[RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?

Tom Martin tmartin at chartermi.net
Mon Jan 25 23:03:09 EST 2016 

No luck here in the U.P.  Worked them on 17 CW the first day.  After 
that I didn't work them on any other band. I didn't need them for ATNO.  
I worked S Sandwich in 1972 and 2002 on 20 SSB. They were never strong 
enough to get a print on 15 RTTY. I listened/watched 15 for three days!  
I could print a bit on 30 but I don't have a decent antenna on that band.

At our DX club meeting Saturday, I heard that they lost a generator into 
the ocean and a team member fell over board as well.  They retrieved the 
operator but lost the generator.  A good trade.

Hope they are stronger, if they do operate from S Georiga.

73,

Tom W8JWN



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>     3. Re: VP8STI on RTTY? (Jim McDonald)
>     4. Re: VP8STI on RTTY? (Ed Muns)
>     5. Re: VP8STI on RTTY? (Tom Osborne)
>     6. Re: VP8STI on RTTY? (Don Hill AA5AU)
>     7. Re: VP8STI on RTTY? (Jim Irving)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:27:23 -0800
> From: Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com>
> To: RTTY Reflector <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
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> I'm curious if anyone in the group was able to work VP8STI on RTTY? I
> was lucky enough to get them on 15 CW for an all time new one but I
> never even heard them on RTTY despite a number of spots and lots of
> listening.
>
> According to W3UR of the Daily DX, they have now gone QRT due to a
> safety issue with ice and potential risk to the Braveheart.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 02:40:57 +0100
> From: EA2RY <ea2ry at ea2ry.com>
> To: RTTY Reflector <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
> Message-ID: <704B631E-7AA7-4B14-A06C-54C1C5724C12 at ea2ry.com>
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> Hi to All.
>
> Last VP8STI news:
>
>       Today at 21:20 UTC, Nigel Jolly, Braveheart owner, declared an emergency
> and ordered to VP8STI team to cease all operations and return to the ship. A large
> ice flow that had broken away due last nights storm starts to block the entrance
> to the Bay where they were camped. There was strong potential for the ice flow to prevent
> Braveheart to get them.
>             Team is now safely aboard the Braveheart and they are moving away from Southern
> Thule Is. All the equipment and personal gear is still on the island. They hope to
> return to camp site during next good weather window. Once they retrieve their equipment,
> they could make a determination as to whether they can proceed to South Georgia to do VP8SGI
> as planned.
>              VP8STI QRT !
>
> Enviado desde mi iPad
>
>> El 26 ene 2016, a las 2:27, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> escribi?:
>>
>> I'm curious if anyone in the group was able to work VP8STI on RTTY? I
>> was lucky enough to get them on 15 CW for an all time new one but I
>> never even heard them on RTTY despite a number of spots and lots of
>> listening.
>>
>> According to W3UR of the Daily DX, they have now gone QRT due to a
>> safety issue with ice and potential risk to the Braveheart.
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:16:05 -0600
> From: "Jim McDonald" <jim at n7us.net>
> To: "'Bill Turner'" <dezrat at outlook.com>,	"'RTTY Reflector'"
> 	<rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
> Message-ID: <02e601d157df$837b6280$8a722780$@n7us.net>
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> Bill,
>
> I was relieved to get them on 30M RTTY on 21-Jan in the evening here in IL,
> and it was new for me on RTTY, 30M, and 80M.
>
> In general, they were tough to work, and I didn't get them on 160, 15, or
> 12, bands where I also needed them.  I had the entity confirmed previously
> other DXpeditions.
>
> I have antenna and noise issues, which no doubt contributed to my
> challenges.
>
> I very much appreciate their efforts, accomplishments, and the risks
> involved and wish them well.
>
> 73, Jim N7US
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I'm curious if anyone in the group was able to work VP8STI on RTTY? I was
> lucky enough to get them on 15 CW for an all time new one but I never even
> heard them on RTTY despite a number of spots and lots of listening.
>
> According to W3UR of the Daily DX, they have now gone QRT due to a safety
> issue with ice and potential risk to the Braveheart.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:19:35 -0800
> From: "Ed Muns" <ed at w0yk.com>
> To: "'Bill Turner'" <dezrat at outlook.com>
> Cc: "'RTTY Reflector'" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
> Message-ID: <B50F378D5D524831B22A3796E9C0CD5B at h81420t>
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> I was lucky enough to work them on 30m RTTY and 15m RTTY the first day.
> And, it was indeed luck.
>
> The pileups were horrendous and they were in my noise floor.  I spent hours
> after that, over the rest of their operation, trying to work them on other
> band modes and was largely unsuccessful.  Even when they were specifically
> asking for West Coast only, I didn't get through.
>
> There were times when many other locals here in No. CA were getting through
> the pileups and I couldn't even tell VP8STI was transmitting!
>
> I think this kind of uncertainty is one element that keeps me interested in
> the sport.   If it were as easy as email, why would we do it?     ;>)
>
> Ed W0YK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: 25 January, 2016 17:27
> To: RTTY Reflector
> Subject: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
>
> I'm curious if anyone in the group was able to work VP8STI on RTTY? I
> was lucky enough to get them on 15 CW for an all time new one but I
> never even heard them on RTTY despite a number of spots and lots of
> listening.
>
> According to W3UR of the Daily DX, they have now gone QRT due to a
> safety issue with ice and potential risk to the Braveheart.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:31:41 -0800
