[OKDXA] VK0EK

[Jerry Chouinard]

John, you are quite kind with your description of the many "Peaceful" and "People Loving" Amateur Radio Operators today. The primary reason  
I run in the ranks of contesters today is most of us don't have time to destroy the activities of others. 

Actually if I ever make the Honor Roll it will be only because I got in and out of police controlled pileups before the misfits showed up to burn down all the business establishments. Sad state of affairs on the streets "Frequencies" today. Good Hunting John!

Regards,

Jerry - K5YAA

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On Mar 28, 2016, at 9:27 AM, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> VK0IR was at the bottom of cycle 22 so if we had propagation on 20 then, we
> should definitely have better propagation now.
> 
> Heard them on 40 with decent signals last night.  There are sure a lot of
> idiots on the bands today, though.
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
> 
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Jeff Martin <jeffmartin at valornet.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>  Well, I have heard them a few times but they sure have been weak. Sound
>> more like 100 watts and verticals than KW's and yagis or vertical arrays...
>> Have them in the log on 30 and 40. On 30 they were just a whisper. Last
>> night on 40 they had fair signals for 2-3 hours. They often moved their
>> transmit frequency a bit to avoid the idiots, but with listening weren't
>> too
>> hard to find. After I got them on 40, I listened and heard them on 80. I
>> could hear them, but too weak to call. I have a low inverted V on 80. Since
>> their daylight hours and our daylight hours are almost opposite it makes it
>> difficult for propagation. I am surprised only 11% of their QSO's so far
>> are
>> on 20 meters. 20 is always the money band. I think we might have prop on 20
>> short path in the evenings and long path in the mornings our time. 30 and
>> 40
>> long path in the mornings is also a possibility.
>> 
>>  Just for grins, I went back in my log to see when I had worked VK0IR. It
>> has been publicized that they were the last DXpedition to Heard, in 1997. I
>> found the following log entries:
>> 
>> VK0IR   17Jan97   0034Z    14SSB
>> 
>> VK0IR   18Jan97   1910Z     21CW
>> 
>> VK0IR   25Jan97  0237Z     14CW
>> 
>>  I don't remember where we were in the sunspot cycle back then, but looks
>> like 20 meters in the evening was a good time...
>> 
>>  I figured VK0IR was probably my QSO for a new one, but upon further log
>> checking I found I had also worked VK0CW and VK0HI.
>> 
>> VK0CW   2Feb83   0059Z    14CW
>> 
>> VK0HI    2Feb83   0226Z    14SSB
>> 
>>  So, I also worked them in the evening on 20 meters... Interesting... Wow,
>> 1983, I really am an old timer... Anybody else work them or the Jim Smith
>> expedition in 83?
>> 
>>  Good Luck to everyone. Hope you get them in the log. This is a hard
>> one...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jeff - K5WE
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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