[OKDXA] More K1N

Robert Redmon k5sm.bob at gmail.com
Sun Feb 8 17:59:35 EST 2015 

I have a solution for that. No wait....even though I am retired, I could 
swear I have less time than I ever did when I was working.

Bob
On 2/8/2015 1:33 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
> Oh, and thanks for the tip, Bob. I really should get panadapter capability going here as I have an Orion II with the RX-366 and 9 MHz IF out. All it takes is time. And money. And... Did I mention the time part? :)
>
> 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
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>>>>> doesn’t matter who said it./
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