[OKDXA] FT5ZM

[Robert Redmon]

Yes, Gene, all of the nut cases are out in force today. Par for the 
course these days.

73,  Bob
On 1/26/2014 2:57 PM, W5LE wrote:
> Kim,
> One of the reasons they seem to come in from just about any direction 
> is because we're very nearly at the exact opposite side of the globe, 
> which renders the terms long path and short path practically 
> meaningless for Okies.
> I've spun down and listened a few times to 20M and 17M CW and observed 
> that all the bottom-feeders (lids, tuners, etc) have come up to feed.  
> It's undoubtedly going to be pure chaos just about everywhere they 
> show up ,especially for the first 4 or 5 days.
> Hang in there!
> 73, Gene
>
>
> On 1/26/2014 2:45 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>> What a frustrating morning! I can hear FT5ZM pretty well here, much 
>> better that I would have guessed. In fact, they're stronger now on 20 
>> than they were earlier though the path is very skewed -- they peak 
>> for me around 30 deg or so and their signal seems to come from just 
>> about everywhere. My biggest frustration is that I can't find the 
>> stations they're working. The pile-up exceeds 20 kHz in width and is 
>> so chaotic that I can never find the station being worked, so I don't 
>> know where they're listening.
>>
>> I'll happily take any sage advice anyone has to offer!
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Kim N5OP
>>
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Robert Redmon K5SM
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