[OKDXA] VP6R 80 m

[Kimberly Elmore]

 Thanks, John! 
Serendipity is my friend: it was late and 80 m was long; I couldn't hear most of the pileup. I was done with unproductive working at home, and so quickly checked spots and saw VP6R on 80. I've gotten them on 160 (I was amazed I got them at all) and thought I had them on 80, but didn't. They weren't busy at all and seemed to be going at pretty leisurely pace. So, I tuned up the amp, plugged in the last split I saw, and dropped my call once. After a brief pause, they called me! I was pretty surprised and quite happy.
I use an off-center fed vertical dipole for 80 m DX (a Force 12 Sigma 80, no longer made). I've found that it's not very good for stateside stuff; for that I use an inverted Vee (40 ft apex).
73,
Kim N5OP
    On Thursday, October 31, 2019, 01:02:41 PM CDT, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Congrats Kim!  I still need VP6 on 80 meters, but last night their FT8
frequency was covered up by some noise I have here.  That was the first
time I aw them being spotted on 80m FT8 at a decent hour.  I did get them
on 160m FT8 last night for a new band country.  Given my lousy antenna for
the low bands, that was truly amazing!

73 John W5TD

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 12:32 AM Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> First call: 3523.0; QSX 3524.2
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