I was able to begin hearing PW0T at about 0240 while looking forthe
5R8 (which I never did hear though I believe others were working
him). It took until about 0430 before I was able to both hear and
be heard by the operator on Trinidade. Much of the time his signal
peaks were obliterated by SSB splatter from a couple of stations on
1813 and 1815.
My hat is off to that PW0 operator because he stuck with me through
a couple of tries and several repeats until we finally made it both
ways. At the time he was about 219 and I don't suppose I was much
better with my 500 watts! He never came above about 349 all the time
I was listening, even using in sequence several Beverages, a dipole
and a loop! Without the SSB splatter it would not have taken so
long. Just goes to show how important location is, as I suspect
that many others were hearing PW0 much better than I was simply due
to location and the SSB wasn't that much of a problem.
Bill, VE3NH/VE3CSK
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