[ADXA] So, You Working Anyone???

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

The reflector must be refracting rather than reflecting....not much 
traffic!!! Kim and I were out all last week on business so it was gud to 
get back last evening, fire up the rig and get my sanity restored!

We currently have 5I5TT (and 5I4ZZ on Digi) on from Tanzania 5H. This is 
Silvano and his Italian team who always do a great job. They have a 
noise issue on 160 that appears at night, most likely from the lighting 
system where they are. They're working to resolve it. I did manage to 
work them on 160 last night for #281 on that band.

The F6KOP French team have fired up from Palestine, E44CC. I only need 
this one on 160 so I'm gunning for them there. They, like 5I5, are 
struggling with severe noise on the low bands. Manu, F8FKI, tells me via 
email they have laid out a BOG in the garden at the hotel where they are 
in hopes of reducing the noise level. Their xmit signal last night was 
excellent, they just couldn't hear anything due to the severe noise! 
They also experienced a storm last night (high wind, snow) that damaged 
some of the antennas. They have repaired what they could today and are 
continuing to get everything back up. I see they are now being spotted 
on several bands so should be OK. I worked them on 80 and 40 last night. 
They had gud sigs and the ops are doing a fine job. I saw a few ADXA 
folks in the pileup last night.

HU1DL is still on from El Salvador and we have the South Orkney VP8 
DXPedition coming up in about two weeks.

Let's get in there and get a bunch of ADXA folks in these logs!

If you missed K5EJ's "DX'ing on a Budget" presentation at our annual 
conference you have another chance to catch it this Thursday night 
(February 13) in Searcy at the North Central Arkansas Amateur Radio 
Service (NCAARS) club meeting. If you want to attend and need directions 
to the meeting location contact me, N5QS, N5QT, N5LKE or just about any 
of the Searcy mafia folks!

And don't forget our 1st Quarterly Meeting March 7 at the ARRL Delta 
Division Convention and ARVARF-Russellville hamfest. Our program will be 
Bill Priakos, W5SJ on the TX7T DXPedition.

Turn on your rig......I want to hear more ADXA folks in the pileups!!!! 
There are east coast and W6's that need recalibrated!!!  :-)))

73 Joel W5ZN