I just spoke
(1845Z Thursday December 20th) to Olli and Martti. They were
having a
lunch break and should be QRV again afterwards.
The goal of their
activity is to get into as many logs as possible to give
the Deserving their
first QSO and a Christmas present! To continue with
that goal Martti
will remain on 20 meters SSB. The band seems to open just
before 1100Z
and here concentration is on Europe/Middle East and Africa.
Once signals seem
to die down to that area he picks up the Americas
(NA/CA/SA). Around
2100-2200 the bands starts to open to Japan and the Far
East. Once the
band closes to that area he goes back to the Americas and
Oceania until just
after 0000Z when the band totally closes. North American
stations (US
included) are asked to please do not call when the operator
asks for certain
more difficult areas, like JA, parts of Europe and the
Middle East, VK and
ZL. Give them the opportunity for their first QSOs.
Working VK's and
ZL's has been difficult. So if a few VK's and ZL's would
let me know
when the FJ/OH2AM signals are peaking for you and on what band
that will be
relayed to the team. Olli will be mostly doing the sub bands
of 40 and
17 meters, mostly on CW. Again if he asks North America to stand
by
please honor this request. Olli thinks the VK's and ZL's should be
able
to get them on 20 meters around 0400-0600 if the solar flux is high
enough.
Otherwise VK/ZL try 40 meters between 0700 and 1100Z. As of
this moment the
guys do not know when they will QRT. They can stay in
their hotel until
December 27th and then they must leave as all the
accommodations are booked.
Many have asked about on-line logs. There
will be no on-line logs while on
the island and might be after the
operation. More on that later. Again
remember there are two
operators and two radios so they are a little limited
and their main strategy
above is to maximize the head count for first time
QSOs. They are only
using one callsign (FJ/OH2AM) to avoid dupes. OH2AM is
the OH DX Ring
club callsign. As of the moment they will not start any new
bands
between now and the end of the weekend (Sunday)! Activity will be
on
both CW and SSB on 17, 20 and 40 meters. QSL FJ/OH2AM via
OH2BN. This
email may be forward to your friends or club
reflectors. I will also post a
copy of this email to http://www.dailydx.com/barthelemy.htm
73
Bernie
Bernie McClenny,
W3UR