This should have been easy, but no joy here. EP6T was peaking S9 in
Alabama last night on 80 meters. They were 30 dB over my noise floor.
That means there should be stations from NA at least S9 at their end.
It's pretty bad when they can't copy an S9 signal.
They did a little better on 80 Monday night. I wrote down the calls of
25 NA stations they worked and there were a few more that I didn't write
down. They peaked at about S8 Monday night.
I haven't heard a peep from them on 160, maybe because I was spending
too much time on 80 where I thought I was going to be a slam-dunk.
Jerry, K4SAV
On 1/21/2015 7:30 AM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
EP6T was easy to work on 160 meters last night perhaps due to some
equatorial skewing and some skilled operators who had a NA set aside
on 1828. without this breaking the EU wall would have been
impossible. This has not been the case on 80 meters as there appears
to be some local noise problem. The 80 meter CW signals here were at
time 599 plus 10 and there were many QRO East coast callers with no
joy. When EP6T would QSX up 2 for NA only they did not appear to hear
anything except maybe now and then a partial. So apparently in
frustration they returned to working EU. The question remains if they
can be easily worked on 160 and then not on 80 will the same rig and
antenna(s) on this end what could be the problem. After five days of
calling on 80 for six hours every night I have come to the conclusion
that their 80 meter RX antenna may not favor the Western hemisphere.
It almost seems like the front end of the RX section is hurting. With
an 80 meter Q rate of one contact in five minutes and then
Even a 200 foot BOG favoring the America's at the end of a 1000' piece
of RG6 away from the local noise might help make it possible for some
NA/SA stations to get in the log on 80. Certainly EP6T being able to
hear me with ease on 160 so they should be able to do the same on 80.
Maybe the solution is not that difficult. The awesome skill of the
operators on 160 is well established but the 80 position might be
different. with different equipment and different ops. On this side
there may come a point where it is point where calling for days with
no chance in even having a chance must be considered.
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
On 1/21/2015 8:19 AM, Bill and Liz wrote:
Last night the expedition had a pretty good signal on
80M...workable,I thought, by anyone running a bit of power, some long
deep QSB but also some surprisingly long peaks too. In the time that
I spent listening, they worked no NA stations, so either propagation
is causing great difficulties for them on receive, their noise level
is high (this may be the real reason-there is heavy industry on the
island not very far from their QTH) or the “EU wall” is just too high
and deep. At no time did I hear a request to stand by for NA even as
their sunrise approached and propagation would be tops for us.
And not a peep on 160M here (EN93) through the first few evenings.
So far just 3 NA stations have made it into the log on topband with
some 71 on 80M. Not good for NA!!
Bill VE3NH
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