[50mhz] KY dead area

Mon, 7 Jan 2002 18:46:43 +0000

In message <[email protected]>, Anthony W.
DePrato <[email protected]> writes
>Well i am glad to say that the band opened into new England during the past 
>two days with E's. For the past 2 years i have set in Somerset KY em77 and 
>watched spots and heard others working the UK and Europe and never hear a 
>ping here.
>having been on six again after a 15 yr off period. i have been hoping of 
>getting that KH6 i have needed since the 70's for my last state. again 
>watch everyone in IND WI ILL and Ohio work then even the boys in Louisville 
>KY work them and never a signal heard here in the south central part of the 
>state. for the past 2 months i have listened every morning to the 2 OX 
>beacons coming in s5 to s9 and nothing else. the boys in VA ,W VA and NC 
>working the EU boys like crazy .. again nothing. but not to give up hope i 
>have a 5 to 7 min window each morning that i can hear the UK and EU boys. i 
>have worked a few but most of the time they are calling for w6 w7 w0 only 
>hummmm. hope they get all the states and grid sq's worked soon so they will 
>stand by for the south. The same thing with the KL7's I have a 5 min window 
>that i can hear them when they are working the east coast.
>Seems like the path is in two parts  from UK and EU it runs just north west 
>of Somerset (80 miles south of Lexington) along a line that passes throught 
>southern IND. heading southwest, with the other path running east of me 
>through the VA W VA NC GA area.

Hi Tony, sorry we have not managed a QSO yet. But I always standby for
the other states West of the East coast during any pile-up. If you hear
me, please jump in and call. I always make a point to listen for the
weak ones, so please tail-end any calls to me, I have a better chance of
hearing you that way..

This audio clip demonstrates the technique  nicely.

http://www.qsl.net/gi0otc/pileup.wav

Have fun on the magic band.

73 de Alan, GI0OTC 

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