I don't want this to sound like a "brag tape," but with only 5 days left in this DXpedition there are probably lots of other RTTY ops out there who are getting as nervous as I was about working VK0EK
That's very odd .. or maybe a typo? They have been running on 21097, not 21079, and working split down, not up, when I have seen them. Well done on making the QSO; I am still camping out! John GW4SKA
I managed to work them on RTTY 15m at 1154utc yesterday(4th April) 21094.10 QSX 21096.97 73 David G3YYD That's very odd .. or maybe a typo? They have been running on 21097, not 21079, and working spl
Hearing them has been a nightmare from upstate NY with my little pistol antennas. I managed to work them on 30m CW using lots of attenuation and a K9AY loop that's obviously not a 30M receive antenna
VK0EK has not been easy to work for many in the USA and it probably has to do with the 9000' volcano blocking the central US. Because the team elected not to set up a station on Spit Bay (or whatever
Pretty amazing but I don't know of *any* station in CO that has worked VK0EK above 20 meters. None. And very few have been able to work them on RTTY. Tough sledding for sure. ________________________
Still trying to work them on 20M here in NY. They had a decent signal this afternoon on 20M CW, but couldn't break through the European pileup. 73, N2TK, Tony Pretty amazing but I don't know of *any*
Don, I realize Im 1000 miles north of you, but our experience here the last two nights has been for both FT4JA and VK0EK to come up from nothing to reasonably good copy on 30 meters between 0230 and
It's not just USA that is struggling with VK0EK. They have been printable here twice on 15 and once on 40, with huge pile-ups, and soon faded down in the noise. RTTY seems to have been on just the 2
Since the K5P operation, one UK amateur radio supplier has told me that he will never sponsor another US-led dxpedition. 75K contacts, only 11% with Europe, and just 864 of those on RTTY. Not good en
I'm kind of inclined to agree. If you're going to pitch something (and I know this will upset some people), don't operate on 160M. Antennas are a problem for a portable operation; hearing is a proble
Not going to happen ... with DXCC Challenge being what it is, there is no what that a major DXpedition is going to forgo 160 and 6 meters if the rules in the territory permit operation on those bands
The problem is that these DXpeditions solicit money before the trip. For VK0EK, I believe my club may have donated $500 or something like that. Then we get this kind of response for RTTY and we wonde