[OKDXA] FT5ZM

[William Stacy]

Congratulations.  I got them on 20 about 9:50, just as they were down almost
in the noise.  Never give up hope, apparently.

73,
Bill, N5TU
(Pleasant Hope, MO)


-----Original Message-----
From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:22 PM
To: Oklahoma DX Association
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] FT5ZM

I just got them on 20 m. The pile was utterly inaudible here, so I landed
near the latest spot QSX and called. I got them about the 3rd or 4th try. I
heard them quite well this morning on 40, 17, and 15 m I even heard them
briefly on 10 m, but they were not strong there and were working primarily
EU.

One band down!

Kim N5OP


On 1/27/20 14 3:55 PM, Robert Redmon wrote:
> 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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