> From: Tom Osborne <w7why at frontier.com>
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
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> If you look at the pictured on their website, the antennas looked like they
> were really low - not more than 15 feet or so off the ground.  That
> probably is why they have been so weak.  73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Jim McDonald <jim at n7us.net> wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> I was relieved to get them on 30M RTTY on 21-Jan in the evening here in IL,
>> and it was new for me on RTTY, 30M, and 80M.
>>
>> In general, they were tough to work, and I didn't get them on 160, 15, or
>> 12, bands where I also needed them.  I had the entity confirmed previously
>> other DXpeditions.
>>
>> I have antenna and noise issues, which no doubt contributed to my
>> challenges.
>>
>> I very much appreciate their efforts, accomplishments, and the risks
>> involved and wish them well.
>>
>> 73, Jim N7US
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> I'm curious if anyone in the group was able to work VP8STI on RTTY? I was
>> lucky enough to get them on 15 CW for an all time new one but I never even
>> heard them on RTTY despite a number of spots and lots of listening.
>>
>> According to W3UR of the Daily DX, they have now gone QRT due to a safety
>> issue with ice and potential risk to the Braveheart.
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
>>
>>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 21:32:23 -0600
> From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> To: "'RTTY Reflector'" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
> Message-ID: <00bd01d157ea$2c9808a0$85c819e0$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
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> I was able to work them on 15 meter RTTY Friday afternoon when I got off
> from work. It was a half our before sunset around 2300Z (5 PM). They were
> ESP copy at best. I had heard them briefly on 15 RTTY a couple days earlier
> but too weak to work. I heard them on 30 RTTY with decent signals on my
> Pixel Loop but I didn't try to work them because I don't have a 30M transmit
> antenna right now and didn't need them on 30.
>
> I needed them on 12, 15, 80 and 160 meters. On Saturday during the BARTG
> Sprint I saw a spot from a fellow member of the Delta DX Club who has a
> contest station north of Lake Pontchartrain (he worked them all bands except
> 10M). The spot was for 12M SSB. I immediately went there, they were weak but
> readable. I found the station he was working up 5, called and got through on
> the first call. Immediately after making the contact, they faded away. I
> then received email from my friend Don, AA5AT, in Baton Rouge congratulating
> me on the contact. He heard the QSO and like me, lost their signal right
> after I worked them.
>
> I only heard them for about an hour on 80 meter CW one evening but did not
> get through. I didn't even try other bands since I didn't need them.
>
> My only other RTTY contact with the South Sandwich Islands was VP8SSI on ten
> meter RTTY on April 1, 1992.
>
> I'm thankful for the contacts I did make and glad they are safely off the
> island. Hopefully they can get back on to retrieve all the equipment and
> make it safely to South Georgia. A local Delta DX member, David W5XU, is
> part of the VP8STI team. Can't wait to hear his stories.
>
> Don AA5AU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 7:27 PM
> To: RTTY Reflector
> Subject: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
>
> I'm curious if anyone in the group was able to work VP8STI on RTTY? I was
> lucky enough to get them on 15 CW for an all time new one but I never even
> heard them on RTTY despite a number of spots and lots of listening.
>
> According to W3UR of the Daily DX, they have now gone QRT due to a safety
> issue with ice and potential risk to the Braveheart.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:44:54 +1300
> From: "Jim Irving" <zl2bmh at xtra.co.nz>
> To: "Tom Osborne" <w7why at frontier.com>, <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
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> On behalf of everyone, I'm pleased they've taken the safe option and left
> there for a short time, I would expect.  No one hurt injured or missing is a
> fabulous result.
>
> Thank you team,
> Jim,  ZL2BMH
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> From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why at frontier.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:31 PM
> To: <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] VP8STI on RTTY?
>
>> If you look at the pictured on their website, the antennas looked like
>> they
>> were really low - not more than 15 feet or so off the ground.  That
>> probably is why they have been so weak.  73
>> Tom W7WHY
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Jim McDonald <jim at n7us.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> I was relieved to get them on 30M RTTY on 21-Jan in the evening here in
>>> IL,
>>> and it was new for me on RTTY, 30M, and 80M.
>>>
>>> In general, they were tough to work, and I didn't get them on 160, 15, or
>>> 12, bands where I also needed them.  I had the entity confirmed
>>> previously
>>> other DXpeditions.
>>>
>>> I have antenna and noise issues, which no doubt contributed to my
>>> challenges.
>>>
>>> I very much appreciate their efforts, accomplishments, and the risks
>>> involved and wish them well.
>>>
>>> 73, Jim N7US
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> I'm curious if anyone in the group was able to work VP8STI on RTTY? I was
>>> lucky enough to get them on 15 CW for an all time new one but I never
>>> even
>>> heard them on RTTY despite a number of spots and lots of listening.
>>>
>>> According to W3UR of the Daily DX, they have now gone QRT due to a safety
>>> issue with ice and potential risk to the Braveheart.
>>>
>>> 73, Bill W6WRT
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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