[ADXA] VK9CZ 160 anybody hear them ?

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

His sig really wasn't improved during his SR....still very very weak. I 
was surprised as well however it could be a totally different story 
tonight. He should be on. Oliver is there for CQWW and plans to focus on 
160 and 80 outside the contest time. He put up his 160 meter antenna a 
couple of days ago and it collapsed and he just got back on last night. 
I'm not sure if it is with the original antenna or he has compromised 
thus the reduced sig.....time will tell.

ZN


On 2019-11-19 11:40, EJ wrote:
> Thanks info.  I couldn't hear ZD7 earlier and didn't stay up for their
> sunrise.  May try that if he is on again. Kind of surprised he didn't 
> have
> better signal.  Other signals from that part of the world like 9G2HO 
> and
> 5T5PA have been good
> 
> What direction did the VK9 peak? Wasn't sure if he was on skewed path
> 
> Yes, there were some really good Euro signals last night.  YL2SM was
> especially loud here
> 
> 73
> 
> EJ
> 
> 
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> Subject: Re: [ADXA] VK9CZ 160 anybody hear them ?
> 
> I forgot to add that, while ZD7W was very weak on 160 meters last night 
> the
> prop to EU was fabulous. Very very good.
> 
> ZN
> 
> 
> On 2019-11-19 08:50, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
>> A couple of days ago, about 30 minutes before SR here, I copied one CQ
>> sequence and callsigns from them and that was it. The past two
>> mornings they have ditched CW and gone exclusively with FT8. This has
>> allowed them to work a few more NA.
>> 
>> Yesterday morning they worked a some of the south Texas gang that gets
>> some nice prop down there but no one has decoded them any further east
>> or north of there. Obviously, not too far east of there is past SR
>> when they have SS. I've been listening every possible second. The same
>> thing occurred this morning.
>> 
>> Even though we have a gray line a path that overlaps in the morning,
>> it really doesn't provide enough darkness of either side to promote
>> prop into Arkansas at this time of the year. I base this on the exact
>> 5 minute period when the Texas boys copy them...it is a very short
>> window and they have about another 30 minutes or so of darkness beyond
>> us.
>> 
>> So, no joy here yet on VK9CZ on 160 meters. I was excited just to hear
>> them the one morning even if it was super duper short!
>> 
>> I did work ZD7W last night on 160 although they had VERY weak sigs.
>> Oliver was on from around 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM local and the east coast
>> guys and folks up north in 9 land were copying him very well and
>> working him. He was pee weak here and I could just tell he was in
>> there. Just when his sig was starting to build he went QRT around
>> 0130z. He came back on about 30 minutes before his SR (which is at
>> 0541z, 11:41 PM local) and was still very weak but strong enough to
>> copy.
>> 
>> So, I'm looking forward to getting in bed a little earlier tonight.
>> Staying up late for ZD7 and getting up early for VK9CZ was wearing me
>> out!!!!
>> 
>> Gotta get some rest to get ready for the contest this weekend!
>> 
>> ZN
>> 
>> 
>> On 2019-11-19 07:31, EJ wrote:
>>> Good sigs on other bands considering the path.  Anybody hear em on
>>> 160 this am?  No copy here
>>> 
>>> EJ K5EJ
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