[OKDXA] OKDXA Digest, Vol 117, Issue 4
Ed Berkowitz
eberkowitz at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jan 27 18:12:43 EST 2014
Sounds like I am lucky to have worked and received the QSL from the last
expedition there as
the pile-ups may be hard to crack here in Central VA with my mediocre,
temporary wire antennas.
But I heard them 599 yesterday on 20 meters CW and the pile up was 40 KHZ
wide!
Ed, N3US
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Today's Topics:
1. Well, at least... (Kim Elmore)
2. FT5ZM Amsterdam Island (Bill Roberson)
3. Re: FT5ZM Amsterdam Island (Gary McCrorey)
4. Re: FT5ZM Amsterdam Island (Roger Simpson)
5. DXpedition Announcement (Jeff Martin)
6. Re: FT5ZM Amsterdam Island (W5LE)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 20:14:50 -0600
From: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
To: Oklahoma - DX news and information <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [OKDXA] Well, at least...
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I got the PY0F. Oh, well!
Kim N5OP
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:07:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Roberson <w.roberson at sbcglobal.net>
To: "okdxa at mailman.qth.net" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island
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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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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 01:14:37 -0600
From: "Gary McCrorey" <garylm at kiamichiwb.org>
To: "Bill Roberson" <w.roberson at sbcglobal.net>, "Oklahoma DX
Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island
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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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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 04:06:13 -0600
From: "Roger Simpson" <rksimpson1 at cox.net>
To: "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island
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-----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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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:52:20 -0600
From: "Jeff Martin" <jeffmartin at valornet.com>
To: <OKDXA at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [OKDXA] DXpedition Announcement
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I'd like to mention our trip to the group. Hope to put some OKDXA members in
the log. 73. Jeff - K5WE
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PJ5 - Sint Eustatius - Father and son team Jeff and Erik will be on from
Sint Eustatius as PJ5/K5WE and PJ5/N5WR beginning 5Feb14, including an entry
in the ARRL DX CW Contest. Operation will be all bands, mostly CW with some
SSB and RTTY. QSL via home callsigns.
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:51:47 -0600
From: W5LE <w5le at beggstelco.net>
To: FT5ZM <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island
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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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