I had really good luck from Atlanta. I got them on
160, 80, 40 and 20 CW.
On 160 and 80 diversity RX with the Waller Flag at 95 feet and the Hi-Z 8
really made copy good.
On 40 I used the full size Telrex monobander at 112 ft.
73,
John, W4NU
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> On Jul 14, 2018, at 5:42 PM, terry burge <ki7m@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I see this stuff about how easy or difficult the KH1 operation was to work.
> I'm on the west coast in northwestern Oregon and I personally found them one
> of the worst operations to hear from the Pacific I've ever worked. Worked
> them on 80 and 40 for ATNO and on 20 and 17 too. The 80 meter contact was one
> of the hardest I've had on that band as they kept dropping into the noise
> floor. And I've had some pretty difficult contacts on 80 meter before but
> KH1/KH7Z is right up there with the hardest. These were all SSB contacts. I
> spent a lot of time trying to work them on 12 meters and some on 15 meters
> too. On 15 I should have managed to work them but they apparently went QRT
> right when they were coming up and I lost my chance. Didn't really need them
> on 15 having worked K1B on 20/17/15/10 back in 2002.
>
>
> One thing I was blown away with was I worked E51JD, Jim on Raratonga, South
> Cook Islands with a good 57 or better signal but the KH1 was near impossible
> to hear on 15 meters at the same time. Judging from the map I don't think E51
> and KH1 are all that far apart but the propagation sure was different. I'd
> guess about 1000 miles apart at the most but much closer to the equator. The
> Pacific is a big ocean we all know. On 12 meters I never did hear him on SSB.
> They would of been an ATNO on 12 so I spent a lot of time listening for them
> on there.
>
>
> And as far as I know they did not work any SSB on 160. When I tried to hear
> them on 160 meters CW I don't think I could ever heard them but my CW is poor
> enough I might have heard them and not realized it. Everyone calling sounded
> like they were going 25-35 WPM which I just take my hat off too. I'm maybe
> 15-18 WPM at the best of times, maybe. Copying beacons is about my extent on
> that mode.
>
>
> Terry
>
> KI7M
>
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