TopBand: DXPED V4 FOR CQ160SSB, ARRLDX SSB & CW LOOKING FOR JA ES DX 160

[ALEXANDER A. AIMETTE]

I WILL BE LEAVING FOR V4 ON 12 FEB AND WILL OPERATE ARRL DX CW, CQWW160
SSB, ES ARRL DX SSB AS V47KP.
THE TRANSMIT ANTENNA IS A SLOPING HALF-WAVE DIPOLE FACING EUROPE, AND 
SUSPENDED FROM A 200' TOWER LOCATED ON A RIDGE ABOUT 1000' ABOVE THE SEA. 
BUT THE RECEPTION IS HORRIBLE UNLESS THERE ARE NO, 0, NONE-- THUNDER 
STORMS AROUND, WHICH IS RARE.  I WILL TRY AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE DELTA 
LOOP FACING EUROPE, AND MOVE THE DIPOLE OVER TOWARDS STATESIDE, NW. 
IF ABLE I WILL OPERATE FROM 2300-0100 AND AT EUROPE SUNRISE AS OFTEN AS
I CAN, BUT MY WIFE IS COMING DOWN THE WEEK BEFORE CQWW160 SO THIS MAY BE
CURTAILED.  

I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY SUGGESTIONS FROM JA AS TO TIME AND FREQUENCY FOR
JA STATIONS AND WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO WORK PACIFIC/JA PATHS.  SEND
ME YOUR SUGGESTED TIME AND FREQUENCY HERE BEFORE TUESDAY, FEB 11.  

I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THE INTERNET BUT THIS MIGHT NOT BE POSSIBLE
SINCE THE LAPTOP IS TOO SLOW AND THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A TELEPHONE LINE
UP AT THE MOUNTAIN SITE.  

QSL VIA K2SB, 73 AND WILL SEE YOU FROM V47KP  ALEX W20X/V47KP

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