[OKDXA] EP6T - Iran

[Roger Simpson]

------ Original Message ------
From: "W5LE" <w5le at beggstelco.net>
To: "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 1/17/2015 7:35:17 PM
Subject: [OKDXA] EP6T - Iran

>The DXpedition to Kish Island (Iran) is now underway. The callsign is 
>EP6T.
>
>From the information they provided on their website: www.rockall.be , 
>it sounds like this is going to be full-blown aggressive operation.
>There are a handful of hams in the country but operation from there is 
>very spotty and it seems like it can be quite an expensive
>proposition to get a confirmation from the permanent resident 
>operators.
>If you're someone who needs this one, this could very well be your 
>golden opportunity.
>73 and see you in the pileups.
>Gene W5LE
>
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Gene:

I have been listening all day on various frequencies that EP6T is 
operating on but I have not even heard him. There are tons of spots of 
him being on either 40m CW, 40 RTTY, or 30m CW or 30 RTTY but I can NOT 
hear him. He has been working stations which are in W8, W3, W4, W1, and 
W2 as far as I can tell from listening to who is calling him and who is 
spotting him. I don't have a decent antenna for 30m / 40m but usually I 
can at least hear the DX if they have a decent signal -- even if with 
this marginal antenna I can't break the pileup and work them.

It could be that the path to IRAN falls off a cliff when it crosses over 
the Great Lakes. I don't know. All I know is that "everybody" to the 
east of OK seems to be working / calling him and I can't even hear him.

Just this morning (local time) I worked a guy in OMAN [A4] on 20m SSB 
solid as a rock. So if EP6T spends some "quality time" on 20m (i.e. 
between about 1300-1700 UTC long path or 2200-0300 short path) then 
maybe I'll have a shot at him.

There have been the usual policeman hanging around but the pileups are 
not too bad -- at least that portion of the pileup from USA that I can 
hear.

One thing I can tell from listening to the pileup is that the rate of 
working stations by EP6T is SLOW. Maybe one QSO per minute or even one 
every couple of minutes. They need to get Wild Bill [N2WB] in there to 
cut that pileup down to size. He can take the most unruly pileup and cut 
it down to size in no-time.

I need IRAN as ATNO so I'll keep hanging out and see if I can find him 
on when I can hear him -- which is probably going to be 20m, 17m, or 
15m. My Inverted "V" fan dipole for 30m / 40m is evidently not up to the 
task.

73      Roger   K5RKS

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