Congrats on the 95 percent success rate. This reminds me of the QSOs VE7SB (I think I remember that call right) and VK3ZL did. They managed to make QSOs like everyday for over a year I believe. Someone else on the list might remember the details better than I can.
Tree N6TR On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Don Kirk <wd8...@gmail.com> wrote: > For those of you that have been getting up early each morning to listen for > LU5OM, just wanted to let you know that we have reached the end of our year > long test. Manuel (LU5OM) and I (WD8DSB) are pretty worn out getting up > almost every morning (0845 UTC) for one year. Manuel will still continue > to be very active on 160 meters as he closes in on his DXCC, but our > official schedule has ceased. > > As previously reported, our test turned out to be very interesting in that > I was able to copy Manuel at least 95% of the days that I listened > (including my summer months with lots of lightning crashes), with copy > meaning I could copy his call sign and hear him say he was calling CQ. Our > path is almost a true North/South path (actually 160 degrees) at a distance > of 4700 miles. For the majority of our test Manuel used a top loaded > vertical (currently 64 foot tall) and 500 watts. My RX situation is a small > pennant (51.6% of full size) using one W7IUV preamp, an old Kenwood TS-180s > with 500 Hz filter and a 200 Hz hi-per-mite active audio filter. > > As I said before, this (95% success rate) is something I would have never > thought possible when we started our year long test. > > Just FYI and 73, > Don wd8dsb (and Manuel LU5OM) > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband