[RTTY] A message from VK0EK

[Paul Stoetzer]

I was able to work them from my apartment here in Washington, DC. 100
watts to an MFJ-1786 magnetic loop on my south facing balcony. Took
about an hour of calling.

Very happy to get this one into the log!

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Philip Snyder <n9lah at comcast.net> wrote:
> Just got them as well down at .130 where he said the bottom would be.
>
> Phil
> N9LAH
>
>
> On 4/9/2016 7:50 AM, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
>>
>> I receive email from Arliss, W7XU, who is a member of the VK0EK team. He
>> has
>> been the 30M RTTY operator during the 0200-0600Z shift. He is offering
>> suggestions on how to work them on RTTY.
>>
>> 1. "Our transmit frequency is 10.137 unless there is some major reason we
>> have to move it. If I specify "DN 1," then I'm listening down 1. If the CQ
>> ends with simply "DN," then I'll be tuning as low as 10.130."
>>
>> 2. "To the best of my knowledge, there will be someone (very likely me) on
>> 30 m RTTY during the 0200 - 0600 opening daily for the remainder of our
>> stay
>> on Heard Island. I've noted that sometimes North American signals will go
>> away but then return 10 or 20 minutes later. So don't give up just because
>> VK0EK fades out at, say, 0300 UTC -- we are very likely still calling and
>> looking at North America (until 0500 UTC at least).
>>
>> 3. The first night conditions were very good and exchanges were very
>> snappy.
>> However, when conditions become marginal, as they were at times this
>> morning
>> for me, and you see me sending your call 4 times, take that as a hint that
>> you should send your call more than once, rather than telling me your name
>> is Pete (which happened this morning). If you don't see me send your call
>> at
>> least once, then I very likely don't have it. On the other hand, once you
>> see that I have it right, don't send it half a dozen times -- you'll just
>> confuse me.
>>
>> This is very good news for NA RTTY ops. I did ask about Europe as I
>> understand there is still a need there. I will relay anything I get back
>> from Arliss.
>>
>> Good hunting!
>>
>> 73, Don AA5AU
>>
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