[OKDXA] EP6T - Iran

[Robert Redmon]

You are right about the zoo! Worst I have experienced in a few years.
Propagation has been poor but best on 17 meters here. Worked them on 20 and
17 ssb and CW Sunday and 12 Mtrs CW this morning (retirement has
its perks).

Bob

On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Rick Vidmar <k9kk45 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I heard them last evening on 20 CW between 6 and 6:30 PM local time.
> He started fading about 6:20 and was gone by 6:30.
> Also heard him on 30 CW between 5 and 6 PM BUT it was a ZOO !!!!
> GOOD LUCK....
> Last night was the 1st time I even bothered to try since the pileups are
> UNREAL !!!!
> 73 de K9KK, Rick
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/17/2015 8:38 PM, Roger Simpson wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> ------ 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
>>>
>>>  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> 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.
>> Hi Roger--------
>>
>
>
>  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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Bob

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