[RTTY] EP2A West of the Mississippi

[Al Hanzl]

Meant 0100-0200


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> On Apr 20, 2016, at 12:54 PM, Al Hanzl <alhanzl at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I think I recall a comment from the EP team that they saw the success the VK0 team had on 30 meters. But I thought that was mostly CW. 
> I was able to work Heard on 50 watts with the R7 on 30 CW. But I have had no such luck with EP2A on 30 RTTY. I have been able to print them several times here on East coast around 0001-0002   
> Al
> K2AL
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>> On Apr 20, 2016, at 12:41 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have yet to even hear them on 30 meter RTTY here in Southern
>> California, although I hear stations calling them. According to
>> PropView, the 30 meter window to them from here is only about two
>> hours long, compared to 20 meters which is open most of the day. 
>> 
>> I don't understand their choice of band for that mode. Most hams do
>> not have beams for 30, not to mention the power restrictions. Their
>> band chart on their website shows frequencies for 20 through 10, so
>> why not use them? 
>> 
>> http://www.lral.lv/exped/ep2a/freq.html
>> 
>> Could it be that the Iranian authorities have imposed that
>> restriction? 
>> 
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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