[OKDXA] VP8PJ

[Kim Elmore]

I worked them on 40 the first night of ops (late Feb 22 local, mid-day Feb 23 UTC). I could hear them on 80 last night barely well enough to work and was at it for about an hour with zero luck. I’m surprised at how poor the signals are, too. 

73,

Kim N5OP 

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

> On Feb 24, 2020, at 8:23 PM, Jeff Martin <jeffmartin at valornet.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gary,
> I've worked them on 20 FT8 and 30 CW. Signals are surprisingly poor
> overall. The VDA antennas don't seem to be cutting the mustard... Best sigs
> have been on 30 meters. Heard them this evening on 40 CW and FT8 for a
> couple hours and they quit. Good sigs on 40, they just haven't been on much.
> Daytime prop on 20, 17, 15 all pretty poor so far... This one looks like
> it's going to be a lot harder to work than I expected... Hearing them right
> now on 3.523 working mostly Europeans. Just barely out of the noise on 80,
> not really loud enough to call with my dipole... Good luck, hope you get
> them...
> 
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of GARYLM at kiamichiwb.org
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 7:21 PM
> To: OKDXA
> Subject: [OKDXA] VP8PJ
> 
> ANYONE HAD ANY LUCK WORKING SOUTH ORKNEY VP8PJ YET?  HEARING THEM BEST ON
> 30M, HEARD THEM WORK W5IF, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH PILEUP YET.
> THEY FADE OUT AROUND 0050Z HERE FOR ME ON 30M.
> THE TU5PCT IS PRETTY EASY TO WORK.
> GOOD LUCK ALL
> 73 WQ5R - GARY
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