[ADXA] Minami Torishima - JD1/M

Wed Nov 18 10:10:07 EST 2020

Congrats Steve. I guess now I'll have to start referring to you as BIG
GUN Steve.....BUT, let me think about that for a while !!!!!   :-)))) 

Congrats again. 

ZN 

On 2020-11-18 08:01, Steven Rutledge wrote:

> 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> 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 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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