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AE5X

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2016, 09:56:59 AM »

Working nothing but EU - what the ^%#@?

Just joking  ;D
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AB8MA

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2016, 10:13:52 AM »

Is this Heard?

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FH/F2DX      1650Z  24907.0 Heard in PA                     W3LPL

 ;D ;D
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N5PG

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« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2016, 10:30:23 AM »

Is this Heard?

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FH/F2DX      1650Z  24907.0 Heard in PA                     W3LPL

 ;D ;D

No, Mayotte, still a good catch.



Haha ;D
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W6GX

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2016, 10:36:35 AM »

My logging program shows VK0EK spots as Macquarie.  I had to override it so it comes up as Heard.

Congrats to the team for making this a reality.  This is truly quite a historical moment.

73,
Jonathan W6GX
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MM0NDX

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2016, 10:47:39 AM »

K0YQ

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2016, 11:03:30 AM »

I don't know what the weather is like on Heard Island, but we were absolutely crushed with a full scale completely unpredicted blizzard today here in Fort Collins.  2 feet of snow and the wind is howling.  Unbelievable.
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KD8MJR

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2016, 11:33:54 AM »

Looking at the DXA updates, it seems like it's not all that easy for EU and JA to make the trip on 30 and 40m or it could be a lot of DQRM slowing things down at times.


73
Rob

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2016, 11:40:39 AM »

I suspect this one and Juan de Nova will be quite easy to work once each operation has four or five bands/modes on the go and all the cops, lids, jammers, and enthusiastic DXers are all spread across multiple pileups.

I just wish the Earth would turn a little faster...

John VE8EV
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KD0PO

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2016, 11:49:12 AM »

it is interesting that the number of "spots" has dropped to nothing....

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NI0C

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2016, 02:37:47 PM »

I recall myself complaining about DXA a few years ago, but I have to admit it is really cool to watch it update on my iPhone while I am waiting for my students to finish their circuits test!

I'll stay out of the fray on 40 and 30m, as I worked VK0IR on those bands.

Good luck to all!
73,
Chuck. NI0C
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KD8MJR

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2016, 03:23:06 PM »

it is interesting that the number of "spots" has dropped to nothing....



Also interesting is seeing how many in the EU who are getting through are using 3-4 element 40m Yagis or four squared antennas.  I have seen a few people with rotatable dipoles get through, but its mostly big guns.

73s
Rob
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VE3VEE

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2016, 03:27:55 PM »

A friend of mine in central Europe sent me an email a couple of hours ago saying he could barely hear VK0EK on both 40m and 30m. He only has wire dipoles for low bands and they are not too high. But still it makes me wonder how strong VK0EK is going to be in NA. I thought it should be easier for EU than for NA to work (and hear) Heard Island.

Marvin VE3VEE
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VK3HJ

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2016, 03:36:54 PM »

I've been up and down all night, and was listening out for them on 30 and 40 m right from the start.

So far, they have been almost inaudible on 30 m at best, and they were readable at times on 40 m, but nowhere near strong enough to compete in the pileup.

I hear stations call on frequency, get told "Down" and then the "Downer" gets told "UP UP UP".

It looks like Big Ben is blocking the signals almost completely in this direction. They should be quite strong over this distance. I might have to wait until the Spit Bay stations are going.
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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2016, 03:54:18 PM »

20 minutes before my sunset they're audible on 40 but not reliably strong enough to try. Readability 1 to 2, with occasionally-extreme DQRM. Not heard on 30 at all. Might be a few days before I'll be able to work this one. My P3 is lit up like a Christmas tree. A week ago I thought this one would be fairly easy. Unless they park on 20m for the next 17 days I'm not so sure now; I'd also forgotten how bad my takeoff angle is to the southeast (I'm firing into 1000 feet of granite). Maybe long path 20 will be better?
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EI2GLB

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #29 on: March 23, 2016, 04:01:53 PM »

Not very strong here in EI on 30m about 50% copy at best,

Huge pile up CW skimmer can't even handle all the calls there is that many,

Trevor
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