[OKDXA] FT5ZM

Tue Jan 28 10:27:29 EST 2014

 got them on 40 m this morning; the pile was quite manageable and I could find who was being worked.  30 m sounded good, too, but was going downhill by 1500 UTC. 15 was a zoo and they were barely audible on 10 m. 17 sounded good (SSB) but 12 m was nil. I checked spits and K5UR worked them on 80 m at 0100 UTC, do there's some faint hope there. 

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 23:03, William Stacy <wstacy at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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