[OKDXA] VU4W

[Jeff Martin]

Sorry for your loss Mac...

73,
Jeff - K5WE


------ Original Message ------
>From "K2GKK D C_Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>; "n5ok at arrl.net" 
<n5ok at arrl.net>
Date 5/11/2022 8:56:13 PM
Subject Re: [OKDXA] VU4W

>Wife Judy's 82nd was Valentine's Day.  She died
>on Good Friday, the day before my 84th birthday.
>
>I sure miss my best friend!
>
>Mac, K2GKK
>
>________________________________
>From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of N5OK <coyday62 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 14:53
>To: Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [OKDXA] VU4W
>
>Bob,
>
>Me too.  My 82nd birthday is next Saturday...
>
>
>Coy C Day, N5OK
>20685 SW 29
>Union City, OK 73090
>H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
>n5ok at arrl.net
>
>
>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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