[OKDXA] VU4 on the Air!

[John Geiger]

Thanks for the info Alan.  I figured this would be a
tough one propagationwise.  And breaking the pileups
would be difficult with a Texas KW and metal in the
air.

Along a related line-as anyone else noticed that the
9N7 DXpedition seems to rarely choose to operate on
bands open to the US?

73s John NE0P

--- N5PA <n5pa at comcast.net> wrote:

> John:
> 
> The old saying, the more power and the more aluminum
> you have in the air,
> the better your chances.  At this point in the solar
> cycle conditions are
> much different in Oklahoma than they are in
> Mississippi.  They are running
> 100 watts to a modest antenna.  VU4 is about as far
> from here as you can
> get.  I will run some propagation predictions later
> and send them out.
> 
> 73
> Alan, N5PA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of John Geiger
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 2:17 PM
> To: n5pa at comcast.net; Discussion of OKDXA
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] VU4 on the Air!
> 
> Any idea how easy this will be to work from OK? 
> What
> bands and times the best, and what antennas they are
> running?  Will this be something that requires a
> large
> tribander or monobander on this end?
> 
> 73s John NE0P
> 
> --- N5PA <n5pa at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Spots are coming across now for VU4RBI on 14.201
> > USB.  They were spotted by
> > an LU2.  I have not seen any spots from W stations
> > yet.  Andaman & Nicobar
> > Islands is at the top of most all of the Most
> Wanted
> > DXCC Lists.  They have
> > permission to be on until the end of the month. 
> > Good Hunting!
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 73
> > 
> > Alan, N5PA
> > 
> >  
> > 
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