[OKDXA] VU7

[John Geiger]

The 6O1 DXpedition (a country I still need) was
terrible for that a couple of years ago.  They seemed
to only get on 15 and 20 in the middle of the night
here (after the band closed) or on 40 during the
middle of the day.  Given that they were all Italian
ops, I guess they only wanted to work EU.  

73s John W5TD

--- Coy Day <n5ok at arrl.org> wrote:

> Gene,
> 
> I have heard a lot of comments about that.  It
> almost seems like they are
> trying not to work the states except for 20 meters. 
> Maybe they are saving
> the stateside contacts for the crew that is going
> over in January.  ;-) 
> Yesterday, just as the sunrise peak to the states
> was starting on 40
> meters, they went from CW to SSB and cut us out. 
> :-(  I've seen the same
> happen on 17m.
> 
> Oh well, such is life.
> 
> Coy
> -- 
> Coy Day, N5OK
> 20685 SW 29
> Union City, OK 73090
> 405-483-5632
> 
> Gene Lewis wrote:
> > I've been horribly puzzled by their operating
> habits,
> > It seems like during the times when they might
> conceivably have a path to
> > north america on bands like
> > 17 or 15 they just disappear.  Very curious.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Coy Day" <n5ok at arrl.org>
> > To: "OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 9:48 AM
> > Subject: [OKDXA] VU7
> >
> >
> >> Gene,
> >>
> >> Bert is absolutely correct in that the take off
> angle for that part of
> >> the
> >> world is absolutely critical.  On 20 meters with
> the antenna at 55ft
> >> your
> >> take off angle is way too high.  You would have a
> better chance on 15 if
> >> the band would open.  :-(
> >>
> >> Coy
> >> --
> >> Coy Day, N5OK
> >> 20685 SW 29
> >> Union City, OK 73090
> >> 405-483-5632
> >>
> >>
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