[OKDXA] FT5ZM

[Kim Elmore]

Hi Gene,

Yes, at the anitpode every direction points to us; just like at the 
North pole, every direction is south. It certainly makes for some 
interesting propagation. I'm hoping that the lids will have to go to 
work during the week. I only have until next Sunday to work 'em as after 
that I have to leave and be gone through the 6th.

Conditions like this are when I wish I have a good panadapter display so 
I can find who they're working. My Orion II has a sweep display, but the 
resolution isn't good enough to find who they work. SIgh.

73,

Kim N5OP


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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