FWIW, the count of different calls with which 3Y0X has been spotted on
DX Summit is now up to at least five, not counting 3Y0X...

Got 'em on 20CW about an hour ago.

Lucked out. Heard the op send not just "UP" but "UP 2" -- it so happens
my rig is set up such that if I hit SPLIT it automatically sets up a
2KHz split. Punched it once to clear the "wrong" split, again to get it
on +2, hit the paddles -- and worked 'em on the second call.

Sometimes you just get luckygrin!
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Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
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Dear Doug: Something much like that happened to me. While trying to
contact them on 15 CW (where they were just weak) I punched in the 24 MHz
SSB frequency (where they were too weak to work in a pileup) only to hear an
announcement (by the operator) of the frequency where the operator was going
to listen. It would have been futile to have tried in a pile up. I gave
him a 34 (or some such) and he replied that I was a "true" 59. Hard to
explain.

73 Mac N8TT

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"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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FWIW, the count of different calls with which 3Y0X has been spotted on
DX Summit is now up to at least five, not counting 3Y0X...

Got 'em on 20CW about an hour ago.

Lucked out. Heard the op send not just "UP" but "UP 2" -- it so happens
my rig is set up such that if I hit SPLIT it automatically sets up a
2KHz split. Punched it once to clear the "wrong" split, again to get it
on +2, hit the paddles -- and worked 'em on the second call.

Sometimes you just get luckygrin!
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Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

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http://www.w9wi.com/articles/4sale.htm

Dear Doug: please see comment below...

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J. Mc Laughlin wrote:


snip

The place with the worst propagation path from here is VU4.

Agreed. (not sure where in 8-land you are but I'm probably not much
more than 1000km from your QTH) When the VU4 was on a bit over a year
ago, I heard them an entire once, and again not strong enough to work.
I hear there's going to be an Indian national amateur radio convention
on VU4 later this year & operations will be permitted. Hopefully
propagation will cooperate!

I am located well out in the country in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. (A
troll because I am below The Bridge.) The nearest large city is Flint.

I had the same experience with the last VU4 group (December 2004). I heard
them well enough to be almost certain of call signs about twice for a few
tens of seconds. I have a quiet location - well, most of the time, P-noise
can be a major problem - and one can take to the bank that they (VU4) were
weak.
I was invited to give a paper in April, but I am not in shape to do such
a thing in person. Several other members of my department are also radio
amateurs, but they too are not able to go. In this modern age, I will
present electronically. We all hope that those who attend with licenses and
antennas will be effective with the path our way right through the magnetic
pole. Have you heard of a group with a track-record that proposes to
attend?

73 Mac N8TT

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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

Win wrote:

Well, I have to say, Doug, that's hardly surprising when the
DXpedition is listening in a QSX band 25 kHz wide! In fact, their SSB
station was announcing that it was "listening 7205 to 7250". What
chance does that give to other band users?

73 de G3NYY

Gee, 45 KHz to accomplish what could be done in 2 to 3 KHz on CW.

J. Mc Laughlin wrote:
I am located well out in the country in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. (A
troll because I am below The Bridge.) The nearest large city is Flint.

OK, about as far away as you can be in 8-land without being a
Yoopergrin! I was invited to give a paper in April, but I am
not in shape to do such
a thing in person. Several other members of my department are also radio
amateurs, but they too are not able to go. In this modern age, I will
present electronically. We all hope that those who attend with
licenses and
antennas will be effective with the path our way right through the
magnetic


I had the same experience with the last VU4 group (December 2004). I heard
them well enough to be almost certain of call signs about twice for a few
tens of seconds. I have a quiet location - well, most of the time, P-noise
can be a major problem - and one can take to the bank that they (VU4) were
weak.

Yep. My QTH is also usually quite quiet, so a signal has to be awfully
weak to be weaker than the noisegrin!

pole. Have you heard of a group with a track-record that proposes to
attend?

I've not. It is, however, still early & there's time for things to change!

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Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:13:25 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI
wrote:


(and while it's scant consolation, note that the ops who CQ w/o
listening are NOT the ones who end up in the Top 10 box when it's all
over...)

Sorry to burst your bubble, Doug, but I did hear some top ten guys
CQing on or very close to the 3Y.
73,
Barry W2UP
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"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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Dan/W4NTI wrote:
Any chance you guys that have worked them or even heard them could put it
on here so the rest of the folks could stand a chance.

Seems every time I get on where there supposed to be the signals are poor
to say the least.

They've been plenty loud on 30m (I forget where - 10103?) and 40m (7023)
fairly often. Just keep a watch on those frequencies. Unfortunately the
pileup behavior has also been worst on those frequencies.

They were a lot weaker (but still well within the capability of your
station) on 15 and 17m, where the piles were a lot better-behaved. 21023
may be worth staking out.

I heard them here on 12 meters but nowhere near well enough to work.


17 has been the easy band from out here in the NW.

In fact, they were calling CQ on 18.143 a bit ago,
with no takers and a good signal

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... Hank

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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
J. Mc Laughlin wrote:

pole. Have you heard of a group with a track-record that proposes to
attend?

I've not. It is, however, still early & there's time for things to change!

http://www.dl7df.com/


Peter Lemken
DF5JT
Berlin

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Paul Lincke ist dem Zille sein Milhaud.

(Harry Rowohlt)

Has yours?

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Charlie-AD5TH
www.deepsouthnet.net


"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:58:38 -0600, "Charlie" wrote:

Is ALL you do is ****, moan, bitch, cry, complain, bellyache and whine
about
Ham Radio?

Have you considered stamp collecting? Geeez Louise.......
Give it a f__king rest - OK pal???

Has your tower fallen down yet, Charlie?
;-)

73 de G3NYY

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Dear Peter and Doug:

Thanks for the notes.

I expect a few more people will go to VU4. All it takes is a group that
knows what it is doing and some propagation. With a group from Europe and
(so I have heard) a group from NA, each area should get a shot at a contact.
I hope that the duration of the licenses is greater than two or three days.

73 Mac N8TT

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"Peter Lemken" wrote in message
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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
J. Mc Laughlin wrote:

pole. Have you heard of a group with a track-record that proposes to
attend?

I've not. It is, however, still early & there's time for things to
change!

http://www.dl7df.com/


Peter Lemken
DF5JT
Berlin