[SEDXC] A5A depends on sun spots

[Paul Newberry]

We're telling our age a bit here...huh?
I worked ole Pradan when he was AC5PN.....and Al Hicks, W8PQQ was his QSL 
manager -- Al was later W8BT and even later W8AH...
Where did all of those years go?
73, Paul, N4PN

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Greenway
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 6:31 PM
To: Dave Thompson ; sedxc at contesting.com ; sedxc at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SEDXC] A5A depends on sun spots

HI Dave, just to add a little bit, they were on 30 CW a few days ago calling 
for USA around SR.  I do remember A51PN.  He ran some schedules just for the 
SEDXC members back in the day.  I remember selling him a remote VFO for his 
FTDX570 I believe it was.  A51 is not an easy part of the world to work from 
here.

4S7AB was on 30 CW around SR today, 1118 GMT, workable from here with 200 w 
and a high dipole.  E51 has been doing well on the low bands in recent days.

Neat story on the elephant and BC610.  Those were the days. HI

73 Mike K4PI

From: Dave Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:15 PM
To: sedxc at contesting.com ; sedxc at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SEDXC] A5A depends on sun spots

I heard A5A at S5 on 20 SSB at 1500Z and again for a short period at 0200Z 
this week.  The sun spots were above 70 but have dropped to less than 30 
now.  Best I hard them on 17 CW was 439
and they were ESP on 17 SSB.  Europe hears them on 15 but no real 
propagation for us.  Never did listen for them on 40.

I worked A52A in 2000 when Bob K4UEE and the large group were over there on 
10 to 40. Even then the 80 window was so short that only the hams in NC 
worked them in the SE USA.

My first QSO  with A5 was VU2US/AC5 (the old prefix) in 1960.  VU2US used an 
elephant to carry a BC-610 over the mountains.  This was an AM Phone QSO.  I 
worked A51PN in 1981 on 15 SSB for the next QSO.

I do have beams at 75 feet so have an advantage over the SEDXC members with 
wire or vertical antennas.

Good luck to all who need this for a ATNO.

Dave K4JRB
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