They were on 80 and 160 at the same time last night. Tree
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 9:17 AM WW3S <w...@zoominternet.net> wrote: > I’m not sure why they won’t try 160 closer to their sunrise.....every > morning they are on 80, and lately have been begging, with good signals, > and seem to hear ok on 80, but their rate is slow due to not many > calling.....why not try 160 then, rather than 80 ?!?!?! > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Mar 26, 2019, at 10:00 AM, David Olean <k1...@metrocast.net> wrote: > > > > I am a bit puzzled by XR0ZRC. I thought they were going to have a major > effort on 80 and 160, but so far I have heard from little to none from them > on 160. (I am not on 80 M) Last night, 26th UTC, I did hear them but their > signal was quite weak and the heavy QRN was making copy almost impossible. > I think this was the first time I heard them. It was hard for me to copy > much of anything between static crashes. On other days, I saw many spots > from hams showing that they are on 160M but I hear nil and a check on the > Reverse Beacon Network shows no spots for them. (?) (Pirates?) Last night, > a few stations mentioned that XR0ZRC was loud in the SE. VA2WA, who is a > couple hundred miles north of me, said something like "booming " to > describe their signal last night. Not sure of the strength required for > "booming", but it must be similar to "wall to wall, and treetop tall". At > my shack I could not tell who they were working between the static > crashes! I copied fragments between crashes. I know my receiving setup is > working. Just a few hours later near my sunrise I worked VK6 and JA from > here in Maine. > > > > I have read a few notes on DX sites (many days old) explaining that they > are plagued by high noise levels and have poor internet accessibility. I > understand that, but I am still concerned that I almost never hear them QRV > on 160. Maybe it is just my turn to be in the barrel? I just wonder what is > going on. I am curious. I hope no one takes this as a complaint about a > DXpedition. It is not. > > > > My task for the day is to lay out another RX wire for 140 degrees and > Bouvet! Unfortunately, all of my wooden stakes with insulators attached to > them are stored in a shed and the ice around it is so thick, deep, and > hard, that I cannot get to them! > > > > > > Dave K1WHS > > > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector