[OKDXA] Mountain topping for South Sandwich

[Robert Redmon]

Sounds fun, John. However, VP8STI is MUCH more difficult to work (hear) 
than K5P. That said, I am pretty sure that if you can hear them well, 
you can work them.

Bob

On 1/25/2016 4:33 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Still hoping to get them. Kind of did plan B.  I was seeing K5P spotted on
> 17m, a band I need KH5 on, but wasn't hearing them from home.  I got the
> mobile setup quickly thrown in the van with the idea of heading up Mt.
> Scott after I dropped off my daughter at gymnastics practice.  I figured a
> new KH5 band country is better than nothing.  Got the antenna and rig set
> up in the gymnastics parking lot, started towards Mt. Scott, and worked K5P
> before getting out of Lawton!
>
> Never discount the Mighty MFJ Mini-Hamstick!  That was with 40 watts also!
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
>
>
> On Monday, January 25, 2016, Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have my fingers crossed for you, John. 30 meters is likely your best bet
>> if they are on between 0000 and 0100 or so. They have been louder
>> then/there than on any other band from my qth. I have to agree with Kim and
>> others, a mobile whip will very likely prove useless in this case, even
>> from atop Mt. Scott.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/25/2016 12:57 PM, John Geiger wrote:
>>
>>> I see tonight is the last night of operations for this ATNO for me, so I
>>> am
>>> willing to pull out most stops to try and get them.  Just north of town
>>> here we have Mt.Scott, which is around 1000 feet above the average terrain
>>> and has a nice parking lot on top.
>>>
>>> If I were to go up there with a mobile whip, would the extra elevation
>>> make
>>> much of a difference on HF?  I could park as close to the edge as
>>> possible,
>>> on the southeast quadrant-facing South Sandwich.  I have MFJ mini
>>> hamsticks
>>> for 17 and 20 meters.  Before you laugh at using a 3 foot antenna, they
>>> actually perform really well for their size.  Saturday afternoon while
>>> driving back from a gymnastics meet I worked JA, VK, and LU within 15
>>> minutes on 17 CW using 40 watts.
>>>
>>> So has anyone tried this?  Will this show any improved performance from
>>> the
>>> height and sloping ground beneath me?
>>>
>>> Hope others are in the VP8STI log, this one is proving frustrating for me.
>>>
>>> 73 John AF5CC
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