[OKDXA] DX Lately

[Roger Simpson]

Kim:

I don’t have the best antenna system but I’m able to at least hear the A25 in Botswana. And I have worked him once. 

But I have not even heard a peep out of the VK9 station even though there are current spots for  him on the DX Summit.  However, right now as I type this there are two spots back to back on the Cluster. One is a self-spot by VK9CE saying “here I am on 21091 FT8 F/H” and then a few minutes later a spot from mainland Australia saying “I don’t hear a peep from the VK9”.   There are quite a few spots saying “I don’t hear the VK9” from various locations around the world. I’m listening now on 21091 F/H and I don’t see anything on the spectrum display that is part of the WSJT-X software. I am beaming to VK9 at a bearing of 325 degrees which goes right over Japan on the way to Cocos Keeling. It is a long haul path. 

Cluster chatter says the VK9 is running verticals. Has anyone worked the VK9? If so, when and on what freq?  

73   Roger  K5RKS 

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From: Kim Elmore
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 9:20 PM
To: Oklahoma DX Association
Subject: [OKDXA] DX Lately

I've been stoopud busy and not much on the radio, but when I am I 
configure my internet cluster to show me spots only from NA stations, 
since I probably can't hear what EU hears. It's been very quiet, 
especially during the day. Since I'm working from home, I have my 
cluster software set to send me a CW "attention" pro-sign (_._._), when 
something I need shows up. I haven't been much interrupted from work now 
for quite a while...

72 & CU in the pileups,

Kim N5OP

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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)

/"A great second violinist plays second fiddle to no one." //– Robert C. 
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