[ADXA] More on 9N7AA

[John Evans]

My Eye Doctor once told me, "Sleep Admits Defeat!"   I have tried to live
by that saying ever since.

See all you guys on 30M around 1200Z or before...

-John

On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 5:40 PM jayw5jay <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:

> Oh I had sent too fast. Enjoy the DXCC ride.  It is all about having fun
> John. You'll get there in due time.
>
> 73 de jay
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: John Exum <jlexum at gmail.com>
> Date: 3/2/22 4:53 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net>
> Cc: ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] More on 9N7AA
>
> 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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