[SEDXC] Working PJ2T

[James Streible]

Hi Donny,

No Power here.
Only 100 wts. We had just gotten back home and
I went down to see how you were on the  low bands
and heard you before the amp came up and worked
you on 160, then up to 80 and 40 and had the three
bands in the log with 100 wts in a few minutes.

Jim  K4DLI



Don Nesbitt wrote:
> 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:
>
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>> 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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