[ADXA] A52P on 20m

[k5cs]

Here in Russellville my QTH on top of a hill has a good takeoff angle in 
all directions.  However, I have not heard A52 on long path at all.  
Short path is a different story.  I usually hear them well enough to 
decode starting around 6PM to 8PM local time. As I type this A52P is on 
14.092 so that's where I'm going to be listening this evening.

On a related note, dxpeditions are competing with each other on the same 
band (and offsets) at the same time.  That makes things much more 
difficult to make contacts.  They can't hear each other and have no idea 
how hard it is for us to decode.  The other night I was working A52CI on 
18.096 while TT8 Chad was killing them.  By some stroke of luck I did 
work A52CI, but it was nerve wracking at the time.

-Charles, K5CS


On 4/22/2024 12:48 PM, Steven Rutledge wrote:
>
> Thanks.  I need them on FT8 and any band but 20 CW.  That is the ONLY 
> Q I have with A5.  I have yet to hear them on any mode or band.  But, 
> I'm still listening.
>
> Steve, N4JQQ
>
> On 4/22/2024 12:10 PM, W5KI at SL wrote:
>>
>> I'll reply here via the last post in this thread, happens to be George.
>>
>> I need any band for an A5 and an ATNO.  Paper, LoTW .... don't care, 
>> LOL!!!!! 😂
>>
>> I'm monitoring the DX sites and all, but this group is a great 
>> source.  Finally heard them strong last night, but only saw K5UR get 
>> thru, before they faded.  So, for those of us that need them "at 
>> least once" .... all emails are welcome.
>>
>> Steve, W5KI
>>
>>
>> On 22-Apr-24 11:33, WB5JJJ wrote:
>>> As soon as I posted my request for A52 frequencies, my DX Spotter 
>>> showed him at 14.074.  Of course when I went there I found many 
>>> people were calling them, but no reports.  And then a couple of 
>>> minutes later, they were posted on 14.091, so I went there, and a 
>>> bunch more calling them too.  Then spots on 14.092 and that seemed 
>>> to be the settling spot.  Of course, I'm not hearing them anywhere 
>>> at this time.  And, as always, most of those calling have never seen 
>>> them either -- so why call?  But, maybe they are hearing them.
>>>
>>> The other night A52 was as high as +12 on 17m (I think) with 6 
>>> strong streams.  I had 8db of attenuation and Noise Reduction on my 
>>> 7610 set.  That cleared the "clutter" below 1k and boosted their 
>>> signal by several dB to make the waterfall bloody red on their 
>>> streams.  But just a mile away and 300' higher, Charles (K5CS) was 
>>> not seeing signals nearly as strong.  We finally snagged them on 17m 
>>> and the next day on 15m and ClubLog confirms that.  When confirmed 
>>> on LoTW, it will be an ATNO for us.  One of several the past few 
>>> months.  Some of which have been confirmed and others, still waiting.
>>>
>>> Ain't it fun....
>>>
>>> 73's
>>> George - WB5JJJ
>>> HoIP - 100105
>>>
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