[ADXA] China on 6m?
jayw5jay
jayw5jay at cox.net
Sun Jun 30 00:51:42 EDT 2019
Hi Rick that's really a shame on the pictures. See my other post on ft8 chiming in with Joel calling BS.I think some of this automation and working stations when they are asleep are guys trying to tweak you up a bit. They know how hard you worked to get to where you at. You know the old fashion way of building serious antenna systems and trying to improve the station anyway you can.It's really apples and oranges, but I'm with you hardly no one Tunes or becomes the Hunter. It's spoonfed DX. However in other ways it's harder and that we don't have decent propagation and haven't in the last 2 to 3 solar Cycles. They have been pretty sorry IMHO. Then when there is something rare on that is spotted the pile-ups are even larger than if you're just sitting there listening and you're one of the first to work them.That's how worked monk Apollo after years of trying. I stalked him 4 days after making up a journal of his operating habits. I pretty much knew what bands and the time he would start out on and where he would end up. Even the exact frequencies he would use.Hearing his week CW signal which sounded like modulated noise was quite a thrill on 17m. That was on a vertical that I had that was way too long for that band but it's all I had at the time. Still many great memories like that and that's what makes dxing so interesting and fun. Along with the camaraderie and fellowship you get as a bonus. Just wish I'd done this when I started back in 1972. It only took me 30 plus years to get interested in dxing. Really you keep challenging me to try my hand at dxing. You probably don't remember when you did this, but you're as much to blame as a couple of the guys in Fort Smith that got me into dxing.I guess I didn't do too badly starting in the late 90s while having only a beam up for a few short years and the rest of time was with wires and verticals. In fact the last 15 years slugging it out with compromise antennas all the way. However that made some great memories with all those compromise antennas and working rare DX that I didn't think I had a chance of working.If I remember right K5YY was on Lord Howe on 12 meters and I could barely hear him on one of those compromised antennas. To this day I can't believe he came right back to me. It's quite a rush to be a BB gun station and get through we really don't stand a chance. All I can say there are some really fine business Ops on these expeditions. All the best in 73 JaySent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: Rick Roderick <k5ur at aol.com> Date: 6/29/19 5:31 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> Cc: rutl7340 at bellsouth.net, k5yy1 at cox.net, adxa at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [ADXA] China on 6m? Jay, my parents rarely took pictures when I was growing up. I’d give anything to have pictures of my first station, built with no money, jimmy rigged everything. I didn’t even own a PL-259 until I was a General and a year after I’d been a Ham. I hard wired everything. I was on the Razorback net one day and said I had no place to buy a PL-259 and a guy named George, a WA5, I can see his face but can’t recall the call, sent me a PL-259 in a small sack with the mailing address label hanging off the side to me. That was my first PL-259. Oh, those were wonderful days looking back.On FT8, I go to a lot of hamfests as you know, on almost every weekend somewhere. I often hear folks say how they go to bed running FT8 and wake up to see what they’ve worked. I hear folks say they go watch a movie, they go mow the lawn, then come back in to see what they’ve worked. That, plus he DXer cluster, makes it so easy nowadays, and people still whine about working DX? Give me a break. Weenies....73Rick - K5UR Sent from my iPhoneOn Jun 28, 2019, at 1:12 PM, Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:<!--
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-->Rick what would be cool is to show off some pictures of that early station, if you have any of them?? That would make a great ADXA article for sure. You may have already done this before? 73 de jay/w5jay.. From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Jay BromleySent: Friday, June 28, 2019 1:04 PMTo: k5ur at aol.com; rutl7340 at bellsouth.net; k5yy1 at cox.netCc: adxa at mailman.qth.netSubject: Re: [ADXA] China on 6m? What happened to the setup? Not too long ago ran into a Michigan AM group on 6m AM. I think they hung out around 50.400? 