[OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island

[W5LE]

Sorry, I failed to mention that this is via LONG PATH!
On 1/27/2014 8:51 AM, W5LE wrote:
> FT5ZM is coming through with a legitimate 5/5-57 signal with no 
> pre-amp, on 14180 and he's listening down 5 to 10 for NA/SA.
> I just worked him with my own call as well as the OKDXA club call 
> NE5OK within a few Q's of each other.
> Go get 'em!!!
>
>
>
> On 1/27/2014 4:06 AM, Roger Simpson wrote:
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Gary McCrorey
>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:14 AM
>> To: Bill Roberson ; Oklahoma DX Association
>> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island
>>
>>    Congratulations on working the FT5ZM.   Called him all afternoon 
>> on 20m
>> cw with no luck, lots of qrmers finally work them on 20m ssb at midnight
>> first call.  Hope it wasn't a pirate hi.  He was on 14.185 listening 
>> .191
>> not many callers.
>>    Good luck to everyone that needs them,  he is new one for me since
>> moving stateside.  Worked them in 1989 but wasn't stateside.
>> 73 Gary  WQ5R
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Roberson" 
>> <w.roberson at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:07 AM
>> Subject: [OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island
>>
>>
>> I worked FT5ZM early this morning on 20CW, but it was very chaotic and I
>> wasn't sure I got in his log, so I tried on 20CW tonight at nearly 
>> midnight
>> on 20CW and got a solid contact with just a few calls. They had not 
>> uploaded
>> their log to clublog tonight, so I really wasn't sure about the morning
>> contact. I really worked at 20CW this morning and the qrm and jammers 
>> were
>> fierce. Not so tonight. Also I banged away all day on 30 and 40m with no
>> success. I used 30 degrees, but as someone said, any direction is SP/LP.
>> Kind of like at the north pole, every direction is south. hi
>>
>> Bill/N5AQ
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>> Bill , Gary
>>
>> Congrats on working FT5ZM. I have NOT worked him so far.
>>
>> I spent hours trying to work him on 20 CW. His signal was pretty good 
>> --  better than I expected. However, the pileup was over ten Khz wide 
>> and also chaotic with guys calling on top of him instead of running 
>> split. For me, his signal was best at a heading of 122 degrees. This 
>> would be "short path". But "long path" with a heading of 302 was also 
>> pretty good.  After spending many hours, I did NOT work him.
>>
>> I'm going to concentrate also on 17m CW short path between 1300 and 
>> 1700 UTC.  And also I'm going to check out 20m CW long path between 
>> 1500 and 1700 UTC. I'll jump back and forth between them and see what 
>> happens.
>>
>>
>> 73   Roger  K5RKS
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