Chang Island, Thailand Amateur DX'pedition heard
 

E20AS - Koh Chang Island, Thailand - 14170.5kHz - around 13:30 -
14:20UTC - Good signal into midwest - Peaked at 1410UT

Chang Island, Thailand Amateur DX'pedition heard
 

On Apr 13, 2:26*pm, wrote:
E20AS - Koh Chang Island, Thailand - 14170.5kHz - around 13:30 -
14:20UTC - Good signal into midwest - Peaked at 1410UT

Fantastic! Nice work! Didja talk to him/her? CW or phone?

Chang Island, Thailand Amateur DX'pedition heard
 

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:43:00 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen
wrote:

On Apr 13, 2:26*pm, wrote:
E20AS - Koh Chang Island, Thailand - 14170.5kHz - around 13:30 -
14:20UTC - Good signal into midwest - Peaked at 1410UT

Fantastic! Nice work! Didja talk to him/her? CW or phone?

Worked him phone at 1357UT. He was running 200 watts to a SteppIr
vertical out at the water. It was after dark there and operator John
was amazed at how good propagation was to US.

Jim

Chang Island, Thailand Amateur DX'pedition heard
 

On Apr 13, 2:55*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:43:00 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen

wrote:
On Apr 13, 2:26 pm, wrote:
E20AS - Koh Chang Island, Thailand - 14170.5kHz - around 13:30 -
14:20UTC - Good signal into midwest - Peaked at 1410UT

Fantastic! *Nice work! *Didja talk to him/her? CW or phone?

Worked him phone at 1357UT. He was running 200 watts to a SteppIr
vertical out at the water. It was after dark there and operator John
was amazed at how good propagation was to US.

Jim

SE Asia is usually pretty decent for us statesiders that time of day,
though...it's the only time when I am reasonably assured of hearing
the little Indonesians and PNG stations, plus Laos, while the sun is
above the horizon. It's the 14 MHz that gets me though - maybe better
for you at that time, but still early for us west coasters. In any
case, nice work!

Bruce

Chang Island, Thailand Amateur DX'pedition heard
 

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:10:50 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen
wrote:

On Apr 13, 2:55*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:43:00 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen

wrote:
On Apr 13, 2:26 pm, wrote:
E20AS - Koh Chang Island, Thailand - 14170.5kHz - around 13:30 -
14:20UTC - Good signal into midwest - Peaked at 1410UT

Fantastic! *Nice work! *Didja talk to him/her? CW or phone?

Worked him phone at 1357UT. He was running 200 watts to a SteppIr
vertical out at the water. It was after dark there and operator John
was amazed at how good propagation was to US.

Jim

SE Asia is usually pretty decent for us statesiders that time of day,
though...it's the only time when I am reasonably assured of hearing
the little Indonesians and PNG stations, plus Laos, while the sun is
above the horizon. It's the 14 MHz that gets me though - maybe better
for you at that time, but still early for us west coasters. In any
case, nice work!

Bruce

Thanks,

Did not have that luck this morning. I could hear the DXpedition on
Con Co Island, Vietnam. 3W6C. Same time frame. He was about an S7 but
he was operating split frequency on 14.205 with transmit frequency
10-20kHz up AND he was going by number worldwide.

The one time he finally got to the 8 call some stupid US hams were
fighting on the frequency because someone was not operating split.
Plus, the operator was having a hard time. It was taking him sometimes
7 or 8 tries to get a call right. By the time he came around again the
window had closed.

Well, it was fun hearing a station in Vietnam or at least off the
coast of Vietnam. Supposedly, there was a secret military base there
during the war. QRZ.COM has details if you enter 3W6C.

Jim

Chang Island, Thailand Amateur DX'pedition heard
 

On Apr 14, 1:24*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:10:50 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen





wrote:
On Apr 13, 2:55*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:43:00 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen

wrote:
On Apr 13, 2:26 pm, wrote:
E20AS - Koh Chang Island, Thailand - 14170.5kHz - around 13:30 -
14:20UTC - Good signal into midwest - Peaked at 1410UT

Fantastic! *Nice work! *Didja talk to him/her? CW or phone?

Worked him phone at 1357UT. He was running 200 watts to a SteppIr
vertical out at the water. It was after dark there and operator John
was amazed at how good propagation was to US.

Jim

SE Asia is usually pretty decent for us statesiders that time of day,
though...it's the only time when I am reasonably assured of hearing
the little Indonesians and PNG stations, plus Laos, while the sun is
above the horizon. *It's the 14 MHz that gets me though - maybe better
for you at that time, but still early for us west coasters. *In any
case, nice work!

Bruce

Thanks,

Did not have that luck this morning. I could hear the DXpedition on
Con Co Island, Vietnam. 3W6C. Same time frame. He was about an S7 but
he was operating split frequency on 14.205 with transmit frequency
10-20kHz up AND he was going by number worldwide.

The one time he finally got to the 8 call some stupid US hams were
fighting on the frequency because someone was not operating split.
Plus, the operator was having a hard time. It was taking him sometimes
7 or 8 tries to get a call right. By the time he came around again the
window had closed.

Well, it was fun hearing a station in Vietnam or at least off the
coast of Vietnam. Supposedly, there was a secret military base there
during the war. QRZ.COM has details if you enter 3W6C.

Jim- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Jim, what antenna do you use?

Chang Island, Thailand Amateur DX'pedition heard
 

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:28:43 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen
wrote:

On Apr 14, 1:24*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:10:50 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen





wrote:
On Apr 13, 2:55*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:43:00 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen

wrote:
On Apr 13, 2:26 pm, wrote:
E20AS - Koh Chang Island, Thailand - 14170.5kHz - around 13:30 -
14:20UTC - Good signal into midwest - Peaked at 1410UT

Fantastic! *Nice work! *Didja talk to him/her? CW or phone?

Worked him phone at 1357UT. He was running 200 watts to a SteppIr
vertical out at the water. It was after dark there and operator John
was amazed at how good propagation was to US.

Jim

SE Asia is usually pretty decent for us statesiders that time of day,
though...it's the only time when I am reasonably assured of hearing
the little Indonesians and PNG stations, plus Laos, while the sun is
above the horizon. *It's the 14 MHz that gets me though - maybe better
for you at that time, but still early for us west coasters. *In any
case, nice work!

Bruce

Thanks,

Did not have that luck this morning. I could hear the DXpedition on
Con Co Island, Vietnam. 3W6C. Same time frame. He was about an S7 but
he was operating split frequency on 14.205 with transmit frequency
10-20kHz up AND he was going by number worldwide.

The one time he finally got to the 8 call some stupid US hams were
fighting on the frequency because someone was not operating split.
Plus, the operator was having a hard time. It was taking him sometimes
7 or 8 tries to get a call right. By the time he came around again the
window had closed.

Well, it was fun hearing a station in Vietnam or at least off the
coast of Vietnam. Supposedly, there was a secret military base there
during the war. QRZ.COM has details if you enter 3W6C.

Jim- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Jim, what antenna do you use?

A 40 meter dipole fed with ladder line at about 25 feet in height to a
Palstar tuner. I normally don't use the tuner for MW or SW broadcast
DXing.

Jim