[SEDXC] Working the JA's

[ku8e at bellsouth.net]

When John , K4BAI, and I drove up to Atlanta for a SECC meeting this summer he worked a JA on 20 CW when we were mobile. Just about any antenna will work when the band is open...

Jeff

> 
> From: "David  Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com>
> Date: 2006/09/11 Mon PM 03:38:02 EDT
> To: <sedxc at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [SEDXC] Working the JA's
> 
> I bought a small HF-5B mini beam from a JA/W4 who said he worked JA's on 15
> and 20 CW quite easily.  He had the beam tied to a rope and fixed on JA at
> 40 feet.
> 
> It is the low point of the sunspot cycle but with my beam at 86 feet JA's
> are easy on 40 SSB.  Don't bother with JA2BAY is you are looking for a card.
> My beam is down at 34 feet right now so I used my vertical dipole (Mor-gain
> 8040) which is 69 feet long
> and found that it took more patience but you get thru
> OK.  Probably it would easier on 40 CW.  3Y0 came right back first call on
> 40 and when they called for USA 3, 4, and 5's I was the third station thru.
> I even worked two JA's on 75 SSB with the vertical (short on 80) dipole.
> 
> Its not impossible.  With a big tri-bander and short 40 JA's are easy at
> high sunspot.  On 15 and 10 there are endless 10 watt JA's.  That is how the
> W6 amd W7 gang run up such high scores.  W7RM had a beam below a high nluff
> aimed at JA.  It was 200 feet down.  It was funny to hear the JA's and W7RM
> was almost unreadable!
> 
> Dave K4JRB
> 
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