[ADXA] Minami Torishima - JD1/M

Wed Nov 18 10:01:41 EST 2020

Rory, I got LOTW confirmation this morning!!!!!!  I read they had no 
Internet on the island.  Must have been old news.  This puts me four 
away from a clean sweep on CW for all entities.

On 11/18/2020 8:29 AM, Rory Bowers wrote:
> I would say yes Steve... you can always try for a better signal report 
> both ways.
> GL!
> Rory, K5CKS
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 8:21 AM Steven Rutledge 
> <crownhaven at bellsouth.net <mailto:crownhaven at bellsouth.net>> wrote:
>
>     I hate this but I'm "pretty sure" I worked Take this morning at
>     0922Z, 7003, up one.ï¿½ I could hear his call distinctly but very
>     weak.ï¿½ I was afraid to waste any time hoping he would build so I
>     went after him.ï¿½ Unfortunately, he took a fade but I heard my
>     call.ï¿½ It was one of those tough ones.ï¿½ I wish there was a way
>     to check but unfortunately not until he returns.ï¿½ So, should I
>     attempt an "insurance" contact again?ï¿½ Maybe I'll hear him on 30
>     and I won't look so foolish.ï¿½ I only need five CW entities for
>     all of them so this would be a huge deal if I can get his card.ï¿½
>
>     Thanks again Pat for posting this operation.ï¿½ Somehow I missed
>     it.ï¿½ Too busy staying inside doing nothing.
>
>     73,
>
>     Steve
>
>     On 11/17/2020 6:05 AM, patw5vy at gmail.com
>     <mailto:patw5vy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     I worked Take, JG8NQJ/JD1 this morning around 0940UTC on 40M CW
>>     for an ATNO.ï¿½ He makes trips to Minami Torishima (Marcus
>>     Island) periodically and it appears that on this trip he is on 40
>>     and 30M CW only.ï¿½ Heï¿½s not on every morning but has been
>>     showing up pretty regularly for the past week.ï¿½ Iï¿½ve missed
>>     him a couple of timesï¿½.I got up early on the days he didnï¿½t
>>     operate!ï¿½ He was on 7.007 this morning listening up 1.ï¿½ He
>>     seems to be hanging around 7.010 plus or minus a few.ï¿½ JD1/M is
>>     fairly rareï¿½in the top 30 or so.ï¿½ I think Take is the only
>>     operator that has been active from there for few years.ï¿½ His
>>     QSL manager, JA8CJY, posts status updates of Takeï¿½s operating
>>     plans.
>>
>>     ï¿½
>>
>>     Bernie, W3UR, has been reporting on this latest activity in the
>>     ï¿½Daily DXï¿½ï¿½.thanks Bernie.
>>
>>     ï¿½
>>
>>     73,
>>
>>     Pat, W5VY
>>
>>
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