[OKDXA] South Sandwich propagation

[Rick Vidmar K9KK]

On 1/18/2016 11:07 AM, John Geiger wrote:
> 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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