I was on this morning CQing and hunting but missed the 9M6 excitement as
it was after my SR (1253z). Conditions to Asia from here in the Midwest
this morning were poor. . . HL5IVL/Kim was in there but not workable;
JH1HDT/Tad san was workable but not as strong as he frequently is (449
at best this morning). The pleasant surprise of the morning was having
VK6GX/Phil call in as I was CQing. That said, it's been a tough season
from here in the Midwest for Asia, Pacific, and Europe. The big
excitement this season was getting 7O in the log for a new one on TB.
I'll be on the lookout for 9M6/DJ2EH on TB. . .hopefully he'll get on
earlier for eastern NA and Midwest. He's definitely active. . . he was
just spotted on 30m as I write.
73. . . Dave, W0FLS
P.S. I have attempted to reach out to Dick via email asking if he could
possibly get on earlier. The email on his QRZ page bounced
On 2/28/2024 8:48 AM, Steve Harrison wrote:
Some excitement this morning on Topband when 9M6/DJ2EH showed up. He was
first spotted by JA7GYP at 1315Z, but I heard nothing. Later, at 1333Z,
K7ZV began calling but apparently no answer. At 1342Z, VK6GX spotted
him, but still nothing here. Then at 1356Z, W7RH, not far from me, began
calling but again, apparently no answer. Finally, however, I could tell
he was in there on my screen. At 1405Z, he came up out of my noise, hit
559, and at 1410Z, N9RV worked him easily while calling off freq a
couple hundred Hz. He continued to CQ with W7RH, K7ZV and myself
calling variously both on and off-freq, but I didn't hear him reply to
any of us. Last time I heard him was about five minutes after both W7RH
and K7ZV had stopped calling by about 1420Z. I don't find any info on
him so don't have any idea how long he will be there, nor what he's
running. I ran across him last night on two other bands but both times,
he seemed to abruptly stop CQing after working a couple JAs.
Earlier this morning, I heard JH1HDT CQing with a modest 559, not as
strong as he's been on recent days, and a very weak JA7 calling CQ in
the weekly AWT contest. One day last week, there were over a dozen JAs
CQing AWT, some as strong as 559, and HL5IVL hitting S9+10.
Steve, K0XP
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