[ADXA] VP8O and make up the neat VOACAP chart now!!

[HamOP]

Steve.. 
It is good to look up the VOACAP site, plug in your type of station and antennas from good to excellent based on the 4-5 parameters given, then put in the DXped you are chasing. A neat block chart will come up with UTC  times at bottom and bands along left side vertically.  Then you have colors in each block that tell you if expected signal on propagation is NIL, S3, S5, S6, S7 S8 and S9+..  

I print out this chart, and it is SO accurate as to when a QSO is possible on a certain band and time.  The colors are neat to look at, and you can see the slow rise, peak and then decay of the propagation. I then tape the 3.5 X 3.5 inch printed chart to my PC ( you can enlarge if you like ) and immediately see if I have a chance or not. 

On DX Summit spots you can pull up specific station spots, click for either prop chart, grey line map, QRZ lookup and ClubLog lookup. That voacap page comes up with a round chart and you can change by putting in LP or SP and if your station is Good or Excellent. Try both. If just an average DX station I am chasing, I just look up the DXSummit callsign link and use it but you gotta click each different station you’re interested in… If rare like the VP8 Orkney, then I prefer the paper copy square chart taped to my PC. The station type you have, antennas and such are already configured for you on your chart, since you did that initially.
Hope not too complicated. Look now into possibly doing that and …. Get ready to chase as Joel says!!!
   Luckily I only need Orkney on 160m band and, as a mode, only need RTTY. With my luck they will only get on FT8/FT4 digital!  They are posted as to also being on RTTY.. Hope so!
San K5YY 


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From: w5zn at w5zn.org
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2020 9:09 AM
To: Steven Rutledge
Cc: adxa
Subject: Re: [ADXA] VP8O

I haven't given this one much thought, Steve. I only need it on 10 meters so unless there is some weird unusual TEP it ain't happening for me.
I expect fair propagation through 17 meters. They are an experienced group and the location is good so we'll see.
ZN

On 2020-02-21 07:55, Steven Rutledge wrote:
I don't know about you folks but I have two 20 meter phone Qs with this entity in 1989.  I'll be working it hard.  Any thoughts on propagation ?
 
Ten meters out of question but CW Q essential.  I'd take digital too.
 
Steve, QQ
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