[OKDXA] South Sandwich propagation

[Roger Simpson]

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  John:

Go to:

http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html

Enter the transmitter location as Oklahoma City. Then enter receive 
location as South Sandwich -- which is VP8W.

Then you will get a propagation prediction for the path from Oklahoma to 
South Sandwich.

For 10 meters the best times are from about 1400-2200 UTC
For 15 meters the best times are from about 2200-0200 UTC

As I type this -- at 16:35 UTC -- I JUST BARELY hear the slightest peep 
out of him on 15m {21023.0Khz} so he is not even close to being 
workable. According to the propagation program there should be at least 
half-way decent propagation right now. He is supposedly on 15m CW right 
now on a freq of 21.023Mhz according to the DXspotting network.

I have been attempting to hear him of 20, 40, 15, and 17m when the 
spotting network shows he is QRV on those freqs but he has been too weak 
to be workable on any of those freqs so far. Hopefully the situation 
will improve.

I'm going to try tonight between 7PM and 11PM local time to snag him on 
30m or 40m. I have found that this gives the best chance for guys way 
down near the South Pole if the guy is more or less in our same time 
zone. That is because EU and/or AS are not open on 30 or 40 during some 
parts of our local nighttime so it gives us a better chance in a pileup.

73   Roger   K5RKS
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------ Original Message ------
From: "John Geiger" <af5cc2 at gmail.com>
To: "Oklahoma - DX news and information" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 1/18/2016 10:16:47 AM
Subject: [OKDXA] South Sandwich propagation

>With South Sandwich on the air-which will be an all time new one for
>me-does anyone have propagation software where they can run the times 
>we
>will have propagation with VP8SS from Oklahoma, given the current band
>conditions?  I would especially be interested in 10 and 15 meters since 
>I
>have beams on those bands, but will take them on any frequency!
>
>73 John AF5CC
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