[OKDXA] Midway signal strength

Coy Day n5ok at arrl.net
Thu Oct 15 20:16:27 EDT 2009


Rick,

Congratulations!  Your in the log.

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




Rick Vidmar - K9KK wrote:
> Coy
> Thanks for the info.
> I was trying to work them same time as you.
> I think I may have worked them at 12:45 but I'm not 100% sure.
> I'm running a 45' center fed Gap Voyager vertical.
> It seems competitive on 40 and 80, but I've always wondered about 160.
> Now, thanks to your report, I know it is not the best antenna for 160.
> I tried from 1700 to 1800.  Their signal was pretty constant all that
> time.
> I did not notice any sunrise effect.
> They were definitely fading at 18:00
> 73 Rick Norman
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Coy Day" <n5ok at arrl.net>
> To: "Rick Vidmar - K9KK" <k9kk at atlinkwifi.com>; "Discussion of OKDXA"
> <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 11:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Midway signal strength
>
>
>> Rick,
>>
>> On my NW half wave sloper they were at least 2 S units above the noise
>> this morning.  I was listening from 12:00Z to about 12:30Z.  I worked
>> them
>> at 12:28Z.
>>
>> Coy, N5OK
>> --
>> Coy Day
>> 20685 SW 29
>> Union City, OK 73090
>> 405-483-5632
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rick Vidmar - K9KK wrote:
>>> 160M peaks at 1 to 2 S-units above the noise 10% of the time.  In the
>>> noise
>>> the rest of the time right now.
>>> 80/40 M S9 to 10 over
>>> 15, 17, 20, 30M  peaks at S5
>>> Rick K9KK Norman
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
>>> To: <dx-is at yahoogroups.com>; <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:12 PM
>>> Subject: [OKDXA] Midway signal strength
>>>
>>>
>>>> How are other stations hearing K4M?  They have not been loud at all at
>>>> my
>>>> QTH, at least when I am listening-they are either at the noise level
>>>> or
>>>> completely unreadable.  Are others finding them fairly weak as well? I
>>>> know my antennas aren't much, but I heard TX5SPA with no problem and
>>>> worked 3D2KJ easily on 30 meters last night.
>>>>
>>>> 73s John AA5JG
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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