[ADXA] Too much DX!

[Dennis Schaefer]

The VU7 has stayed a bit longer than announced and is still very active (or
its a pirate....).   Just a few minutes ago, he was on 160 FT8.  Go get
him!   Oh, wait.....it's 1 PM.  Propagation might be a little sketchy :)

Dennis/RZ

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 7:59 AM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dennis – when I saw the Subject line “Too Much DX” it reminded to the
> 1980’s song by Styx “Too Much Time on My Hands”. I don’t have too much time
> on my hands but there is definitely too much DX on our hands to keep up
> with, as you note, but that’s a good thing!!!!
>
>
>
> Congrats on continuing to knock off some new band countries (I just can’t
> call them “entities”!!!).
>
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> I would love to work VU7 on 160 also. Only band I need it on and it would
> not only be a new one, it would be my last Zone, 22, on 160. Doesn’t look
> like it will happen though.
>
>
>
> GL and as another song goes “Keep on Truckin’ Baby” !!!
>
>
>
> ZN
>
>
>
> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *Dennis Schaefer
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 10, 2023 11:00 AM
> *To:* ADXA <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [ADXA] Too much DX!
>
>
>
> There are so many DXpeditions that I can’t keep up.  I’ve taken up smoking
> and my heart rate is usually about 120 due to pounding down so much coffee
> and Red Bull.  Joel said nice things about me and that put even more
> pressure on!
>
>
>
> Well, i’ve been known to exaggerate….   Thanks, Joel, for the kind words.
> I’ve gotten a lot of new counters from the DXpeditions, and pick up other
> new ones from time to time.  I got an HK3 on 30M last night and it was a
> counter.  It was an HK and it was on FT8 - whatever it takes to add to the
> count, which is now 1356 with a bunch of OQRS to come when current
> expeditions close out.   That’s not bad, considering that my goal was 1300
> by the end of the year and 1400 by the end of 2024.
>
>
>
> I’m not sure I’m smart enough for FT8, though.  I have smart friends, and
> they give good advice, but I still ponder sometimes whether to turn F/H
> on.  Some of the expeditions say they will be 100% multi stream yet it
> occasionally seems necessary to use F/H to get a response.
>
>
>
> I’ve worked VU7M on 30 and 40.  I called them for an hour or so on 20 with
> no response.  There were traces on the waterfall on 20 but some sequences
> did not decode due to flutter.  I didn’t need it on 20, so I didn’t try too
> hard.  However, I see on the online log that I have 3 contacts on 20!  It
> is easy to believe that he came back to me one or more times, but I never
> sent him an R-xx response at any time on 20 because I never copied him
> coming back to me.  This seems to be an integrity issue with software in
> use.
>
>
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> VU7M seems to be one guy running four digital stations.  Have you seen the
> picture with the four stations, all with amps, piled on one table?
> Obviously they are automated.  I guess you need lots of coffee and a strong
> table.
>
>
>
> T32TT is running 10 stations with two guys on site - sigh.  Times are
> changing.  At least T32TT is doing a little CW.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Dennis/RZ
>
>
>
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