[OKDXA] TX7T 15 m NOW

[Kim Elmore]

I had been listening for about 10 min and there was lots of slow QSB: he 
would rise out of the noise and be about 479, then, then rise out again. 
He seemed as strong as I'd heard him so I gave him a call hoping I'd 
catch a crest. I apparently did and got him the first try. I dropped a 
spot and then sent the message. My QSO time was 2316 UTC and I see that 
my reflector message made it back to me at 2330 UTC -- I kept mistyping 
stuff so it took me 3-4 min after my QSO to get it out. I can only guess 
it was a very brief opening since my propagation prediction software 
(essentially VOACAP) showed that I should expect the path to decline in 
quality pretty fast.

In any event, I've only ever heard them on 15 m in the late afternoon at 
my QTH, so that seems to be the time to listen.

73 and here's to an opening on 80 m!

Kim N5OP

On 11/10/2019 5:38 PM, PERRY JENKINS via OKDXA wrote:
> Not a peep in Yukon, OK
>
> Perry N5PJ
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 10, 2019, at 17:20, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> ???TX7T: 21.024.02 QSX 21025.14
>>
>> Propagation predictions showing them peaking about now with a rapid decline.
>>
>> Not strong here AT ALL, but using 1500 W they responded first call. Either they aren't busy or it's a VERY non-reciprocal path.
>>
>> 73, Kim N5OP
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>>
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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./