Unfortunately the situation with the ZL9 on 160m that Rys describes also
applies to VK6 - a maximum of twenty minutes of nighttime 'opportunity' from
1630 to 1652Z ONLY.
There may be other parts of the world in a similar situation. Perhaps if
anyone else in this situation could make a post, the operators could be
alerted to the fact that these particular parts of world have a very limited
opportunity and specifically listen for them in this time slot.
Vy 73,
Steve, VK6VZ
<Gary,You have much better situation than we in Europe!They will start 1630
<and their sunset is 1652,so we have here ONLY 20 minutes!!!
<Anyway,I'm sure they will do their best.
73 Rys SP5EWYAt 12:38 AM 1/6/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>I was stunned to read, in Don Greenbaum's bulletin #7 re the ZL9CI
>DXpedition, that
>
>"Our permit restrictions still are in place and
>we will not be operational from 1100 UTC to 16.30 UTC."
>
>I guess I had missed that. With sunset currently at 0907Z or so, it
>means less than two hours of nighttime operation are possible. That is
>not exactly wonderful news for topbanders!
>
>
>Garry Shapiro, NI6T
Gary,You have much better situation than we in Europe!They will start 1630
and their sunset is 1652,so we have here ONLY 20 minutes!!!
Anyway,I'm sure they will do their best.
73 Rys SP5EWY
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