[OKDXA] VK9DNX on 160m

Coy Day n5ok at arrl.org
Fri Feb 16 10:41:18 EST 2007


Ed,

Congrats!  My noise level is so bad that I have to have the antennas on
them or I can't hear them.  It will be rough during the contest.  :-(

Coy
-- 
Coy Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK 73090
405-483-5632

Ed  Gilliland wrote:
> Hi Coy,
>
> I got up late and tuned around the band and didn't hear any JA's but I did
> hear a weak signal on 1822 while listening to the NW.  I finally switched
> to
> the SW and VK9DNX jumped out of the noise.  I worked him at 1313Z
> 1822/1824.
> He was still Q5 here at 1330Z...amazing.
>
> Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Coy Day" <n5ok at arrl.org>
> To: "OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:55 AM
> Subject: [OKDXA] VK9DNX on 160m
>
>
>> Fellow Top Banders,
>>
>> They were on top band this morning from about an hour before sun rise.
>> I
>> was able to copy them thru my noise for only a few minutes.  By the
>> time,
>> I got the linear warmed up, I wasn't able to copy them well enough to
>> work
>> them.  Unfortunately, my antennas are oriented to Europe and Africa.
>> One
>> on 30 deg and one on 60.  Today, I hope to turn one of the antennas to
>> the
>> West and see if I can hear them better.
>>
>> Coy
>> --
>> Coy Day, N5OK
>> 20685 SW 29
>> Union City, OK 73090
>> 405-483-5632
>>
>>
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