[ADXA] Frustrated

[Joel Harrison]

Thanks info Tonya.

VP8STI is very tough. The propagation has been all over the place and on
some bands the openings have been very short, on the order of only a
couple of minutes to us here in Arkansas so not much advice to offer other
than a lot of "chair time" in front of the radio.

For K5P Palmyra, I don't know if you operate CW or not but their 40 meter
signal each morning has been pretty good and the pileups not too heavy.
For 20,15, and 10 the best times will be in the afternoon up to early
evening depending on propagation. At this time of day propagation to
Europe should be dead.

I would recommend to just keep watching the DX Cluster spots and who is
spotting them. You can also check the Reverse Beacon Network to see what
skimmers are hearing them. You can go to reversebeacon.net and put K5P in
for the search and it will return a list of skimmer receivers around the
world that are hearing them and what the signal strength is.

Others may have some times/advice to add as well.

GL in the hunt.

73 Joel W5ZN



> We have a Yaesu ft 2000 D with a Mosley tri band beam at 50ft. But off &
> on today and yesterday the only time we heard them they were calling
> Europe only then they went away.  Honestly I have only been trying for a
> couple of days. I have been watching DX summit trying to help see when I
> should get in their.
>
> Tonya Geater
> KE5SNS
>
>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 6:32 PM, Joel Harrison <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Tonya,
>>
>> Yes has been a rough road. J, N5LKE reports he got K5P finally today on
>> 17
>> mtrs (CONGRATS J).
>>
>> Tonya - what is your station/antenna and when have you listening for
>> K5P??? Let's see if we can get you some info to help you get in their
>> log!
>>
>> Joel W5ZN
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Frustrated: have not been able to hear VP8STI and the only time I was
>>> able
>>> to hear N5P is for EU only then faded away.
>>>
>>> Tonya Geater
>>> KE5SNS
>>
>>
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