[OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island

Robert Redmon k5sm.bob at gmail.com
Wed Jan 29 12:08:16 EST 2014


Congrats, Gene. I called him all morning on 30 meters to no avail. Was 
gone between 7:30 and 9:30, though....maybe he peaked then. Seemed to be 
working JAs only earlier and 6s and 7s after I got back. Maybe tomorrow.

73, Bob
On 1/29/2014 7:55 AM, W5LE wrote:
> I just snagged FT5ZM on 30 meters with 100 watts and an inverted vee 
> with the apex at about 30 feet.  I saw on a reflector where some 
> people were questioning if it was legitimate since they seemed a 
> little strong but I'm pretty sure it's the real deal.  When I got 
> through, the op called me by name, which leads me to believe it was 
> Bob, K4UEE, at the controls.
> Good luck everyone.
>
> On 1/27/2014 12:07 AM, Bill Roberson wrote:
>> 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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