[RTTY] VK0EK and FT4JA

[Larry]

Fortunately they have both been very strong here (NC) the past couple of 
nights with full print. The biggest problem here is the guys that forget 
to go split or decide to demonstrate their ineptitude at amp tuning.

Good luck to all that need one or both.

73, Larry  W6NWS

On 4/8/2016 7:53 PM, WW3S wrote:
> Dont need FT4 on rtty, so, as luck would have it, they have been ungodly on 30m.....one night on 30m cw, I swear they were bending the S meter......the VK0 is whisper quiet when they can be heard....I dont blame them.....I blame the groundhog, as he is responsible for the 3-6 inches of snow we arfe supposed to get tonight and tomorrow !!!!
>
>> On 4/8/2016 5:01:59 PM, Tom Martin (tmartin at chartermi.net) wrote:
>>> Well, as I reported a while back, I got them on 40 with the rotatable
>> dipole at 80 feet.  Working FT4JA has been more difficult but I got them
>> on 30 CW and RTTY.
>>
>> I couldn't even print them on my Butternut HF6.  I went to the 80 meter
>> sloper at 60 feet through an external tuner and got them, after about 45
>> minutes.  The 80 sloper does pretty well on 30 meters. I've got 239
>> countries with that antenna and another 30 using my 40 meter rotatable
>> dipole with an external tuner.
>>
>> The biggest problem with both the FT4 and VK0 DXpeditions has been the
>> inconsistency of operation.  They appear for about an half hour and
>> disappear.  I hope that the CY9 group spends more time on RTTY. I need
>> Sable for #316 on RTTY.
>>
>> Not much time left for VK0 and FT4.  Good luck.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Tom W8JWN
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