[OKDXA] FT5ZM Amsterdam Island

[Robert Redmon]

I worked them at 1600z on the 27th. They were quite strong (S7 or so).

Bob
On 1/31/2014 2:55 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> Haven't heard them on 15 yet.  What is the best time for that band?  They
> are booming in here on 20m around 7pm, at S7 or better.  The pileups are
> starting to get a little better.  The op yesterday was frustrating.  I
> couldn't determine any pattern he was using for picking out calls, and it
> would take him 1 minute or more sometimes to pick out a call.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>> For what it is worth, 15 and 20 meters were by far the easiest bands for
>> me. Your little Mosley should do the trick, especially on 15. For whatever
>> reason, 30 meters was the hardest of all the bands I have worked them on.
>> Of course, the ones I haven't worked them on must, by definition, be harder.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On 1/31/2014 2:00 PM, John Geiger wrote:
>>
>>> Hope I get them soon.  This has been a busy week with work and doctors
>>> appointments, and they don't seem to be choosing bands that fit with my
>>> schedule :(.  For example, I had some free time this morning, but they
>>> weren't on 30m.  The other night when I was free they weren't on 20 CW.
>>> That is the band I am hearing them best on.  Did put up a Mosley mini 32A
>>> tribander which seems to be helping, especially on 20.
>>>
>>> I just want 1 QSO with them so I can get life back to more normal and
>>> having to stop arranging it around some RF coming from the Southern Indian
>>> Ocean!
>>>
>>> 73 John AF5CC
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Well, rats! I guess I didn't get them on 10 m. Oh, well!
>>>> Kim N5OP
>>>>
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>>>> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
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