. Work in progress, as per usual. Its been nice being back-nice ragchews in addition to the DX/contest stuff going on. That reminds me-have to prep and submit my CW/WPX log. The hustle never ends..... 3's, Ken/ZN |
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