[SADXA] K5P on 3.525

[Jim W]

On 1/21/2016 6:36 AM, Jerry wrote:
> Man, you waited up for them. I gave up when I saw them earlier on SSB, 
> and I was hunting for them on 160 of which they were nonexistent all 
> evening in the western US. I did pick up a new one on 160 with Uruguay 
> however in the hunt and also worked into Europe on 160 which has not 
> happened in many months. But 3:40 in the morning? that will be hard.:-)
>
> On 1/21/2016 3:40 AM, Jim W wrote:
>> They're a legitimate 599+.  I got them with my second call at 3.527
>>
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>
>
Well, you picked up a new one on 160 so it was a productive night. I 
gave up on them on 30m around 9:00 PM, since the pileup was too big.  I 
could hear many hundreds calling, so imagine what they heard on their 
side.  80m was pretty dormant at that time as well.  So I got some 
sleep, woke up around 3:00 AM and heard them booming in on 80m.  I could 
only hear about 20 stations calling, so I found the JA pileup frequency 
and trusted the propagation path to put my signal above them.  It worked.

Now I move on to VP8STI.  I have three QSOs on 17m and 20m in the log, 
but I especially want them on the lower bands.  Late tonight and early 
tomorrow morning I'll be looking for them on 30, 40, and 80.  My 80m 
dipole is deaf on 160, so I'm not going to concern myself with that 
band.  Maybe next year.  This year I'm after my DXCC on 30 and 80, and 
to get even closer to the Honor Roll.  With the South Sandwich ATNO in 
the bag there are just two more to go.

See you at the club meeting.

Jim