[OKDXA] Where's the DX?

[NE5SD - Steve Duskin]

I have been trying to get DX with phone and FT8.  However, over the last
few months, due to schedules (mine and theirs) and pileups, some of the
rares I was only able to get FT8.  LOL, I will take what I can get...

73

-Steve.
NE5SD


On Tue, Oct 31, 2023, 1:17 PM John Carson <wb5q2k at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just a quick thought here. Seems most every report I read is a contact in a
> digital mode.
> What if I am hooked on “traditional HF”, as in point to point with a good
> antenna system and a decent radio with a decent amount of power. I rather
> enjoy the challenge of working like stations across the world. Am I just a
> Luddite refusing to change for the sake of change or what?
>
> Should I just ditch the old high power rigs and move to digital? Humm, what
> if in a time of need for whatever reason (EME’s, satellite issues etc.) the
> internet malfunctions and we are left to the “traditional “ ways of
> communicating via amateur radio, will some of us be able to fire up the
> “old” equipment and be there for our fellow man.
>
> I am not saying, “ let’s bring back spark gap”, merely let’s use and avail
> ourselves of all this hobby has to offer. I only have 197 countries all on
> HF, but I have a goal to get as many as I can, maybe with luck and a little
> help from ol Sol.
> Turn off the digital and fire up the HF rigs and dig out your contacts,
> could be a challange, could be fun…
>
> Just my thoughts,
>
> 73,
>
> John Carson wb5q
> Norman, OK
> Eagle Nest, NM
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 11:47 AM JOHN GEIGER via OKDXA <
> okdxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> > ZL7 is sure getting activated a lot recently.  Yemen will sure be fun.73
> > John AF5CC Sent using Zoho Mail ---- On Tue,31 Oct 2023 17:27:07 -0500
> > jeffk5we at gmail.com  wrote ----Good Morning OKDXA...
> >
> >    In case you were wondering, "Where's the DX?"... Here is a brief list
> > of what is coming up in the next week or so....
> >
> > 7O8AD (CW/FT8) & 7O8AE (SSB) - Yemen - 11/3 to 11/16 - 100w, vertical
> > antennas - Ken LA7GIA
> >
> > VK9QO - Cocos Keeling - 4 JA ops 11/3 to 11/7
> >
> > TJ9MD - Cameroon - 14 ops 11/3 to 11/15
> >
> > A25R - Botswana - Currently active thru 11/13
> >
> > H40RH - Temotu - JH4RHF 11/1 to 11/9 pending transportation - CW
> >
> > 4W8X - Timor Leste - 20 Ops - Beginning 11/5
> >
> > YJ0TT - Vanuatu - 6 Ops - thru 11/3
> >
> > E51JAN - N. Cook - 1 more week
> >
> > ZL7/SP5EAQ - Chatham - 2 wks from 10/20 - SSB
> >
> > ZL7IO - Chatham - Holger back on the island. Active when not at work.
> >
> > PR0T - Trindade & Martim Vaz - 3 Days in Nov - Exact Dates unknown
> >
> > TX7L - Marquesas - 11/4 to 11/19
> >
> > ZL7A - Chatham - JA team 11/9 to 11/22
> >
> > And there are probably others I have forgotten...
> >
> >
> > Have Fun... DX Is!
> >
> > 73,
> > Jeff - K5WE
> >
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