[ADXA] How's DX?

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Yes I heard that. He seemed to be having trouble copying just about 
everyone.....even ME !!!!!!!  :-))

I believe they are located at Orient Bay.....where the nude beach is 
down there. Maybe they were distracted not paying full attention to the 
radio!

73 Joel W5ZN

On 2021-12-06 21:52, BILL KENNAMER wrote:

> Unfortunately, TO9W copied me as K5FVV, no matter how many times I 
> tried to correct. Glad I don't really need it.
> 
> FUV
> 
> Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPad [2]
> 
> On Monday, December 6, 2021, 8:04 PM, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> 
>> "How's DX?" has been the title of the DX column in QST for, well, 
>> forever! Our friend Bernie, W3UR, of The Daily DX and The Weekly DX 
>> (and has been our guest at our annual conference) is the current 
>> editor of the column and has been for several years. He does an 
>> excellent job. The point in my question of "How's DX?" is rooted in 
>> the silence that has fallen on our reflector the past couple of weeks. 
>> We had quite a jolt of activity in October and November with some 
>> DXpeditions. Most of us did not need them for an all time new one but 
>> some did for a new one on a specific band. Wow wasn't that fun and 
>> exciting to have a blast of DX, regardless of where it came from?
>> 
>> But alas, the bands have gone dead it seems. I'm sitting here tonight 
>> listening to TO9W on 160 and 80 meters just to have some action in the 
>> shack. I just heard K5FUV nab them on 160 and I see BIG GUN N5ZM in 
>> the pileup on 80. So some of us are in there lurking for some action!
>> 
>> I'm still in recovery from CQWW and the ARRL 160 Meter contests. The 
>> original plan at W5ZN for CQWW was to run multi-single however after 
>> we lost two ops it was just down to Dave, NN1N and I. So we ran as two 
>> separate single band entries. Dave ran on 40 meters with is call, 
>> NN1N, to test drive the additional 40 meter beam I now have up in 
>> addition to the W6NL 2 element 40 meter Moxon. I can phase them or run 
>> them individually and both are fully rotatable. I was very pleased 
>> with the results of his "test drive". Its nothing like the massive 
>> (and very impressive) 40 meter array that K5GO had but it is 
>> respectable. I ran as a single band 160 meter entry and was pleased 
>> with my effort. I had one east coast guy top me for #1 USA. Its just 
>> near impossible to top the east coast guys who can sit there and run 
>> high point EU QSO's all night however my showing was very respectable 
>> and I was pleased with the result.
>> 
>> For the ARRL 160 meter contest this past weekend (the weekend 
>> following CQWW) I didn't want to spend another weekend staying up all 
>> night for two nights (yes K5UR, I AM a weenie) so I joined the N2CEI 
>> multi-op team in north Florida. This year Steve and his team of K0DI 
>> and WW2R used Dave, WW2R's callsign. So, if you worked WW2R between 
>> 0200-0600z either night, I was the op. I know I put a couple of ADXA 
>> folks in the log during that time like Nick WA5BDU and another one or 
>> two. I saw a few others entered during my off times including WB5BHS 
>> and others.
>> 
>> This coming weekend is the ARRL 10 Meter contest. This contest allows 
>> operation on both CW and SSB during the weekend. Pay attention to the 
>> band. You never know when it will pop open in December. Listen 
>> carefully for Africa and South America for a country you may need. 
>> They WILL be in there.
>> 
>> Time slips by and so has the time for our 4th Quarter Newsletter. I 
>> will get something to Glenn this week and also a report on our meeting 
>> last month. If you have something for the newsletter please forward it 
>> to Glenn. We need to know what you have been doing. Write it up and 
>> send it in!
>> 
>> 73 W5ZN
>> ADXA President 
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