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Originally Posted by wm3o

so the bands will continue to fall into the hands of the great unwashed and jamming and poor operating will continue unabated because of it. good thing we can retreat to the CW portions which will be immune to such problems.

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Do I detect a note of sarcasm there, bunky?

In any event, if you want to talk about this, let's not hijack this thread. Create a new one, please.

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Originally Posted by N7YA

I havent heard them in days...i havent even heard any pileups for them. Last time i did hear them, it wasnt loud, but the pileup was snarling. Im getting a little nervous that i may miss this operation completely. The best signals i heard from them were last week on 15 and 17, about 579 peak. No way i was breaking that wall, however. The bands are all but dead here at the moment. Absolutely terrible conditions this cycle, im working stuff, but its been a dud so far.


Kind of a bummer. Theres still 6 days left, hopefully i can catch them in the open before the masses and lids decend on them.

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It's sort of like retail stores....location, location, location. This cycle hasn't been stellar, but I've put 13 all time new ones in the log since putting an antenna up in late January.

Interesting write up by CNN on Socotra.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/04/travel...?iref=obinsite

Let's see if they get it right this time.

7O6T 05/11/2012 17M 21:58

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Originally Posted by KJ3N

Let's see if they get it right this time.

7O6T 05/11/2012 17M 21:58

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Frequency?

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Originally Posted by KA9MOT

Frequency?

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18.145/155

Grassy ass mi amigo!

Ahhhh.... I hear nothing but noise.....think I'll set here all night until I hear something!

Ah, Steve, I hate to tell you this...

Finally got them tonight. 15 CW right before UTC midnight, 20 CW shortly thereafter.

No jammers tonight, at least not when I was on. Pileups had thinned out. In fact, I worked them twice on 20... the first time, I accidentally dropped a dit on my call, and I couldn't get them to correct it, but I got them again a few minutes later.

Now, I do have to admit that I wasn't at my shack. I was over at Bill W3WH's, helping him recover his laptop data, and he had his K3 on. He got them for the first time yesterday, and picked up a few more band slots today, so what the heck. The good news is, I have a witness! I think he was more thrilled about it than I was!

Hang in there.

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Originally Posted by KJ3N

Let's see if they get it right this time.

7O6T 05/11/2012 17M 21:58

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Looks like they got it right this time. Online log confirmed.

Finally, got through mobile

100 watts on 20m from the car, 5/9