[OKDXA] Digi on 17

[Jeff Martin]

Hi Doug,
   Have you heard them on 20? I haven't seen any indication anywhere that 
they have been on 20. Traditionally, 20 meters is the money band for 
DXpeditions. That's always where the most QSOs are made... Here in the 
central US, we would have good prop on 20 in the evenings short path and 
probably excellent prop long path in the mornings. I was hearing FT8WW 
from 8AM until Noon local nearly every day on 20 long path. Given that 
their QTH is on the SE corner of the island, behind mountains in the 
short path direction to NA, long path might be better. It's a big 
mystery to me why they are not on 20... I bet 95% of their QSOs have 
been with EU and JA... All we can do is keep trying, keep listening I 
guess...
73,
Jeff - K5WE

------ Original Message ------
>From "N4IJ" <dougn4ij at gmail.com>
To "Jeff Martin" <jeffk5we at gmail.com>; "Oklahoma DX Association" 
<okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Date 2/9/2023 5:04:24 PM
Subject Re: [OKDXA] Digi on 17

>I decoded them last night for a couple of minutes around 10.144. It 
>wasn't long after \that they
>qsy'ed to cw. That was late my time about 0600Z. Very brief decode. He 
>did qsy to 10.115 and was
>weak but able to copy.
>
>Right now (2300Z) I can copy them if the idiots on his freq would shut 
>up. With all the qrm I can't
>bother even calling.
>
>So far - from NC with dipoles and tribander, I have only heard him on 
>30m.  Lots of EU pileups.
>Based on my FT8WW experience I thought I might be able to work him on 
>20m cw but nada.
>
>73 Doug N4IJ
>
>On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 4:18 PM Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com> wrote:
>>Right now there are US stations calling 3Y0J on both 18.107 and 
>>18.112.
>>I don't see 3Y0J on either frequency... As a matter of fact, I have
>>never decoded 3Y0J on any band/frequency on FT8...
>>
>>Have fun...
>>
>>73,
>>Jeff - K5WE
>>
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