[SADXA] 9LY1JM

[Richard Schmidt]

OK - I did go figure and here it is: (1) the band was open (2) you had a good enough path (3) even if your vertical is a compromise antenna (maybe too short like most 160 verticals are) you had a reasonably low angle of radiation going for you (4) 500 watts is nothing to sneeze at - it certainly got your signal where you wanted it to go arriving high enough above the noise level that the op at their end could hear you well enough to  make the QSO (5) the DX gods smiled upon you - that means you lucked out 🙂 (6) you have good operating skills (7) you are one of “the deserving” - an attitude and mentality in the DX community that is arrogant beyond belief - it also scores a zero on the scale of things which matter - all IMHO. (8) now, having said all of those things, any way you look at it, you did OK. Congrats mi amigo.

I doubt if you have any idea who I am. I am a member of SADXA, am so small of a pistol that derringer should be my name, and I show up at SADXA meetings from time to time - I even had my picture taken there once.



> On Jan 14, 2019, at 3:15 PM, Alan Komenski <akomenski at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Nice catch on 160m, Wes.
> 
> Alan - AC2K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sadxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sadxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wes Stewart
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 2:51 PM
> To: SADXA <sadxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [SADXA] 9LY1JM
> 
> I've been chasing this expedition on various bands for several days.  Two nights ago I called them for hours on 160 CW only to hear them answer nothing but EU.
> 
> Last night at about 0435Z I saw them spotted on 160 RTTY for goodness sake.  I made about three calls and worked them!  I started having thoughts that it might be a pirate but they recently updated Clublog and there is my RTTY QSO.  Pretty amazing.
> 
> The serious Topband guys swear that you can't work DX without a dedicated low-noise RX antenna and the legal limit.  I'm using my vertical TX antenna on RX and 500W.  Go figure.
> 
> Wes  N7WS
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