N6RK wrote:

I was using 1500W to a vertical.

150w here to Inv L w/ quite a modest number (maybe 20) of on-ground radials. So, Rick, guess you were using too much power! What a strange band. I nearly fell out of the chair with surprise when he responded. Distance is 8200 miles, one of the strongest signals ever heard here from that far. He first called N6RO, who was not on, so figured it was me. (if you look in detail at the Morse characters, N6RO is embedded in N6ZFO, leave out the Z and first dit of the F and you get RO; and of course Ken is a familiar and loud signal on top band).

His strategy last night was up 2.0 +/- about 400 Hz. So the trick was to listen to the station he was working, and then make a slight shift up or down on the 2nd vfo. I must have found a hole in the wall and sneaked through. He called you about 6 times over a 2-minute period. I believe same situation with Dave, KA6BIM, an NCCC member in OR. Not sure if a qso resulted.

73 Bill n6zfo

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 6:43 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <richard@karlquist.com> wrote:

No I didn't get him :-(
I heard him clearly work N6ZFO. Just before that,
I had a burst of noise for about 5 minutes.
He may have called me during that, or else
the spotlight just didn't stay here long enough.

I was using 1500W to a vertical. It's helpful
to get these reports. Maybe tomorrow...

Rick N6RK

On 2/2/2016 11:04 PM, Bill Haddon wrote:

At 0332Z here in Kelseyville Lake Co I could just hear them . an
occasional partial callsign.
At 0530Z, a few dB stronger; I even called them just a couple times.

At 0648, sunrise, S-5 on peaks on the Eu Beverage.

Amazingly, I worked VP8SGI at 0652 with 150 w to my inverted L.
(Rick, he called N6RK three times. . apparently w/ no answer. . hope
you got him!).

An amusing story: Looking back in my log, found my QSO with VP8ORK on
160m on Feb 3, 2011 at 0650. . 5 years ago to the minute!!!).

73 Bill n6zfo

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist
<richard@karlquist.com <mailto:richard@karlquist.com>> wrote:

My logging program shows South Georgia sunrise at just before 0700Z.
Are you saying SR is actually around 0500Z, or that peaking is 2
hours before SR? In any event, I am hearing nothing here on 1826.5
as of 0415Z. They aren't very strong on 80 meters, although I can
hear them.

Rick N6RK

On 2/2/2016 7:56 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:

Just above ESP here, take a listen. It bodes well for the peak
time for
us, in about an hour. Lots of folks calling too.

Rick nhc

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