[OKDXA] KH1/KH7Z

[Kim Elmore]

Alas! I didn’t get up soon enough. Have they been heard here on 10 m?

See you in the pileups!

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Jul 3, 2018, at 10:15, Jeff Martin <jeffmartin at valornet.com> wrote:
> 
>  I did hear them on 160 this morning, and worked them on 160 FT8 at 10:28Z... They are supposed to be on 5.357 FT8 tonight.  So, I am out in the yard working on my 60 meter dipole... hi... they are starting tear down tomorrow. Couple more days and they are gone... Good luck...
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2018 8:22 AM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: [OKDXA] KH1/KH7Z
> 
> 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
> 
> -- 
> 
> 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./
> 
> 
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