[ADXA] KH1 Baker Island

Wed Jul 4 08:59:42 EDT 2018

How'd that squirrel taste?

Pat, my AL-811A is just a 3-holer, but I've never used it except on 160.
Well, a few years ago I did use it for a needed entity on 20 meters, who
seemed immune to my 100 watt calls.

I can see I'm never going to compete in the DX world with guys who carry on
email conversations at 1:00 to 3:00 AM.

Bumping up the frequency a bit - as my latest time waster I'm thinking of
making some of those WA5VJB cheap yagis, so when it's time to rove again I
can do it a little better equipped.

73-

Nick, WA5BDU

On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 1:18 AM Pat Patterson <patw5vy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dennis,
> Glad you improvised to get KH1 in your log on 12M.  They were pretty weak
> here and peaked briefly for about 5-10 min.  We seem to have a constant
> battle with noise.  We had a thunderstorm about 5pm today and I
> thought...great the rain will quieten down some of the noise.  It dried out
> before 12M opened to KH1!  A couple of weeks ago Sunnye and I were sitting
> out on the deck and we heard a big bang then our generator cranked up.  I
> guessed it was the fuse on our distribution transformer and I was right.
> We called Entergy and left to go to dinner in a cool spot....our 8KVA
> generator won't handle the HVAC compressor.   Got a text from our security
> system that power had been restored and message from the Entergy tech that
> an "animal" had caused the outage.  Got home and found a squirrel near the
> base of the pole.  The tech had added animal guard insulators on the
> transformer HV terminals and the combination switch/fuse holder.  I noticed
> the next day that the noise level from that direction had dropped a bunch
> on 2M.  So, I'm guessing there was some loose hardware that got tightened
> when the new insulators were added?  We live on the lake and KH1 is across
> the lake....about 250 yards of water to the other side.  Most of the time
> it is much quieter when I'm pointed over the lake. But their is something
> across the lake that at times generates S3-4 noise on HF and S2-3 on 6M and
> 2M.   Haven't figured out a pattern yet.  I've powered off everything in
> the house and confirmed it's coming from across the lake.  Without
> challenges DXing would be boring!
>
> Try to stay cool.
>
> 73,
> Pat
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 11:08 PM, Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That was me on 12 SSB.  K5UR also worked him, and I think Jim got through
>> OK.  I have a 12/17 meter Force 12 antenna on a  tower close to the house
>> and the street and the noise level is horrible.  I ended up using the C3
>> that has a 4:1 SWR on 12M and ran only about 300 watts.   It's about 100 ft
>> from the house and noise is not a problem.  I need to do something, maybe
>> let the C3 be the receive antenna and transmit on the F-12.  Or solve the
>> noise, but there are too dang many modems, routers, computers, etc nowdays.
>>
>> So far, I have them on 20, 17, and 15 CW, 20, 17, and 12 SSB, and 20, 17,
>> and 15 FT8.  I guess I'm not much of an early riser - no low band contacts.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dennis, W5RZ
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Pat Patterson <patw5vy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Bruce,
>>> Glad the propagation gods smiled on you this evening.  The first few
>>> days they were hard to hear on any band.  Things have improved the last
>>> couple of evenings.  I managed to work them on 12M SSB a few minutes ago.
>>> I heard them calling Jim, WB5AAA, but a DQRMer was tunning up and I didn't
>>> hear a completion of the QSO....hope you got 'em Jim.  Also heard W5RZ or
>>> N5RZ working them....think it was Dennis.
>>>
>>> Nick, glad you and your "gang of four" (811As) snagged them on
>>> 15CW...good deal.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Pat, W5VY
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 8:15 PM, BRUCE PLANTZ <k9oz at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had just about given up on KH1 and it looked like I was running out
>>>> of out of time, after a couple of fruitless early morning attempts. But
>>>> when I came home from dinner tonight they were on 20 CW louder than I'd
>>>> heard them yet. So I dived into the pileup and got them in the log after
>>>> only 20 minutes or so. That felt good.
>>>> Bruce K9OZ
>>>>
>>>> On July 3, 2018 at 2:36 AM HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well, been up since 1AM and seems like all bands in use are in FT8 mode
>>>> of some sort, it varies. You might know they are NOT on SSB or CW on 40 or
>>>> 80m. So, guess back to bed and maybe awaken at 6AM or so. Appears the ops
>>>> are very hot and tired and most are trying to sleep some even tho just an
>>>> hour past their sunset. Chasing DX is a challenge. Have Baker Island on all
>>>> bands from past years but RTTY was an ATNO and now only need 60m QSO.
>>>> Unfortunately they will only be on a short time tomorrow nite I am told.
>>>>
>>>> Gud luck DXing guys, I am sure nobody in the ADXA is up at this time..
>>>> HI
>>>>
>>>> San @ 2:37AM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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