[EIDXA] VK0EK on 15 meters

[Tom Vinson]

MWA guys received this from Bill, AE5EE who is one of the ops on VK0:

"Propagation is a very fickle thing, as I'm learning down here on Heard
Island.  I've looked at the predictions for a few places, and I've
looked at some of the VK0EK logs, and there are quite a few things
happening that weren't predicted.  There's also significant day-to-day
variability.  Today we had a tough time of it, with bands opening late
and closing early."

In the end, they have to adapt to the condx they have. The prop charts were
developed with the assumption of a SSN of 44. The actual numbers are around
11 or 12. It was not an easy shot to the midwest through Mawson to begin
with....now with the low SSN, it's really tough!

Tom/NY0V

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Larry Albrecht <k0is at iowatelecom.net> wrote:

> Referring to the DXA site their operating schedule seems to be pretty
> haphazard for the number of operators they have on site and they are
> definitely not making too much effort towards stateside.
>
> Larry  K0IS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EIDXA [mailto:eidxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe
> Hungate
> - K8OM
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 2:43 PM
> To: Jim Spencer <jlscr at mchsi.com>; EIDXA <eidxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [EIDXA] VK0EK on 15 meters
>
> I was listening for them this morning a bit after 1300 Z and there wasn't a
> peep at my QTH in Marion. Listened short and long path.
>
> Joe - K8OM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Spencer
> Sent: Friday, April 1, 2016 1:34 PM
> To: EIDXA
> Subject: [EIDXA] VK0EK on 15 meters
>
> Did anyone hear VK0EK on 15 this morning?  How loud.  The prop charts says
> we should have a  path to Cedar Rapids from 1200 to 1500Z.
>
> Tnx,  Jim
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