Hi Dick,
I had the same experience a few days ago as well... He is also in the
JT9 area, assuming there is a band plan.
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Thanks and 73's,
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On Sat, 2014-05-17 at 11:50 -0500, Dick Kriss wrote:
> It Sat, 17-May at about 1515z and i have spent (wasted) three plus hours
> trying to work W1AW/0 (SD) on 18.105 RTTY. W1AW/0 (SD) has an excellent,
> easy to print signal but really seems deaf. I have tried every trick I know
> and he does not hear. His macros are perfect but i have no idea what he
> means by UP.
>
> - I have tried up 1, up 2, up3, up 4 and up 5 and nothing seems to work.
>
> - i listened for other stations working him and tried to tail gate and that
> did not work
>
> - I don’t think the problem is on my end as I saw a spot and worked W1AW/0
> (SD) on 10 meter RTTY with one or two calls.
>
> - He seems to be working a number of JA stations that I cannot hear so my
> conclusion is he has a very good beam that is fixed and has a really good
> null in my direction.
>
> - I have tried parking 2 or 3 UP and waiting for the next “...TU W1AW/0 UP”
> and that was another time waster.
>
> I finally gave up. Some things in life are just too hard. I have no idea what
> the operator means by UP
>
> 73 Dick AA5VU
>
> As the UA’s say Deaf as a Tochilo
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