So far I heard him yesterday evening, but no joy... As an aside, I did
get FT4JA on 20 second call! :)
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On Sun, 2016-04-10 at 04:48 -0500, Junior wrote:
> As Arliss stated there was some fading and then back in after about
> 10 mins
> or so then it would happen again. I got them on the 2nd fade in. When
> they
> were spotted I went down and heard nothing so I just sat there a
> while. I
> have noticed that on other dxpeds on 30m. The shift was always at
> 160hz +/-
> a few. Not sure what the equipment used is.
> I had forgot how hard it is during bad conditions trying to work rare
> ones
> on a piece of wire.
> 73
> charles/kk5oq
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Hill
> AA5AU
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 7:51 AM
> To: 'RTTY Reflector'
> Subject: [RTTY] A message from VK0EK
>
> I receive email from Arliss, W7XU, who is a member of the VK0EK team.
> He has
> been the 30M RTTY operator during the 0200-0600Z shift. He is
> offering
> suggestions on how to work them on RTTY.
>
> 1. "Our transmit frequency is 10.137 unless there is some major
> reason we
> have to move it. If I specify "DN 1," then I'm listening down 1. If
> the CQ
> ends with simply "DN," then I'll be tuning as low as 10.130."
>
> 2. "To the best of my knowledge, there will be someone (very likely
> me) on
> 30 m RTTY during the 0200 - 0600 opening daily for the remainder of
> our stay
> on Heard Island. I've noted that sometimes North American signals
> will go
> away but then return 10 or 20 minutes later. So don't give up just
> because
> VK0EK fades out at, say, 0300 UTC -- we are very likely still calling
> and
> looking at North America (until 0500 UTC at least).
>
> 3. The first night conditions were very good and exchanges were very
> snappy.
> However, when conditions become marginal, as they were at times this
> morning
> for me, and you see me sending your call 4 times, take that as a hint
> that
> you should send your call more than once, rather than telling me your
> name
> is Pete (which happened this morning). If you don't see me send your
> call at
> least once, then I very likely don't have it. On the other hand, once
> you
> see that I have it right, don't send it half a dozen times -- you'll
> just
> confuse me.
>
> This is very good news for NA RTTY ops. I did ask about Europe as I
> understand there is still a need there. I will relay anything I get
> back
> from Arliss.
>
> Good hunting!
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
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