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Had this Japan station calling qrz at 2:15 PM my time (PST) today. 10/20 over 9.
I could NOT understand that boy. His English was poor at best, and his accent...reminded me of some of the Super Dave BS of days past.
They never slow down either, they just rip along like they can be perfectly understood.
Thank god for phonetic, at least I was able to figure out his call after the 3rd time.
I miss working JAs on 10.
The last time I did it was in 2005; approximately this time of year. The rig which accomplished the feat - a Swan Astro - is now en route to its new owner.
Worked a JA on 20m PSK31 this afternoon. That's less of a trick from my QTH, though.
I've made J* contacts before, in fact they are rather dependable here on 17 around 2 PM.
I kept having a problem with one of my first contacts there a couple years ago. The station had difficulty with my phonetic attempts at giving my call.
He finally gets it and with a (aren't you strange) in his voice says "Oh you mean Japan!" (I was using Juliet).
Js, Vs and Bs are a bit more of a challenge on this end of the blanket. Got some VKs in the book on the new wire, but have yet to stumble across any Js or Bs since around 2006 or so. Today I got a QSL card from Togo, however. Seem to have had a spate of Aferker (as JFK used to say it) on the air since I put the new wire up.
Worked an alleged EA8 station (Canary Islands) last week but his signal was so strong it made me wonder if he really was from there.
He's on an island in the middle of a salt water ocean. Yes, he can be that strong.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
I'm gonna start calling you Burt...... :roll:
Yeah, but most of Europe is a pisser for the Left Coast. ;) :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by W3MIV
He's also 6,000 miles away from me with only half that distance being over water. Considering the band conditions have been less than ideal for DX lately and that I wasn't getting a single other DX station that night, it just made me wonder.
Who and when?Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Considering conditions lately, it's quite possible. When the bands open, ZL8X sounds almost like he's next door.
Japan and Russia are easy up here. Reaching Europe from up here is difficult and Africa is very, very hard.
EA8ALD, Jose Miguel Beby Garcia. 22 November, 04:00z. He came back to my CQ, which is sort of unusual--DX stations rarely answer a CQ from Six Land--and was what made me wonder. I'm not saying categorically that it was a fake, only that I found the entire thing rather...different than any other DX contact I've ever made before.Quote:
Originally Posted by W3WN
I used to work Las Islas Canarias on 11 ssb with 18 watts. Also New Caledonia, Philippines, S Africa. I have a shoe box in my dad's attic full of qsl cards, coins, & patches from around the world.
You never know, Carl.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
I worked ZS3E (Now V51E) on 10 meters calling CQ from DVC (Diablo Valley College). The guy was way cool. Spent the whole qso complaining about having to change his callsign the next day because Namibia was going to be independent. I talked to the guy for a long time. He kept telling breakers to fuck off because he was talking to me, yes actually talking, not the 5/9 pse qso bullshit.
Damn. That was 1990.
Yeah, Mike. Russia is probably 146.52 contact range for you:giggity::bbh:Quote:
Originally Posted by al2n
Hell, he can see Russia from his front porch. Of course it's easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by W7XF