[RTTY] Working VP6DX

[Charles Morrison]

> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:29:57 -0600
> From: "Peter Laws" <plaws at plaws.net>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Working VP6DX
> To: RTTY <rtty at contesting.com>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net> wrote:
> 
> >  They are working very high in the band on 30 meters, not a place I'd
> >  normally listen.
> >
> >  A few days ago when I worked them, according to my RX, their mark
signal
> >  was right on 10.150 and their space was 170 Hz lower. On later
> >  occasions, they were a tad lower.
> 
> OK, so 30, then.  Dunno if the ol' 5-band trap will tune up there but
> it surprised me by tuning well enough on 17 to work them there!
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Hey Peter, I had problems working them on 30 till Don told me to try my 80m
dipole.  Worked much better then my 40m yagi or tribander.  That and a Heath
tuner got them on 30, 12, and 17.  The problem I had with 30 RTTY is that I
have a birdy of some sort right on 10.149, which is where they were
transmitting.  The one night that I worked them, it miraculously shifted
down to 10.148, and I could hear them. 100 watts and a zillion:1 swr.

Charlie
Ki5xp