[CVCC] Fw: DX de DR

[J Robert Eshleman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Robert Eshleman" <w4dr at mindspring.com>
To: "WA4PGM" <wa4pgm at nelsoncable.com>; "H. M. Motley Jr." 
<hmmjr at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:28 AM
Subject: DX de DR


>     I am a week late with my column and based on the reports I got perhaps 
> I should have just skipped writing it at all.  A sample of comments 
> received, "I got skunked" W4PM,  "Very disappointing month" NW4V, "Not 
> very productive" N3UA, "Nothing to report" WK4Y, W4MYA and W4DR!  But the 
> propagation prophets promise us better days ahead.  Cycle 24 has indeed 
> begun and may peak out 25% or more higher than Cycle 23.  This will be 
> great news for 6 meter operators and could we please have another 
> DXpedition to BS7 and Heard Island during this peak so we suffering East 
> Coast DX'ers can work those places on the higher bands like all of the 
> rest of the world has already done!  I wish I could report that there is a 
> bunch of exciting DXpeditions coming up in May or early June, but that 
> would be as fraudulent as much of the political advertisements we are 
> bombarded with these days.
>                                       Individual Reports
> WD4LBR:  Bruce was the bright light this month.  Newly retired he failed 
> to realize conditions were poor and quickly picked up 22 new BE's which 
> included Hong Kong on 20 which was also new on RTTY.  He reports receiving 
> his DXCC certificates for CW and RTTY which were applied for at the 
> Frostfest.  With 40 meters now passing the 100 mark of confirmed countries 
> he needs only 38 more 80 meter confirmations to have 5BDXCC.
> K4WNW:  Sheila is still working so she had to settle for only 7 new BE's 
> which also incluced a rare RTTY qso with Hong Kong.
> W4PM:  Puck had 643 qsos in April, but they were mostly in domestic QP's 
> and the SP DX contest.  He did work YK9G on 3 new bands and it is already 
> confirmed via LOTW as were his 6 bands with 3B7C. So far this year he has 
> 90 new BE's which could put him on pace to win the coveted DX Champion 
> plaque.
> W1ZA:  Duke mourns the sudden death of his friend Stu Sutelmann, KC1F. 
> Stu was only 53 and was a leading light with the YCCC group and one of the 
> operators at super station, KC1XX
> NW4V:  Ed settled for YK9G on 30 and notes that the usual March/April 
> openings over the pole to rare zones 24,26 and 28 just didn't happen this 
> year.
> N3UA: Sejo worked 5U7 on 17 for an all time new one and got CE0Z on 12 and 
> 17 plus H44 on 15.
> W4DR: I spent hours looking for the LA group from Spratly on either PSK or 
> RTTY without a trace.  I was at work the one day they were reported as 
> copied on the east coast.  Another group will go there in March 09 and 
> maybe cycle 24 will have warmed the ionsphere enough for a good shot then. 
> My summer vacation starts on May 8 so perhaps 6 meter E skip will produce 
> some new countries or a least a few new grid squares this summer if I can 
> master the use of my new Omni VII.