[ADXA] CY9C on 6m

Thu Aug 15 09:08:40 EDT 2019

Congratulations on new one!  What was day and time of day of QSO?  I listened on weekends but during week days just had my radio on FT8 during working hours.  Had a lot of east coast prop but never good conditions that far east

EJ
---- HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote: 
> A tough catch for me and Jay, W5JAY..  As ZN has experienced on the low bands and having a narrow SR or SS window, sometimes coming and going in 3-4 minute with nothing before or after is a tiring situation. But the “DX chase” is partly hearing nothing and hoping the DX is on the usual frequency or an announced frequency. 
> 
> The other potential part of chasing is that the station does show up and you know when to call and keeping things ‘short’ in your QSO report due to QSB and fading signal propagation methods ( increasing sun noise at SR or less ionization of E clouds on 6m ). Knowing the E clouds on 6m that day were variable in strength and height and numbers and path of travel (hopefully NW), Jay and I both listened on the SSB announced freq and he was TRANSCEIVE, so many east coast and mid NA 8/9/0 land guys were calling and covering his very WEAK signal and hard to tell if he was there at all or not, into Arkansas..
> 
> Signals increased from none or Q1 to a Q2-3 for a few seconds and I knew when he peaked more here, that those calling from east and Midwest NA would be WEAKER because the cloud location did not favor us hearing those callers for a change. The CY9C hit Q5 for 10-15 seconds, Jay calling and hearing him enuff to give a report. Then he got stronger to me, and I called immediately after Jay’s final RR, JUST as the CY9 started going to a Q4 and Q3 strength. Took 6-7 seconds total to get him, exchange reports by me giving my call AND a report before he had time to call CQ. He came back to me quickly and then I gave a quick RR. Thankfully there were no other mid NA 5 landers calling. Then after 2-3 minutes he came in again at a Q3 level for 1 minute of calling and calling CQ with no takers. Then BOOM, nothing more.
> 
>  W5ZN has said and I have agreed with for decades, persistent listening is first and not blind calling too much. If so, must be 2-3 seconds only and spaced out a bit. When the prop fades very quickly, then you sit back and breath deeply and yell loudly and get another cup of coffee and log the QSO if you were lucky that day… I know Jay and I did! Chasing is complicated and knowing propagation on 6m is really important and SO unpredictable. E clouds are markedly unpredictable compared to F2, which 6m has not had in many years. 
> 
>   Congrats Jay on a new one on 6m. THANKFULLY, the operator Lee, did get off FT8 and tried SSB after notifying via DX Summit etc. He knew so many not on FT8 could have a slim chance of an ATNO but instead of going to CW he went the weaker route of SSB. Hey, whatever, IIWII as I say. HI   It WAS a difficult but rewarding QSO.
> 73 all, 
> San   That’s my story for the day before going to ZZZZZZ land. 
>   
> 
> 
> 
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> From: EJ
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 9:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] various stuff
> 
> I never heard or printed them once on 6 the whole expedition.  I was
> listening remotely during the day at work so you didn't miss any openings as
> far as I can tell.
> 
> EJ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: w5zn at w5zn.org <w5zn at w5zn.org> 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 4:03 PM
> To: EJ <ejj at suddenlink.net>
> Cc: 'adxa' <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: various stuff
> 
> I wish it would have been during a different week as well EJ. Even though
> I'm "semi-retired" that op fell right in a week I had a business trip and
> was gone for all but two days of it before they fired up on 6 meters, the
> only band I needed it on!
> 
> Such is life is the "fast lane" !!
> 
> ZN
> 
> On 2019-08-13 08:54, EJ wrote:
> > Hi guys
> > 
> > I'm on DX4WIN.  Not any particular reason.  It seemed like best 
> > software at the time I got it
> > 
> > Was happy to get TO5 on 160 for new band country and mode.  I spent 
> > less time calling on 160 than 40!
> > 
> > Was disappointed didn't get CY9 on 6 meters.  Wish they had gone about 
> > a month earlier.  They would have made a lot of 6 meter ops happy in 
> > in mid
> > US.  As is they worked same guys on east coast.   KO1DX posted them 
> > almost
> > 30 times!
> > 
> > 6 meters was a bust this summer for me.  Worked bunch of DX but no new 
> > ones.
> > 
> > See yall at September meeting
> > 
> > EJ K5EJ
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of w5zn at w5zn.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 7:53 AM
> > To: adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [ADXA] ADXA 3rd Quarterly Meeting September 21
> > 
> > The 3rd Quarterly Meeting of the Arkansas DX Association will be held 
> > September 21 in Searcy, Arkansas. The exact, specific location will be 
> > revealed later.
> > 
> > Please make plans to attend this meeting.
> > 
> > Also keep your calendars marked for our 2019 Annual Meeting in 
> > Springdale, Arkansas on December 7 at the Holiday Inn. Specific 
> > details on the program, speakers and agenda will be forthcoming.
> > 
> > 73 Joel W5ZN
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