[OKDXA] Need QSL Some Advice...

[Mark Beckwith]

Don't assume long or short path, right?  That shot has a nasty way of 
going either way depending on how it feels, with little rhyme or 
reason.  If you haven't tried it, turn the beam around and see if it 
changes anything.

73 - Mark N5OT


On 2021-08-02 1:54 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
> That's sorta what I figured about the VU2. I see CW VUs spotted the 
> evening but I never hear them; maybe as we get closer to the equinox!
>
> Yes, I know FT8 is the newest thing, but... I just got myself a Begali 
> Simplex, so I gotta use it ;) I have to say that there really is a 
> nice difference between it and my Bencher BY1.
>
> 73,
>
> Kim N5OP
>
> On 8/2/2021 1:31 PM, Jeff Martin wrote:
>> Hi Kim,
>>    As much as I hate to say it, you're gonna have to set the key 
>> aside and type on the keyboard, work them on FT8. I see lots of VU's 
>> on 20, 17, even 40 on FT8... Whatever it takes, DX Is!
>>    As far as your March 2002 QSO, you are probably throwing your 
>> money away at this point... Work another one...
>>
>> 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: Monday, August 02, 2021 1:15 PM
>> To: Oklahoma DX Association
>> Subject: [OKDXA] Need QSL Some Advice...
>>
>> I have, so far, not heard any of the VU spots that come across in the
>> evening. I have a few (three) VU QSO's, but no QSLs. My most recent VU
>> QSO is VU2RAK, who has a QRZ.COM presence and appears in the reverse
>> beacon network. The QSO is from March 2002 and I show that I sent a QSL
>> with a couple of dollars to him in January 2004. But I never received
>> anything back, not even a "SRI NOT IN LOG." Should I try one more time
>> or, instead, simply wait for a new VU QSO?
>>
>> 73 & CU in the Pileups,
>>
>> Kim N5OP
>>