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Re: Topband: XR0ZRC?

To: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
Subject: Re: Topband: XR0ZRC?
From: WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:22:27 -0400
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Point is, why not try 160 in early morning, prior to their sunrise...

Sent from my iPad

> On Mar 26, 2019, at 12:18 PM, Tree <tree@kkn.net> wrote:
> 
> They were on 80 and 160 at the same time last night.
> 
> Tree
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 9:17 AM WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net> wrote:
>> I’m not sure why they won’t try 160 closer to their sunrise.....every 
>> morning they are on 80, and lately have been begging, with good signals, and 
>> seem to hear ok on 80, but their rate is slow due to not many 
>> calling.....why not try 160 then, rather than 80 ?!?!?!
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> > On Mar 26, 2019, at 10:00 AM, David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> wrote:
>> > 
>> > I am a bit puzzled by XR0ZRC.  I thought they were going to have a major 
>> > effort on 80 and 160, but so far I have heard from little to none from 
>> > them on 160. (I am not on 80 M) Last night, 26th UTC, I did hear them but 
>> > their signal was quite weak and the heavy QRN was making copy almost 
>> > impossible. I think this was the first time I heard them.  It was hard for 
>> > me to copy much of anything between static crashes.  On other days, I saw 
>> > many spots from hams showing that they are on 160M but I hear nil and a 
>> > check on the Reverse Beacon Network shows no spots for them. (?)  
>> > (Pirates?) Last night, a few stations mentioned that XR0ZRC was loud in 
>> > the SE. VA2WA, who is a couple hundred miles north of me, said something 
>> > like "booming " to describe their signal last night. Not sure of the 
>> > strength required for "booming", but it must be similar to "wall to wall, 
>> > and treetop tall".  At my shack I could not tell who they were working 
>> > between  the static crashes! I copied fragments between crashes. I know my 
>> > receiving setup is working. Just a few hours later near my sunrise I 
>> > worked VK6 and JA from here in Maine.
>> > 
>> > I have read a few notes on DX sites (many days old) explaining that they 
>> > are plagued by high noise levels and have poor internet accessibility. I 
>> > understand that, but I am still concerned that I almost never hear them 
>> > QRV on 160. Maybe it is just my turn to be in the barrel? I just wonder 
>> > what is going on. I am curious. I hope no one takes this as a complaint 
>> > about a DXpedition. It is not.
>> > 
>> > My task for the day is to lay out another RX wire for 140 degrees and 
>> > Bouvet! Unfortunately, all of my wooden stakes with insulators attached to 
>> > them are stored in a shed and the ice around it is so thick, deep, and 
>> > hard, that I cannot get to them!
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Dave K1WHS
>> > 
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