Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/

2006-04-20 Thread Jan Erik Holm
Be glad it´s only 56 degs, I´m at 66 degs and I´ll tell you it´s no kids game. However VU4 is easy from here, even so I had to spend 45 minutes calling a VU4 on 30m before I got him, go figure why since my antenna on 30 is decent and I tried every trick in the book. 73 Jim SM2EKM ---

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/

2006-04-19 Thread Peter W2IRT
At 16:36 04/19/06, WC7N wrote: Was just looking at the great circle for Andaman Island and it really looks tough from anywhere in the U.S. I guess my QTH is just about as good as it can get from the US but even then the path cuts across Alaska, North of the Kamchatka Pen. down through China

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/

2006-04-19 Thread WC7N
Enjoyed reading your e-mail Pete. Prop seem to be right on for me except for 17 meters. It is funny as I have yet to hear them there. This morning I saw a lot of spots for them on 17 but was still to early hear. 124.24W. Boy they sure have been booming in on 30 meters here. Problem is as

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/

2006-04-19 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
--- Peter W2IRT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At my QTH (about 25 miles west of NYC) they're audible only from about 1300 to 1900 (short path) at anything above noise/ESP level. Sigs peak, just as W6EL predicts, 1630-1730ish (UTC). I got them on 17 CW/SSB and 20 SSB all between 1600 and 1645

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/

2006-04-19 Thread Peter W2IRT
At 18:07 04/19/06, Tom Wylie wrote: Well, now you know what its like for us guys to work Kure or Kermadec or Banaba. Was Kure really that difficult for west-coast of Europe? Looks like 40, 30 and 20 had decent propagation (at least according to the software). From ZL8 to GM, yeah, using

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/

2006-04-19 Thread Russell Kellam Jr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX-CHAT dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:36 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/ Was just looking at the great circle for Andaman Island and it really looks tough from anywhere in the U.S. I guess my QTH is just about as good as it can get from the US

RE: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/

2006-04-19 Thread Peter Penta
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Kellam Jr Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 7:25 PM To: WC7N; DX-CHAT Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/ VU4AN/VU3CHE was 5/0 on 17 meter SSB today at 1150 EST in SE Va. He was workable by the numbers but spent very short time on any

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/

2006-04-19 Thread WC7N
Maybe you just have to understand what CW repeat CW iss - Original Message - From: Russell Kellam Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WC7N [EMAIL PROTECTED]; DX-CHAT dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX chat] VU4AN/ VU4AN/VU3CHE was 5/0 on 17