[ADXA] More on 9N7AA

[John Exum]

I am starting to believe that there are a number of ADXA members that
simply do not sleep!

Well, a little less sleep might help me get the DXCC a bit quicker.

On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 4:44 PM Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:

> Hi ADXA,
>
> So today I got up a little earlier and was nicely rewarded to get 9N7AA on
> 30m.  A new band for me.  He even provided LOTW confirmation!  Nice!!
> Confirmed on 4 bands now, but now needing CW to get that mode filled.
>
>
>
> Anyway he had a great signal on 30m.  He complains about his noise floor
> being super high and explains how best to work him.  He does have a
> definite pattern to his operation, every day the same thing starting on 30m
> around 1200 UTC.  Then drops to 17m about an hour later.  So on and so
> forth.
>
>
>
> BTW, I find all this long path vs. short path interesting!  Especially
> when it changes the other way for some just over a few hundred miles to the
> east of here.  As you guys may or may not know I don’t have a directional
> antenna on 30m or even a good dipole/vertical that is resonate on that
> band.  So this morning I just loaded into the 80m/40m fan dipole.  I know
> this is a dumb thing to do, but when I saw/heard him I wanted that QSO.
> Even a squirrel get a nut from time to time, but my luck ran out as I was
> waiting on him on 12m to show up.  Sure enough he was there at the right
> time and was even louder than on 30m. I wasn’t the only one waiting on
> him.  He only worked a few stations and was gone.  During that whole time I
> did try again short path on 12m on the beam and again it was all long path
> for him.  I just couldn’t believe I couldn’t get him and I did try all the
> tricks I knew to do.  So I was left to experiment on LP vs. SP to entertain
> me.
>
>
>
> I wonder if this is a equinox thing where long path can sometimes work
> more?  I have never worked as much LP as I have in the last few days.
>
>
>
> Sure has been a nice couple of days of DXing.  I love seeing those LOTW
> confirmations come across my DXLab sync.  Now if I could only find just
> “one” ATNO!  😊
>
>
>
> 73 jay/w5jay..
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