[ADXA] DX in 2017

[Joel Harrison]

Gud stuff San.

I keep looking at all my towers and antennas and wonder what the heck am I
going to do with all of those in ten years!

ZN



> Well, my 2 cents worth.
>     I was at 313, working no new ones in 2015 or 2014, then this year got
> the H40GC and VP8SGI for two new ones. Never thought I would see 315 two
> years ago, especially with my 80m/160m trap dipole at just 36 feet in a
> horizontal fashion, broadside N and S... Lucky and a lot of calling and
> calling with weak signals. All my signals goes straight up and down, no
> low
> angle radiation at all. 160m is even worse. Will never see 250 on that
> band,
> just so much you can expect on a subdivision lot and a 38 foot tower. hi
> hi
>    Good reports guys. Can't work 'em if you don't listen and try calling,
> no
> matter what the antenna ... Only difference is calling for hours or only a
> few minutes, like Joel. And the peak on 160/80 could be a short 5-6
> minutes
> during our sunrise and sunset peaking... I don't play the multiple
> Band/Mode
> DXCCs game with endorsements, so it's all personal pride for me and the
> cards go in a box.  Never submitted QSLs for a 160m or 6m endorsement
> sticker for those DXCC certificates.  Each has his own goals and there is
> so
> much to chase as personal goals in DXing.
>     We have a great hobby that has kept us out of pool halls and bars and
> off the golf courses and never fishing all day. I keep telling my wife
> that
> ... She knows where I am at all times. But at age 74 I am slowing down a
> lot
> due to decreasing energy levels. Told my sons at Christmas to "just wait"
> and they would find out in another 25-30 years. LOL
> 73
> San K5YY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earl
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 8:20 PM
> To: w5zn at w5zn.org ; adxa
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] DX in 2017
>
> December's 80 meter Full Moon Propagation was great. On the night of the
> full
> moon I worked two new ones  9K2HN and A45XR. A couple of days later worked
> TR8CA also a new one. All receive was with the Pixel Loop. All confirmed
> on
> LoTW next day. First new ones on 80 in a coons age.
>
> Earl N5ZM..
>
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>
> On 1/3/2017 7:21 AM, Joel Harrison wrote:
>> Another Christmas has come and gone, the New Year is here and football
>> is
>> winding down (bummer!) so what in the world can we do the rest of the
>> winter?? Well, turn on your radio, of course!!
>>
>> DX on the low bands has not been good at all. 160 has been flat, 80 has
>> been "so so". 40 meters, though, has had some very decent stations on.
>> When the 160 meter season began back in October I got off to a roaring
>> start, working some new ones on the band like VP6J, H44GC and 3B9HA plus
>> a
>> couple "local" ones I didn't have, TK and FJ. Working five new ones on a
>> band and the level I am at for an entire season is a significant
>> accomplishment so I was feeling really good about the quick
>> start.....then
>> the band just sort of went dead for new ones. The Stew Perry Top Band
>> Challenge contest was mediocre from Arkansas. Even through the east
>> coast
>> guys have had some very good prop to Europe it hasn't really reached out
>> that well to Arkansas. Ken, K4ZW is on his way to XW now and will fire
>> up
>> in a couple of days so I will be hunting him on 160.
>>
>> So, you're not a 160 meter person and want to know what to expect
>> elsewhere? The turn on your radio and listen around. There is plenty of
>> DX
>> on all the bands and 40, 30 and 20 meters have been very good over the
>> past two weeks and I know some of you need some of the countries that
>> have
>> been on! You just have to get off the couch and turn on your radio.
>> Let's
>> face it, today we all complain there is nothing on TV to watch anymore
>> so
>> why are you sitting in front of it, exercising your thumb punching the
>> remote? Turn in your remote for a radio knob!
>
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