[OKDXA] VU4W

[Robert Redmon]

Coy, I am just a youngster….closing on 76. 

73 es gud DX

Bob

> On May 11, 2022, at 2:53 PM, N5OK <coyday62 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> 
> Me too.  My 82nd birthday is next Saturday...
> 
> 
> Coy C Day, N5OK
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> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 1:54 PM Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I heard some of that, Jeff. How I long for simple systems of code (like
>> cw). Makes dxing more fun and fulfilling. More strategy and timing. Less
>> random wasted rf. Usually takes less time to make a contact, too. I must be
>> getting old, caring more for form than (perceived) function. I really
>> appreciate JT’s efforts in developing weak signal systems, but as used
>> today the FT variants rarely rely on qrp (etc) and small stations rarely
>> get through if the dx is at all rare. I guess I am just getting old.
>> 
>> Bob K5SM
>> 
>>> On May 11, 2022, at 12:14 PM, Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've been listening to VU4W for the last 1.5 hours, beginning about
>> 10:30 local on 14.090 FT8. He is just now fading into the sunset... Had
>> good copy for nearly an hour and a half. I called and called, but alas no
>> QSO. I have worked him on 17 FT8 and 15 CW but thought I would try 20 since
>> he was coming in so good. He was working mostly Europe and an occasional
>> W... This time, he was definitely not F/H, he was transmitting on the 2nd
>> sequence. He was using two streams, the first starting about 988 Hz. So,
>> calling stations could call him above or below his frequency, and some
>> did... The amazing thing to me was how many stations called him on HIS
>> sequence. I mean, it's impossible to hear him if you call him at the same
>> time he is transmitting, right? And you can't work 'em if you can't hear
>> 'em, right? Why is this principal so difficult to understand??  Hi...
>>> 
>>> DX Is!
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Jeff - K5WE
>>> 
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