[OKDXA] FT5ZM

[Robert Redmon]

John,

It was much better this morning than yesterday. Keep the faith.

Bob
On 1/27/2014 2:47 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> I sure hope it thins out some, and that the lids lose interest.  It amazes
> me the number of people who are so clueless about chasing DX, calling when
> he comes back to someone else, etc.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It should thin out by tomorrow, Kim. Hang in there! I wish I lived closer
>> to other dxers. Back in the 80s, in local qth's around the globe, local
>> dxers spotted for each other on an open 2 meter frequency. That was really
>> nice and both promoted interest and provided encouragement and modeling of
>> good operating practice for new dxers. Spots were real time and relevant.
>> Unfortunately, the current equivalent (internet DX cluster) is only
>> marginally  useful and encourages (or at least facilitates) the growing
>> ranks of poor dxers and outright qrm factories. Legions of hams seem to
>> relish the chaos they can cause during rare expeditions.
>>
>> Bob
>> On 1/27/2014 2:09 PM, Kimberly Elmore wrote:
>>
>>> It's such an astounding, jaw-dropping lidfest that I may not get them in
>>> any log (mine or theirs) before I leave for my trip on Sunday. I'm back on
>>> Thursday, but they may be done by then. I simply can't tune across a 20 kHz
>>> wide pile up (that never lets up) fast enough to catch who they're working.
>>> I've managed to find their target only a few times and never repeatably, so
>>> I've never been able to drop a call where they're listening. My Orion II
>>> has a subreceiver that's pretty good, so I'm better off than if I have to
>>> switch between VFOs. But if this keeps up, without a good panadapter, I may
>>> be out of this hunt...
>>>
>>> Kim N5OP
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>    From: Coy Day <n5ok at arrl.net>
>>> To: OKDXA <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:14 PM
>>> Subject: [OKDXA] FT5ZM
>>>
>>> GA All,
>>>
>>> Worked them late morning on 17m at 17:32Z.  Their sigs were 599 at heading
>>> of 300 deg.  The pile was only about 5KHz wide.  I listened to the pile
>>> with the sub receiver and moved up or down a KHz or two to call them.  It
>>> still took a while to work them.  They were fairly weak but readable on 10
>>> and 12 this morning.  No cigar on 10 or 12 but will keep trying....
>>>
>>> Using the new KPA500 with the K3.  It sure works slick.  I forget that it
>>> is even on.  ;-)
>>>
>>> Coy
>>>
>> --
>> Robert Redmon K5SM
>> AMA 58073
>>
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Robert Redmon K5SM
AMA 58073