[Mldxcc] FT5ZM

[Robert Hess]

Bill,

I've got a view to die for from about 395 to 200 degrees but I'm 100 feet below the top of the hill at 270 degrees, so ZL, VK, KHwhatever, JA, etc., are never killer signals.  FT5ZM was about S5 when I worked them.  I used my 80 sloper, which (thanks to W6SR) is a fantastic antenna, parallel to the steep hill I live on and actually acts somewhat like a 2 element beam.  But, to the west, I was surprised I worked them at all.  Brute force power.

Haven't tried to work them on any other bands other than 20.

Bob



On Friday, February 7, 2014 5:04 PM, Bill Haddon <haddon.bill at gmail.com> wrote:
 
>On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Robert Hess <w1rh at yahoo.com> wrote:
>I also got them on 80 this morning but listened and listened and could not hear them on 160.


Heard you work them this morning on 80cw. . .  FT5ZM was running an incredible 20 over nine earlier (on the 40m DE Zepp at 75 feet) down to S-8 when you worked them.  Much weaker yesterday morning  an hour earlier for my own QSO with 200w, maybe 4th call.


I overslept a bit and didn't get down to the shack until maybe 0215Z I think they quit 160 at 0230. . . peaking at S-3 on the Beverage, invisible on the vertical.


Later FT5ZM was on 30m, S-8 working mostly Eu plus lucky N6WM.   No luck for me, but earlier easily worked FR5ZL for a new 30m country, #203 on 30m.


73 Bill n6zfo





On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Robert Hess <w1rh at yahoo.com> wrote:

I also got them on 80 this morning but listened and listened and could not hear them on 160.  I started listening around 6:40 AM local time.  I live just below the top of a mountain, but on the east side.  Noise level was high on 160.  I worked them at around 7:30 local time on 80.
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>Bob
>W1RH
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>On Thursday, February 6, 2014 8:34 AM, K6LE - Rick <k6le at mac.com> wrote:
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>While not quite as quick as Shirl (took me 3 calls) I had a heck of a time dragging myself out of bed by 7 this morning but I got them on 80 CW at 1521.
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>100 Watts to a 94' wire (ZS6BKW) @ 30' -  internal tuner in the K3 handles it's 6:1 nicely.
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>So, I have three of my four objectives done (Phone, CW and 80M) just need them on RTTY to call it a wrap for me.
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>Rick
>K6LE
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