[OKDXA] South Sandwich propagation

[John Geiger]

Hi Roger,

Thanks for the information.  Will try those times as work permits,and will
try 30 and 40 at night also.  I remember back in 2002 during the last VP8SS
activation they were really booming in around 0000Z on 20 CW, but I had to
leave to teach a night class before I could work them. The sunspots were
much more plentiful back then, though.  Hopefully EU won't have much
propagation on 10 so there will be less challenges, but they always seem to
get better prop than we do, especially on VHF.

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Roger Simpson <rksimpson1 at cox.net> wrote:

>  =========================================
>  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
> =========================================
>
> ------ 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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