[ADXA] RI1FJL on the wire.

[Michael Nettles]

The chase is fun but getting an ATNO is the best feeling. Before both of us
joined ADXA we were always on the hunt together for DX.
As always getting that first contact is great and contacts after that is
just a bonus.
Short DX story, when I first gained HF privileges Randy invited me over to
look for DX. At the time he had a huge 10m beam, maybe 7 elements. The band
was dead and we heard some US stations chatting but they didn't hear V51GB.
Randy said its the antenna. You gotta hear them to work them and we both
worked V51GB, my first DX.
Have a safe trip Randy.
73
Mike kb5wbh

On Sun, Aug 23, 2026, 6:56 AM Randell Curtis, W5ZJ via ADXA <
adxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> After being a bit stressed knowing that I only had a partial day to hunt
> this ATNO I set out with a vengeance last night to work them somewhere.  I
> had checked from time to time earlier in the day and never had a consistent
> copy if any any copy at all. .
>
> Of course, I gave Mike KB5WBH a shout....or maybe he gave me a shout,  as
> it is a lot more fun, and productive to have a buddy along to assist with
> spots, and to cheer when you succeed and lament when you fail.
>
> We started at 01:40z and in 30 minutes  we both had RI1FJL on 20, 17, and
> 15. Mike, on 17, got a +4 signal report with 100 watts and a wire! On 30
> Mike worked them first. It twas almost an hour before I heard them, but
> after their signal came up, it only took a few calls to make the contact.
>
> I spent the rest of my time listening to 40 and hoping they would move to
> there, but it did not happen, at least while I was awake.
>
> I feel mighty lucky to have them on any band since my DXing is done for
> the next several days.
>
> Equipment used:
> Mike, Kenwood TS2000 @ 100 watts output . Antennas were a 160 meter
> inverted L  and a Dipole  of some kind.
> Me    Yaesu ft991a into a home brew amp (aka Jethrine) @400 watts. On 30
> driving with .9 watts to give 200 watts PEP output.  Antenna was a raised
> 80 meter inverted L on transmit with the pennant thrown in the mix from
> time to time on RX to assist with the lightning crashes from the storms.
>
> Good luck, and good DXing.
> Randy W5ZJ
>
>
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