[MIham] MI Contacts With Japan, China, India etc.?

[hank k8dd]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Duane Fischer, W8DBF <dfischer at usol.com>wrote:

>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have had no luck whatsoever in even hearing a Ham in Japan, India,
> Singapore, Pakistan, China etc.
>
> This is over a ten year period of time.
>
> I have a Mosley TA-33 tri band at 55 feet, ground mounted Hustler vertical
> with radials for 20M, east/west oriented double bazooka 20M mono band  and
> can run the legal limit. Now I am in the Flint area, Genesee county area of
> southeastern lower Michigan. I do not have problems working other parts of
> the planet, but when it come sto these areas, my score is zero!
>
> Are any of you guys in Michigan currently, or in the past, able to work
> these countries?
>
> Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Other then listening when they
> are sleeping!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO



To find the times to listen on a particular band for those locations you
could connect to a DX Cluster and search on the countries prefix.

For example, if you go to http://www.nc7j.com/    and do an "Advanced
Search" on VU you will find a good time to listen on 20M CW:

DX de N2TU:14006.9
VU7SJQSX 14008.39VU7
10/24/2008 2002ZNC DX de W1JR:14007.0
VU7SJUp 1.5 Not strongVU7
10/24/2008 1958ZNH DX de W1EBI:14007.0
VU7SJQSX 14008.20VU7
10/24/2008 1944ZMA DX de K4TR:14007.0
VU7SJ
VU7
10/24/2008 1943ZFL DX de K3SWZ:14006.9
VU7SJUP 1 FEW CALLINGVU7
10/24/2008 1943ZPA DX de N4KG-7:14007.0
VU7SJ339 ALA wkd up1 better at 17ZVU7
10/24/2008 1934ZAL DX de W5ZPA:14007.0
VU7SJworked up 1KCVU7
10/24/2008 1912ZLA DX de NN3W:14007.0
VU7SJup 1VU7
10/24/2008 1839ZVA DX de K3CB:14006.9
VU7SJQSX 14008.00VU7
10/24/2008 1837ZMD DX de KR4E:14006.9
VU7SJ599in usa fla tnx 73VU7
10/24/2008 1830ZFL DX de W4QN:14007.0
VU7SJ
VU7
10/24/2008 1827ZFL DX de K2PLF:14007.0
VU7SJUP 1 LOOKING FOR NA EASYVU7
10/24/2008 1824ZMD DX de VE7NH:14017.4
VU7SJWEAK AS WATER HEREVU7
10/24/2008 1815ZBC DX de AB5YI:14007.0
VU7SJ
VU7
10/24/2008 1809ZLA DX de N3II:14007.0
VU7SJhe's back xcv?VU7
10/24/2008 1806ZMD
Or you could go to http://ve9dx.weblink.nbtel.net/telnet/sites.html and
select one of the DX Cluster nodes and get help on   SHOW/DX   and search on
the countries prefix you are interested in.

I have worked quite a few Japan, some China, India and Singapore.  For
Pakistan you might want to follow the DX Bulletins to see when someone is
operating there - it is fairly rare and I'm not sure that I have heard one
of them in quite awhile.

Generally JA, BY and that area are open on 20 in the morning.  On 15 you
might hear them around sunset.  A program like Hamcap - *www.dxatlas.com/**
HamCap*/ - is a very good tool for watching propagation and times for gray
line DXing.

This morning, about 7AM local time I worked the DXpedition on Willis Island
off the coast of Australia on 80 CW.  They were a good 569 to 579 here
between Imlay City and Lapeer.  Have not heard them on the higher
frequencies because at the moment my yagi is on the ground waiting to go
back up!

Hope this helps.

73    Hank    K8DD

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