[OKDXA] Fwd: 80 Meters this morning

Sat Feb 1 23:54:26 EST 2014

I heard them on 30m this AM (even got out of bed a little early to see if 
they were there) but they were only working JA and Vks.  Listened this 
evening a bit but they weren't very strong on 30m at all here.

John AF5CC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary McCrorey" <garylm at kiamichiwb.org>
To: "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 4:48 AM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Fwd: 80 Meters this morning

> 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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