[SEDXC] Working PJ2T

[Don Nesbitt]

Hi Dave - what a great effort!  Thanks for hanging in there!

RE: 160 - I don't know what time you were trying but I opened 160 for us each evening from 0000Z to 0300Z.  I can tell you the static levels were extreme and conditions were poor!  On the first night, I worked about 17 stations in the first hour.  Things improved and if I recall correctly, I ended the 3 hour shift with a total of 179 Q's.  On the second night, I only managed to work about 20 stations during the same three (3) hour shift - it was miserable - pathetic!  I think Gordon followed me and don't know conditions picked up or not!  I did manage to work W2WG and K4DLI but both have excellent antennas and I'm guessing were running "power!"

Thanks again for your heroics - hope you're feeling better.  '73 es gud dxing -- Don N4HH


--- On Sun, 3/8/09, David Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com> wrote:

> From: David Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com>
> Subject: [SEDXC] Working PJ2T
> To: sedxc at contesting.com
> Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 10:59 PM
> I was busy on Friday night and came down with a sore throat
> and fever on 
> Saturday.  I did use my Yaesu barefoot to work PJ2T on 40
> and 75 (Mike ND4V 
> op).  My voice was nearly gone on Sunday
> but using the voice keyer I worked PJ2T on 20 on the first
> call.  15 was a 
> different story.  Chaz, W4GKF was operating and I heard
> several in South 
> metro work him directly but at my QTh they were sounding
> like back scatter. 
> I finally turned on the Henry which I have working on 17,
> 15, and 12 and 
> Chaz heard me after a couple of calls (beaming due East
> over North Africa).
> 
> As last year with TI50DX, I then settled on 10 (again
> barefoot).  Using my 
> voice keyer I worked a page of mainly South America
> starting at 2155.   They 
> as well as PJ4G were being worked by K1TTT, W3LPL, and West
> coast but not 
> even a whisper here. At 2220 I started hearing them and
> when they reached S7 
> I worked them at 2228. In 20 minutes they were almost
> pinning the needle as 
> was PJ4G and P40A.
> I worked a few more stations but when TI8M wanted a repeat
> I used my real 
> voice (a big mistake) and had to find some cough medicine.
> 
> I set my sights on working them on 160 and could hear them
> well on the K9AY 
> receiving loop.  I loaded up my 40 meter beam which usually
> works Ok for USA 
> and called them on 1834 and finally 1865 but they called CQ
> in my face. 
> They were S8 on the K9AY and 10 over on the loaded beam. A
> fellow in NC told 
> me I was S9 there but guess 90 watts is still QRP
> especially when you don't 
> have a real 160 TX antenna.
> 
> I gave it the old college try and finished with Q's on
> 75 to 10.  Sorry 
> gang.
> 
> Dave K4JRB
> 
> 
> 
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