[SADXA] Message from VP6D

[dyarnes]

Yep, I saw that!  Too bad.  I was still hoping to catch them on 80 CW even though I don’t have an antenna for 80!!!  

Well, I didn’t do as well as some, but I did get them on 17 band slots.  Maybe the most fun was working them on RTTY without a computer—just CW input using my K3.  No FT8 here either.  Otherwise, the only slots I missed between 10 and 40 were 10 SSB and RTTY, and 12 RTTY.  I just never seemed to catch them at the right time.  

They had a good run, though, despite conditions that weren’t all that great.  Over 120,000 QSO’s—not a record, but a big number.  What makes me smile the most is that nearly 56% of that total is CW!!!  CW was actually running a fraction higher until the last day when there was a surge of digi QSO’s—I suspect mostly FT8!  SSB QSO’s were lest than 24% of the total.  When VP6DX was in operation back in 2008 CW and SSB were about equal at around 47%.  So, my conclusion is that CW is still alive and well!  Hi.

Anyway, I’m hoping we will have a first hand presentation at one of our upcoming club meetings from Gene, K5GS, who is a local, and one of the co-team leaders for VP6D.  Unfortunately I don’t know him, but I bet several of you do.  

Cheers!

Dave W7AQK



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From: Jim Wysocki
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 9:39 AM
To: Southern AZ DX Association E-Mail Reflector
Subject: [SADXA] Message from VP6D

This is published on their real-time QSO web page:

2018-10-31 16:04:08Z: Due to an expected worsening in landing 
conditions, we are going to close the VP6D radio operation shortly. 
Thanks to everyone who tried to contact us, we look forward to seeing 
you in another pileup in the future. 73 from VP6D

Jim W9FI

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