73 de jay.. From: k5ur at aol.com <k5ur at aol.com> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 11:58 AMTo: rutl7340 at bellsouth.net; k5yy1 at cox.netCc: jayw5jay at cox.net; w5zn at w5zn.org; adxa at mailman.qth.netSubject: Re: [ADXA] China on 6m? Steve, ole Ted, K8NA (SK) was a buddy of mine back in the day. I started on 6 meters AM (yes, on AM) back in the late 60's. My first home made amp was a pair of 4-400's laid out on the floor in my bedroom. Didn't even have it in a cabinet. My parents got calls from miles away that I was causing TVI, and I was because we were on the fringe of LR TV reception in Russellville. Man, I made those tubes glow, but I sure had a solid power supply. :) Think about that a KW of AM on 6 meters. I subsequently had to get off the air on Sunday and Wednesday because I got into churches' PA systems. 73K5UR-----Original Message-----From: Steven Rutledge <rutl7340 at bellsouth.net>To: HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net>Cc: Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net>; w5zn at w5zn.org <w5zn at w5zn.org>; k5ur at aol.com <k5ur at aol.com>; adxa at mailman.qth.net <adxa at mailman.qth.net>Sent: Fri, Jun 28, 2019 11:41 amSubject: Re: [ADXA] China on 6m?Stories. Got my first beam up in MI, TH5. Worked DXCC plus more on CC R5 vertical. I am a CW op, prop was good, 10 F2 starting to happen. My pals left and I started tuning on 10 with TS-830, I miss that receiver. Anyway, at about .650 I hear station calling CQ. I called him, QTH “Bird Island.” Not sure where that was but VP8 call. I got on DX repeater and told K8NA. He exclaimed “that’s South Georgia!” When I went back to the freq, it was a giant hetrodyne. Another time in R7 there was T33 op. I tried for days on CW, no amp. I got up in middle of night last day, worked him. Cats came with note, “last QSO.” Finally, arrived in Memphis, 96, no antennas. Heard Island on. Tossed up 30 meter dipole about ten ‘ off ground. Almost wore out TS850. Last day, Sunday, wife said let’s go for walk. I said I’m going to call one last time and forget it. Bang! Good Q. There is something to be said for perseverance. Steve, QQ On Jun 28, 2019, at 10:53 AM, HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:Hey, when prop is down and nothing of note to work, get on OUR ADXA chat page! HI Great fun forum full of ideas, etc.Gotta run errands.. 73 all, san Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Jay BromleySent: Friday, June 28, 2019 10:50 AMTo: w5zn at w5zn.org; k5ur at aol.comCc: adxa at mailman.qth.netSubject: Re: [ADXA] China on 6m? I bet there are a ton of them we haven’t heard B4 😊 73 de jay.. From: w5zn at w5zn.org <w5zn at w5zn.org> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 10:48 AMTo: k5ur at aol.comCc: ejj at suddenlink.net; jayw5jay at cox.net; adxa at mailman.qth.netSubject: Re: [ADXA] China on 6m? Is it time now to “unzip” and start telling DX stories????? :-)))Sent from my iPhoneOn Jun 28, 2019, at 9:50 AM, Rick Roderick - K5UR - aol address via ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:I worked China, BA4SI, and BV also, on 6 meters a few years ago, human to human, none of that digital stuff where you can't hear the station. (hi). 73Rick - K5UR-----Original Message-----From: EJ <ejj at suddenlink.net>To: 'Jay Bromley' <jayw5jay at cox.net>; adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>Sent: Fri, Jun 28, 2019 8:27 amSubject: Re: [ADXA] China on 6m?Good one. I saw some west coast guys posted him last night and a VK was copying KA9CFD. Have to listen this evening to see if they are in there again. I got in a little later and didn’t hear anything good EJ K5EJ From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jay BromleySent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 8:07 PMTo: adxa at mailman.qth.netSubject: [ADXA] China on 6m? Guys this seems to be real. I am pointed in the right direction and printing out BA4SI on 6m FT8. Even on that mode it is hard for me to believe. Sadly I don’t have enough power for the BA4 to see me! ☹ I was telling Bill K5FUV that I was seeing some countries all over the UK and now in the far east. That does it, the manual on the 7 element M2 is on the bench and been looking at 6m amps, hi. BTW, he is a -17 on me right now. Has been as high as -12 73 de jay/w5jay.. ______________________________________________________________ADXA mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/adxaHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:ADXA at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html______________________________________________________________ADXA mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/adxaHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:ADXA at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ADXA mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/adxaHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:ADXA at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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