[OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island

Gary McCrorey garylm at kiamichiwb.org
Mon Jan 27 13:01:19 EST 2014 

    I just switch from a to b vfo and search for the station he called or 
listen for someone giving him a report.   Can use the sub rec also, if you 
have one to listen where the pileup is to find station he is calling.
    It is tough with all the ones calling him but can be done.
Been trying 20m this morning but no luck.
Hope you are able to work them,  I understand there is no online logs this 
expedition, so better work them a couple of times.
Good luck
WQ5R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Elmore" <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island


> How did you find where they're listening without a pan adapter? Or do you 
> have one? A very few times I've picked out the station they're working but 
> it's tough because so many lids never stop transmitting... That and the 
> pike is 15-20 kHz wide.
>
> Kim N5OP
>
> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as 
> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>
>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 10:39, Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Very good signals here on 20 ssb and 15 cw   15:30 or so to 16:30. You 
>> may have to take a sick day! Strong yesterday on 40 and 30 (late 
>> afternoon and evening), but I could not get their attention.
>>
>> Bob
>>> On 1/27/2014 10:25 AM, John Geiger wrote:
>>> It figures, since I am at work right now.  Good luck to everyone else!
>>>
>>> 73 John AF5CC
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Roger Simpson <rksimpson1 at cox.net> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: W5LE
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 8:57 AM
>>>> To: FT5ZM
>>>> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>>> Reply   from Roger   K5RKS    1611 UTC   27  Jan
>>>>
>>>> Gene:
>>>> It is cool that you worked him on 20m SSB this morning. He was also 
>>>> loud
>>>> over here in OKC.  Normally OKC and Tulsa are the "same place" relative 
>>>> to
>>>> AF, OC or AS but because we are so close to the antinode -- especially 
>>>> over
>>>> here in Central and West OKLA -- things could be different between us. 
>>>> My
>>>> long path beam heading was 300 degrees.
>>>>
>>>> I ended up working him on 20SSB at 1420UTC. He was xmitting on 14180 
>>>> Khz
>>>> and listening on 14172.9Khz.
>>>>
>>>> I MAY ??? have also worked him this morning on 20 CW at 1339UTC but 
>>>> there
>>>> was junk on top of him so I'm not positive I dug my call out. I think 
>>>> at
>>>> least the call was K??KS so it could have been me.
>>>>
>>>> As I write this the online log has not yet been updated for the first 
>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> 73   Roger   K5RKS
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>> -- 
>> Robert Redmon K5SM
>> AMA 58073
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