[EIDXA] VK0EK on 15 meters

[Joe Hetrick]

Jim es grp;

I listened to them (well, chased too..) on 15 until about 13:10Z when they were just getting too light.  I'm handicapped with a vertical (but I do have low noise at the new QTH).  They peaked around 12:30-50 and the prop was interesting.  They'd be in the mud; then come up long enough to hear them work 1-2 stations and then back.  I'd say they were about S5 at times, but more often S2-S3.

The rate was low, but they weren't asking for fills, but they were having to call the same station 2-3 times sometimes, so, they're having trouble hearing us, I think (or the keep-calling LIDS are just thick.).

GL, hopefully we'll all snag them tomorrow; besure to tell them to lsn for me when you work them.

73,

VKN

On 01 Apr 17:18, Jim Spencer wrote:
> Thanks for all the comments.  I’ll be looking early mornings.  The openings are when the forecaster said to look.  That is encouraging.  Congratulations to those of you who snagged them.
> 
> 73,  Jim
> 
> From: Tom Vinson 
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 4:03 PM
> To: Larry Albrecht 
> Cc: Joe Hungate - K8OM ; Jim Spencer ; EIDXA 
> Subject: Re: [EIDXA] VK0EK on 15 meters
> 
> 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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