Bernie McClenny, W3UR wrote:
Carl, I think I was Chris' first US QSO of the night. I found him @ about
02:40z, boy was I surprised. His sunrise is @ 02:33Z. I heard only W3GH and
myself calling him. ZS8IR was on 1827.3 listening on 1829.3. I worked him @
02:47z. As I was working him I spotted him on the cluster. After that
I fell on the floor. After picking myself up off the floor @ 02:56Z Jon,
AA1K spotted 9X4WW on 1827.4. Mark was QSX up 1-3. What a mess this was.
After 1 hour and 15 minutes I finally had a good QSO w/ Mark, he busted my
call two other days. Maybe Mark did not hear ZS8IR due to propagation.
Anyway I was happy to work both w/ 100 watts and the 4 square. The neat
thing about this band is you just don't know what you can work and how long
it will take you. I would say that I have spent close to 20 hours trying to
have a valid QSO w/ 9X4WW and only spent 3 minutes chasing ZS8IR. Mark,
9X4WW has been very religous about showing up on topband. I hope that both
Mark and Chris continue to show up on topband and give others a "new-one".
>
> km1h@juno.com wrote:
>
>
> Last night was ridiculous. From this end it appeared that 9X4WW opened up
> right on top of ZS8IR without listening. Since the ZS8 pileup was already
> in progress I can find no satisfactory explanation for Marks action...it
> is obvious from previous comments today that Mark didnt even know who was
> calling him at times.
>
> I hope those 2 rare and desirable stations work out their differences
> quickly.
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Bernie McClenny W3UR (ex WR3E, WB3JRU)
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