3 Yankee Ocean Japan (
a true story) and other observations from Dog X-Ray
SSBWhen I tuned into the spotted USB frequency for 3Y0J. I discovered two pileups. One on his transmit frequency and the other on his listening split. No sign of 3Y0J. Plenty of crazies in both pileups though. One guy took charge and was handing out "Q's" 59 at a time, simplex, right on the DX frequency.
Yes, 3 Yankee Ocean Japan even had an "international accent" and a pileup to boot.
Was that one of the European operators? The "Up" police were having on-the-air nervous breakdowns. It was a normal day for Bouvet.
If you don't get why 3 Yankee Ocean Japan is not quite right - perhaps you need a transceiver that lights up red, green or yellow or something when you make a QSO.
FT8I don't use it - don't care if you do. Sure looks like you needed a different mode this time.
CWThe sweet tones of Morse music but - clouded by omnipresent DQRM'ers. But with filters, notching, repeats, skill - we still got through. Better than the other modes anyway. Remember, "
use whatever mode it takes."
Take away? Maybe time to learn or relearn the code. There are many new users (and some OT's too) having a blast with the original mother rhythm of ham radio.
There are numerous Morse/CW groups one can join but if you are just getting started or re-started with the code, this is a great bunch of ops :
https://www.skccgroup.com/Randy / WB9LUR
PS, if you have any "memorable" stories from the pileups - would love to hear them.