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EI2GLB

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Re: CY0S Thread
« Reply #90 on: March 24, 2023, 11:40:36 AM »

Bands are totally shut here must be something to do with the Solar disturbance last night,
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« Reply #91 on: March 24, 2023, 11:41:52 AM »

I saw that you worked 4U1UN on 30 meters.  Congrats!
Thanks! I realized that I only had one FT8 QSO with them -- on 40m (but a boatload on CW, and an SSB QSO as well) -- so I figured I'd give them a call right before I had to leave for class. They were very loud. I saw you calling as well... hope you made the QSO!

But on the topic of CY0S, they are exceedingly strong on 12m FT8 at the moment... the polar opposite of yesterday when I could not hear them at all. Received a +20db report from them.

No, I did not break the pileup.  I was in the pileup for over an hour and then I shut down.  Somebody else wrote they've had their fill of pileups and so have I.  I'm at 337 current countries and I just don't have the patience to sit and work a pileup for hours to get a Challenge point especially when the copy is not very strong which was the case with 4U1UN.  Plus, I haven't been using my amp so with just 100W it's a much bigger challenge.  I got the idea when you told me you only run 100W.  It's been fun.

I need NoKo, Scarborough Reef, and Peter 1 so I spend time chasing challenge points to stay active.  I'm using my tribander on 12, 17 and 30 meters and I'm filling in blanks because things are so slow. It's a big compromise but I have 280 on 17 meters, and about 240 on 30 and 12.  There's much to work but I'm not looking to set any records.

Best of luck with DX and school!

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Re: CY0S Thread
« Reply #92 on: March 24, 2023, 11:43:26 AM »

Bands are totally shut here must be something to do with the Solar disturbance last night,

Same here. A station from PJ2 is all I heard on 10 meters today.
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Re: CY0S Thread
« Reply #93 on: March 24, 2023, 12:28:22 PM »

CY0S is CQ'ing on 20m FT8 and I can only see 3 stations calling him, I have no signals from anywhere above 20m and it's just sunset here?

Hopefully it might be a clear night and we might get to see some Northern Lights tonight,
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« Reply #94 on: March 24, 2023, 06:16:42 PM »

The team is QRV in the WPX SSB contest as a multi-op. Just worked on 20m SSB... good signal and not busy! 40m is a mess right now so I will wait a bit for that.

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« Reply #95 on: March 24, 2023, 07:32:39 PM »

I've been listening for them on 6m. They've been running MSK144. I haven't heard them yet but saw several calling them.
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« Reply #96 on: March 24, 2023, 09:21:25 PM »

i thought sure i had them on 80m CW but log updates turn up zilch  :(

trying to work them on 80m SSB during the contest tonight is extremely challenging due to all the static here; hope i get some more cracks at them on 80m CW

anyone know how long they plan to stay and if 80m CW QSOs from early 3/24 around 01:00z are in the Club Log (date suggests they already are) 
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« Reply #97 on: March 25, 2023, 12:17:51 AM »

i thought sure i had them on 80m CW but log updates turn up zilch  :(

trying to work them on 80m SSB during the contest tonight is extremely challenging due to all the static here; hope i get some more cracks at them on 80m CW

anyone know how long they plan to stay and if 80m CW QSOs from early 3/24 around 01:00z are in the Club Log (date suggests they already are)
I would not completely give up hope as it appears that not all QSOs have been uploaded yet. My 12m FT8 QSO from earlier today has not yet appeared despite it occurring well before the latest log update. I believe they will be there through the 30th so you will likely have another shot if your QSO was indeed busted.

And yes, the static crashers were truly horrendous on 80m tonight. It took some time, but I did eventually make it through from NC with 90w or so. I would bet they will be QRV on 80m again tomorrow tonight, and perhaps the QRN will have lessened by then. Good luck!

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« Reply #98 on: March 25, 2023, 07:05:38 AM »

i just noticed the Club Log for CY0S has no SSB slots for 15/17/20/40/80/160m -- must be a  glitch?

or was that a pirate working the contest last night at 14.331 and 3.606?

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« Reply #99 on: March 25, 2023, 07:52:11 AM »

The piggies are out in force on this one. Some already have 10 bands confirmed and are pigging out, one of which posts here. And this DXpedition is not using the leaderboard feature according to ClubLog. They have nothing to gain, except maybe one marathon point. It must be an ego thing.
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« Reply #100 on: March 25, 2023, 08:12:41 AM »

i just noticed the Club Log for CY0S has no SSB slots for 15/17/20/40/80/160m -- must be a  glitch?

or was that a pirate working the contest last night at 14.331 and 3.606?




They prob won't upload contest logs until after the contest.    Based on the number of guys giving the serial number of "001" I would say most are just chasing them for DX vs contest points.

UPDATE:  The Clublog charts page now states 

WPX CONTEST LOGS WILL BE UPLOADED AFTER THE CONTEST!


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« Reply #101 on: March 25, 2023, 11:35:32 AM »

I got him on 80M last night. He was loud and strong into South NJ. I busted the pile on 2nd try, which means he had a pipeline right to my home, since my station is anemic. He was doing well in the contest.
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« Reply #102 on: March 25, 2023, 12:01:21 PM »

i just noticed the Club Log for CY0S has no SSB slots for 15/17/20/40/80/160m -- must be a  glitch?



How do Club Log band slots work? -- do the SSB spots not show until logs for SSB have QSO's or does the DXpedition tell Club Log which band slot-modes they will be working?

I really need them on 80m to finally get 8BDXCC LoTW confirmed; and i thought i had them on 80m CW but log updates keep failing to show anything ... Last night I had them on 80m SSB almost but the op finally gave up after getting my callsign but not being able to get my serial number.  Static was bad here and they were barely above the noise
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« Reply #103 on: March 25, 2023, 01:43:27 PM »

Reading the thread I happened to think it would likely be prudent to upload your relatively small DX logs to LoTW before the end of the WPX contest.  WPX being a major contest, it's likely that LoTW will be substantially backed up Sunday night.
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« Reply #104 on: March 25, 2023, 05:44:26 PM »

CY0S had a really good OP running 20m SSB today and it was Hilarious.

I think it has been to long since Hams have had to deal with a no non sense Dxpedition guy and this Op was definitely a no nonsense hardcore Dxpediton guy.

All of those attempt to slip in a call while he was waiting for another Op to reply where quickly met with W8... does your call sign sound like PY2...

Then he would gather call signs of annoying Slide in operators and call out two or three of them at a time using their full call sign  ;D ;D

Loved it loved, he had full control of the pileup and if things got out of hand he would go QRX for a few minutes until the Piglets settled down.
No need for Cops, he had it all under control.

It's a pity that 9X5RU stays so much on FT8 and shy's away from doing a lot of SSB.


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