Ed,
Thank you for going back down to Aruba for us. I just wish I was off work
today. I could use you on most of those bands. Maybe I'll be lucky enough
to grab you another time. But, I must say, from all of us Americans, a big
Thank you for your dedication.
73,
Eric
k8ohz
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Ed Muns <ed@w0yk.com> wrote:
> There were 111 takers on 24926 and 18106 between 1240-1351z. All the US
> stations seemed to hear me OK. EU could hear better on 12m, in general.
> Running 100 watts because I'm not copying everyone 100% cleanly, so I don't
> need to generate more callers that I can't hear. ;>)
>
> I suggest that if you are not printing me pretty clearly (so that you can
> know whether I'm coming back to you or another station) please don't keep
> calling. A little bit of tail-ending and such is great for me to stack up
> call signs, but too much just creates confusion and QRM on the frequency.
> I'd like to avoid going split.
>
> Ed P49X
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed Muns
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 07:31
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] WARC RTTY from Aruba
>
> I plan to be QRV today (Monday, 29 September) on 12, 17 and 30 meter
> RTTY as P49X for anyone interested. Several have asked for schedules so as
> long as I'm going to the effort it might as well be open to anyone. The
> "effort" involves bypassing the high power and low power band pass filters,
> figuring out suitable antennas and being available as much of the day as
> possible without going nuts from unanswered CQs.
>
> I have no specific WARC antennas, so will be using a tuner to match
> the
> radio to some non-resonant antenna. There won't be much ERP, but the
> location will help. In the past, folks have heard me. Nominal
> frequencies,
> +/- existing activity:
>
> 24.926 MHz
> 18.106
> 10.146
>
> I'll be QRV starting at these times Monday UTC: 1300, 1500, 1700,
> 1900,
> 2100; Tuesday UTC: 0100 When the interest drops, I will likely take a break
> to attend to various other tasks awaiting me such as an amplifier that quit
> early Sunday morning.
> Unfortunately, I don't have time for much chit-chat, so expect
> contest-style
> QSOs. I'll be on two bands simultaneously.
>
> Propagation from here may be dicey as well. Despite all the glowing
> 3830 reports thus far about the "great conditions" this weekend, I had a
> complete blackout of 20 meters all day Sunday from mid-morning to at least
> dusk. I'm serious about "blackout". There was not a signal blip anywhere
> on the bandscope when there would normally be wall-to-wall signals from
> 14050-14150. Nothing seen or heard. This has happened here before when
> the
> MUF opens 10 meters solidly worldwide, though not so dead as this time.
> Even 15 meters was effected during the day with signals all but
> disappearing
> for periods of time. More details in my 3830 report. 40m was very
> marginal
> Sunday late afternoon and evening. (It felt like a rare 6-meter opening
> where everyone is amazed to even hear me.) So, I don't know what to expect
> for the WARC bands tomorrow. It might be wonderful. It's possible I'll
> get
> the log uploaded to LotW before I fly home Tuesday.
>
>
> Ed W0YK/P49X
>
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