[OKDXA] More K1N
Gary McCrorey
garylm at kiamichiwb.org
Sun Feb 8 16:32:34 EST 2015
Congrats, been calling them but no luck with my hex-beam 18ft 100w.
Did manage to work them on 17m rtty this afternoon.
WQ5R
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From: "Kim Elmore" <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] More K1N
>I got lucky on 15 m just a few minutes ago calling up about 1 kHz from the
>last QSO. I was also near the thigh hedge of the pile, which is where I've
>made all of the contacts. I'm sure it also helps to be loud -- I was
>running 1500 W to a KLM KT-34A up about 56 ft.
>
> I really should invert the position of my tribander and my 2 el 40 m beam
> (at 48 ft) but that is waaaay too much work for what would be only a
> slight improvement on 40 m.
>
> 73,
>
> Kim N5OP
>
> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as
> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>
>> On Feb 8, 2015, at 8:54, Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have a panadapter and can tell you that trying to pounce on the last
>> contact does not work well with this group. Find a clear frequency toward
>> one of the edges of the pileup (the upper seems to be more productive)
>> and just keep trying. They pileups have been too big to reliably use the
>> "last qso" method, even using a panadapter.
>>
>> Bob
>>> On 2/8/2015 8:30 AM, mikek5uv--- via OKDXA wrote:
>>> I am hearing them working some 10 meter cw, also have had trouble
>>> figuring out where they are listening, I think some of the ops must be
>>> using a panadapter and clicking on the strongest signal, that 99.99
>>> percent of time isn't me.
>>> 73 and Good Luck
>>> Mike K5UV
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: John Geiger <af5cc at fidmail.com>
>>> To: Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Sun, Feb 8, 2015 12:41 am
>>> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] More K1N
>>>
>>>
>>> I had the same problem on 10m SSB today. They were listening over a 20
>>> khz
>>> range, and couldn't figure out a pattern to their listening, and
>>> couldn't
>>> hear many of the stations they were working. Need them on 10m for a new
>>> band country, and it is the only HF band which I have a directional
>>> antenna
>>> on, so that is probably my best chance for a new band country out of
>>> them.
>>> The pileup behavior was terrible as well.
>>>
>>> As someone said earlier, I hate SSB pileups, but if that is the only
>>> mode
>>> they are using on 10m, I guess I will play their game.
>>>
>>> 73 John AF5CC
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 9:25 PM, Gary McCrorey <garylm at kiamichiwb.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> At least one of the operators works a station and moves up or dn 1kc
>>>> and picks up another. And one of them pick up a couple or more then
>>>> moves.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Elmore"
>>>> <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: "okdxa >> Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 8:42 PM
>>>> Subject: [OKDXA] More K1N
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now have 'em on 160, 80 and 40 along with 12 and 20. 160 was by far
>>>> the
>>>>> easiest and 80 was a slog as was 40. 30 m is a tough nut to crack for
>>>>> me:
>>>>> so far, no luck mainly because I can't find who they're working so I'm
>>>>> not
>>>>> sure where to call. I also haven't had much luck finding a pattern to
>>>>> how
>>>>> they move form one QSO to the next.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kim N5OP
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM,
>>>>> PP
>>>>> SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>>>>>
>>>>> /"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But,
>>>>> in
>>>>> practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that
>>>>> it
>>>>> doesn’t matter who said it./
>>>>>
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