[SADXA] DX Ladder

[Wes (N7WS)]

On 1/31/2015 11:59 AM, Jerry wrote:
> After I put that email out I got curious and checked. That morning they had a 
> good signal, but the whole west end of the country was calling them, most 
> never made it as they were very slow and obviously having much trouble getting 
> the calls out of the mess. I had to call three times before they had my call 
> right. Gees.
>
> Thanks for checking,
> Jerry
On my low dipole they were not very strong and I didn't hold out much hope.  So 
success was due to superior operating skill :-) and putting myself on a 
frequency where they were listening and no one else was transmitting.  The 
panadapter is a big help.

I was sure I worked them but they submitted their log to LoTW after our QSO and 
I wasn't confirmed.  It was probably a day later when the QSO was confirmed, so 
they were obviously behind in their submissions.

If you ever looked at their web page you could read about their tribulations and 
the downtime while they placated the "authorities."  There was a lot of griping 
about the operation, but after reading that stuff I think they did a pretty good 
job.  Of course only about 10% of their Qs were with NA, so that added to the noise.

It was a new band/mode for me so I never really tried to work them elsewhere.  
Let the other guys have a chance.