[OKDXA] Anyone else miss FT5XO

[Jay Bromley]

I feel so lucky after reading the same thing on other reflectors.  I got 
them on RTTY and SSB.  Both times when activity was low and one time when 
they were begging for contacts SSB!  I was gong to gun them down on CW, but 
they quit after I got the amp on line that night.  Like Peter 1 the path is 
very tough and always will be.  I really thought this would be one of those 
expeditions I would get in the log because of my work schedule and felt 
lucky to work them at all.  Over here in Fort Smith there were a few needing 
them on RTTY.  Last Saturday night I was working on a new computer and had 
everything in disarray.  I could here them on 20m RTTY.  So I hooked up the 
old computer because the new one has no com ports for the Rig Blaster.  Not 
sure why but two hours later I still wasn't getting audio into the computer 
for a print.  Multiple problems, but finally I found a plug not all the way 
in and also the wrong input was selected on the computer.  After I got it 
all going again, two calls later and I was in the log.  How lucky is that! 
The FT5 expedition is one of those you are just lucky to get them period. I 
missed the VU4 and I was looking for them hard.  I do love the expeditions 
that have the log on the web you can check every couple of days and you get 
them on all modes and bands, hihi.

73 de jay..


> Hi John and all,
>
> Here in Stillwater, they were often not even stealth, even though others 
> in 5 land and 0 land were working them.   A couple of exceptions were a 
> morning LP run on 20 SSB and a pretty good 40 SSB run.  I think we got 
> them on 17 CW, 20 CW and SSB, 30 CW, and 40 CW and SSB.  We'll see.
>
> The only time I heard them very well on RTTY, they were working JA's. 
> Maybe next time if I live that long.  It has been 35 years since I last 
> worked FT5X.
>
> 73, Ken K5KC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
> To: <dx-list at yahoogroups.com>; <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:04 PM
> Subject: [OKDXA] Anyone else miss FT5XO
>
>
>>I feel like I am the only one who didn't work them.
>> Maybe someday they'll be another DXpedition there.
>>
>> 73s John NE0P
>>
>>
>> John Geiger
>> Associate Professor of Psychology, Cameron University
>>
>> Ham Call NE0P, active 160m-70cm
>>
>> Radios: Kenwood TS2000 (HF/6/2/70cm), Kenwood TS60 (6M base and mobile 
>> work), Yaesu VX7R 6m/2m/222mhz/70cm)
>>
>> Antennas: 2 element Mini Quad, Cushcraft A14810S, Cushcraft 719B Homebrew 
>> G5RV
>>
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>>
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