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VE3VEE

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #30 on: March 23, 2016, 04:02:41 PM »


Unless they park on 20m for the next 17 days


I'm hoping for them to do exactly that! That is indeed my only chance!  ;D

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VK3YP

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #31 on: March 23, 2016, 04:05:39 PM »

Congrats to the VK0EK team for the excellent work to get setup so quickly.

Rich - What are the plans/timing for the Spit bay camp setup ?

John VK3YP

Everything fired up exactly as planned and tested. The team worked a very long and hard day. Amazing what they've done!
« Last Edit: March 23, 2016, 04:28:19 PM by VK3YP »
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KY6R

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #32 on: March 23, 2016, 04:28:03 PM »

Congrats to the VK0EK team for the work to get setup so quickly.

Rich - What are plans/timing for the Spit bay camp setup ?


Everything fired up exactly as planned and tested. The team worked a very long and hard day. Amazing what they've done!

They will go to Spit in 5 - 7 days and the plan is to stay a week there. But I am sure exact dates might change based on weather and sea conditions. They will also want some time between hauling all this stuff and setting it up - I'm sure they all need a break since they haven't finished setting everything at Atlas yet.

Luckily, they are really driven to get there.
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KY6R

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #33 on: March 23, 2016, 04:33:41 PM »

Yikes - SolarHam reports

SFI = 87
SSN = 13

Haven't seen the SSN that low for a very long time.

Need a sun dance . . .
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KD8MJR

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #34 on: March 23, 2016, 04:52:29 PM »

Yikes - SolarHam reports

SFI = 87
SSN = 13

Haven't seen the SSN that low for a very long time.

Need a sun dance . . .

Murphy loves us  ;D  Just hope the K stays down and the storms stay to a minimum.

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Rob
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KD8MJR

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #35 on: March 23, 2016, 04:57:26 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

Marvin I don't think they are going to be strong at all for most of us.  I am not going to kill myself in frustration trying for them on 40M.  As W2IRT said, the best hope is a 24/7 open station on 20M.  My hope is for contacts on either 20 / 17 / 15.
If the MUF holds it should be possible.

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Rob
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VE3VEE

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #36 on: March 23, 2016, 05:08:09 PM »


As W2IRT said, the best hope is a 24/7 open station on 20M


Rob, yes, let's wait till tomorrow till we hear their 20m signal. Let's hope it's going to be workable.

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #37 on: March 23, 2016, 05:15:17 PM »

Message on DXA: "team went QRT to get something to eat and to start putting up the rest of the antennas".

Grab a bite to eat, sounds like a good idea.
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W6UV

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #38 on: March 23, 2016, 05:21:53 PM »

What's the weather outlook look like down there? Any chance they might have to pull out early like the guys on South Thule had to?
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KY6R

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #39 on: March 23, 2016, 05:43:14 PM »

Google heard island weather. The Wunder site is a good one
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W6GX

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #40 on: March 23, 2016, 06:04:14 PM »

My power just came back up.  It looks like I didn't miss much ;D

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W6GX

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #41 on: March 23, 2016, 06:45:47 PM »

I had to reboot the PC after the power outage.  The DXA now says zero QSOs.  It's supposed to update every 60 seconds.  I wonder if there's a problem with the DXA.  Does anyone know if they are on any bands?  I don't see too many new spots.  Thanks.

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VE3VEE

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #42 on: March 23, 2016, 07:01:54 PM »

Jonathan, they are building antennas now.

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N3QE

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #43 on: March 23, 2016, 07:04:08 PM »

I had to reboot the PC after the power outage.  The DXA now says zero QSOs.  It's supposed to update every 60 seconds.  I wonder if there's a problem with the DXA.  Does anyone know if they are on any bands?  I don't see too many new spots.  Thanks.

Spots say they are off the air for a while to do some morning antenna teamwork.

I think DXA has some value but I'm not sure I can tell the difference between "DXA is down" and "the link is down" and "they aren't making any Q's". I call it the "raise your hand if you aren't here attendance problem" in my line of work :-).

In the meantime, enjoy "the system is down": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZwkk7q25I
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W6GX

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #44 on: March 23, 2016, 07:18:24 PM »

New message posted on DXA.  I looked up the call (LY8O) on DX-World's audio recording and found his contacts intact.

3/24/2016 @ 2:16: - The team went QRT to get something to eat and to start putting up the rest of the antennas. The QSO count will show ZERO until more QSOs are being made. Don't worry about the log, nothing has been deleted.
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