[OKDXA] Fwd: 80 Meters this morning

[Gary McCrorey]

HANG IN THERE, TOOK ME 2 HOURS TO GET THROUGH ON 30M.
    HAVEN'T HEARD ON 80M
GL
WQ5R
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Simpson" <rksimpson1 at cox.net>
To: "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Fwd: 80 Meters this morning


>
> =======================================================
> Reply from K5RKS       0200UTC    2 Feb
>
> Wow, Coy. That is a real story of perseverance. As Winston Churchill said 
> once,
> "Never, never, never, never, give up".   I see you are up there in FT5ZM's 
> log on seven band/mode slots.
>
> I worked him Friday morning local time on 12m CW which I didn't think 
> would be possible given my antenna.
>
> Also, I'm 99% sure I worked him on 15m SSB [2050UTC], but won't have 
> confirmation of this until he updates his online log again.
>
> I tried to work him this evening [Sat evening from 6PM to 8PM Central 
> Time] on 30m CW but couldn't break the logjam. He was running at a fast 
> clip and running solid NA. He was running about 70%   W5, W3, W1, W2 with 
> the rest W5, W8, and W0 with a couple of VE, XE. I think I'll give him a 
> shot for the next couple of evenings down there on 30m and see what 
> happens.
>
> I didn't know what to expect. However, I thought working him would be next 
> to impossible, but diligence pays off.
> 73    Roger    K5RKS
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Robert Redmon
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:19 PM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Fwd: 80 Meters this morning
>
> Coy,
>
> That was a very strange opening. I was hearing FT5ZM two hours after
> sunrise (S3). Couldn't break the west coast wall, though. Did work them
> on 80 a few minutes ago, though. Now only need 160 and 12.
>
> Bob
> On 2/1/2014 6:12 PM, W5LE wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:     80 Meters this morning
>> Date:     Sat, 1 Feb 2014 15:19:05 -0600
>> From:     Coy Day <n5ok at arrl.net>
>> Reply-To:     n5ok at arrl.net
>> To:     Gene Lewis <w5le at beggstelco.net>
>>
>>
>>
>> Gene,
>>
>> Please post this for me.  Still can't get thru.
>>
>> In preparation for the FT5ZM operation, I struggled to get my 80 meter
>> sloper back up that had come down in the ice storm several weeks back.  I
>> got it up but strained my right knee.  Unfortunately something went wrong
>> as it was totally dead.  With my bad knee I couldn't go back up the tower
>> to check the connections, so I just said I won't get them on 80 meters
>> this time.  A couple of days ago, I thought about trying to use the
>> inverted vee that I use to check into the nets.  Not much hope since it 
>> is
>> only 50ft high at the top and is cut for 3900.  But.....  I got out the
>> old Dentron Super Tuner and gave it a try.  I was able to get the KPA-500
>> to load into it so I thought if I could hear them I would give it a try.
>> I had it all tuned up this morning waiting for the FT5Z but it was after
>> sunrise so I was about to give up.  That's when I saw the HS0 spotted and
>> sure enough I could hear him.  I called several times and finally he came
>> back to N4OK.  I sent my call several times and he came back to me with a
>> 449 signal report.  I was really surprised.  So maybe tomorrow I will 
>> have
>> a chance with the FT5.  That's when someone spotted them on 3523 and sure
>> enough I could hear them and they were fairly loud.  I thought maybe it
>> was a pirate but everything fit so I give them several calls when they
>> called N5OK?.  R R R and my call a couple of times and they came back 
>> with
>> N5OK 599....   Wow!  They are in the log on 80 meters...   Just telling
>> this long tale as an encouragement to those with marginal antennas. 
>> Never
>> give up.  Now for 160 meters and I'm done.  ;-)
>>
>> Good luck all!
>>
>> Coy
>
> -- 
> Robert Redmon K5SM
> AMA 58073
>
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