Ditto from Australia. Same working conditions, same problems.
73 de Alek
VK6APK
At 10:42 PM 31-10-99 -0800, Dan wrote:
>
>One more CQWW DX SSB contest passed and a good time was had by all
>(hopefully). Part of our amateur hobby is the radio sport of it for some,
>myself included.
>
>And once again a tail of the Italian(s) who were 10 to 20 DB over S-9 that I
>could not work!
>
>In particular IG9A was soooo strong that I thought for sure I'd work him.
>I've worked many italians on SSB and CW but in the contests "they" seem to
>"come out".
>
>When I first put up my tower in 1984 and with it a 2 ele. yagi for 40M I had
>my first taste of this. Here it is 1999 and a new 2 ele. yagi for 40M with
>legal limit output and they still aren't hearing me. I know it's not me as
>nobody from the west cost worked him while I was listening. Not just a
>simple case of being beat out by closer or better propagationed stations,
>nope, there were times when he called and called but seemingly nobody was
>calling him.
>
>Anybody have any stories of how much power those guys are actually using?
>
>Is this thing on?
>
>73, Dan Magro W7RF, (President WARC 1999, member SCDXC, SCCC)
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