[OKDXA] KH1/KH7Z

[Kim Elmore]

I was hoping for a repeat on the 160 m opening yesterday morning, but no 
luck. However, I worked them on 15 m last night at around 0400 UTC on 
100 W and again  on 40 m this morning, around 1200 UTC, all CW. The pile 
on 40 was pretty big, though relatively well behaved, but I ran 1.5 kW 
because, well... I was impatient. They were using a big split -- about 
7.5 kHz. Signals were good, but I again had trouble spotting the 
stations they were working. On 20, they seemed to be following a 
pattern, working their way methodically up and down through the pile, 
which makes them easier to work. But I couldn't detect any such pattern 
on 15 m or 40 m. I suppose I need a band scope...

These guys are getting easier to work by the day and they're good ops. 
Counting my prior AH1A QSOs in 1993, I have them on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 
and 12 m. If I could get them on 10, 30, and 160, I'd have all the boxes 
checked! Because of my schedule, though, I doubt that I'll hear them on 
10 m or 160, but 30 m is a possibility before they QRT.

See you in the pileups!

Kim N5OP

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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it 
doesn’t matter who said it./