[OKDXA] Hey! The Bands Are Open!

[Nelson Derks]

Yeah, Jerry, just wanted you to know that JA7YAA (the Asian Bureau of the
"Why Double-A" DX Foundation) was rackin' & stackin' the Q's with classic
Nipponese enthusiasm... And still being heard around 11pm when I called it a
night.

Should be a bunch of fat logs before this weekend is over. On 10 this
morning I have a near-zero noise level with signals standing tall at 5/5 or
better. Armchair DX'ing at its best, and they're spread out for a change.
Might be coincidence, but prior to the restructure of 2000 everybody and
their dog would pile in between 28.3 and 28.5... Now they're using the whole
28 MHz segment. I think this works better.

We Be AC5UP (one of 676 possible AC5's)

> It's the weekend for CQ WPX SSB.  Such an activity can open the bands even
if they are closed.  AC5 is a good prefix to have in this one.  Much less
common than K5 W5 and N5.