[SEDXC] Still chasing TO4E

[Gary McConville]

I finally nailed them yesterday afternoon on 17M
phone, first call.

Gary - WB4SQ

--- "Macie, Gordon" <GMacie at innotrac.com> wrote:
> I saw them spotted but I was having too much fun
> contesting.. Didn't even go
> look to see if I could hear them...
>  Oh Well... I guess I'll just have to wait 10 more
> years..
> 
> Gordon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary McConville [mailto:wb4sq at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:53 AM
> To: Macie, Gordon; 'David L. Thompson';
> sedxc at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [SEDXC] Still chasing TO4E 
> 
> 
> DITTO!!!
> 
> Gary - WB4SQ
> 
> --- "Macie, Gordon" <GMacie at innotrac.com> wrote:
> > They were on 80 and 40 last night 9:30 till 11:30
> or
> > so local..I could hear
> > them well but no luck barefoot.. Still need 1st
> qso
> > , running out of time..
> > Seems like a mess. They were on 7002.. Started
> > working guys 7004 and kept
> > going up to at least 7030.. wipes out the whole
> band
> > covers up existing
> > qso.s. People just call and call. I was wondering
> if
> > most of the people were
> > even hearing them. He would answer and I would try
> > to spot the freq of who
> > he was working and most of the time 20 people were
> > still calling.. i see
> > nothing has changed in 20 years.. dont like this
> > method of using the whole
> > band to rcv though.. that shouldnt be needed with
> a
> > good op..
> > 
> > Gordon N4LR.
> > 
> > Gordon N4LR
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David L. Thompson
> > [mailto:thompson at mindspring.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:34 PM
> > To: sedxc at contesting.com
> > Subject: [SEDXC] Still chasing TO4E 
> > 
> > 
> > I worked TO4E on 17 for #349 there.  I have been
> up
> > 4 or 5 times when he is
> > on 12 meters but for some reason W1 to 3, W4 VA,
> > W8,9.0 and even 5 and 7 are
> > working him but today I finally heard him for
> > several transmissions on
> > 24.954.  I heard several in Atlanta and N4KG
> calling
> > him
> > but not sure if anyone got through.  When the pile
> > up got quiet he was
> > listening on 24.959.8 and several got thru ...I
> > could hear him on 25% of the
> > peaks so I knew who he was working.  I could still
> > hear him working Europe
> > after all the stateside quit calling then a V47
> came
> > almost on frequency and
> > that was that.  I could hear him in the background
> > and several of the
> > Europeans tried calling the V47 (EA3, F5, I1POR)
> to
> > tell him but he was
> > listening for USA.
> > 
> > Its funny but on 10, 15, and 17 he at first was
> very
> > weak and only working
> > Florida or Northern USA
> > but the past few days he comes in well on 17 and
> 15.
> >  He was even S5 on 10
> > at 1300Z.  But for some reason the signal on 12
> acts
> > just like a close in
> > Caribbean (just hearable in the background).  With
> > W3 and W8 reporting S9
> > its just like 6Y5 or ZF which we only catch on
> short
> > skip.  I came up on
> > Wednesday at his normal appearance time for NA
> > (1700Z) and I called CQ DX on
> > 24.945.  I worked a HI8, LU, and a number of
> > Brazilian pirates (they just
> > let me know they heard me and one cussed me out in
> > Portuguese ).  Then at
> > 1745Z 5R8FU called in at S5.  He was on today
> > talking to several Europeans
> > today just below 24930 and was S4 even beaming on
> > Europe.
> > 
> > Either this TO4E is a hoax on 12 or somehow we
> live
> > in a hole on this one on
> > 12.  I did hear him two weeks ago when band
> > conditions were good at 1340Z
> > but he QRT before I could call him.  I heard
> several
> > locals then.
> > 
> > They go QRT on Sunday or Monday...maybe one day
> > Atlanta will hear them again
> > well enough to work them on 12.
> > 
> > Stuck at #318 on 12 for several months 73 Dave
> K4JRB
> > 
> > 
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