TopBand: 9M0C / TJ1GB confusion in GM-Land 18 th. Feb '98

[Graham Mercer]

Fellow Reflectees ... ( and all at 9M0C! )

Sigs tonight, between 2200z and 2245z were the weakest so far on 
this expedition into this part of GM-land ... Maybe the higher K-index 
was responsible (K-3) ... Signals here were the best on the first 
evening (GM-time around 2215-40z) on the first day of operation.

It seems that, apart from the LIDS on the 9M0C QRG, which seems 
to be bad on most bands, patricularly 160m and 40m, another 
spanner has been inserted into the works to cause some confusion 
(so to speak!) ..... TJ1GB has been appearing on approx the same 
freq as 9M0C around 1815-1915z, and this guy (op-W6RJ this 
evening) is a BIG sig into here, also listening up, sometimes up to 
6Khz up, and has resulted in spots of 9M0C being presented to the 
DX-Cluster network, one GI stn put 9M0C on the cluster this evening 
after just completing a QSO wid TJ1GB, and suspect that a G3Nxx 
did same yesterday, because this G3 does not appear in the 9M0C 
log on the internet at all, and his comment on the 
Cluster was that the QSO was easy and loud ( which TJ1GB is here 
too - 599+!) ...In fairness to all confused persons, the TJ stn is on 
around the same frequency, and the pile-up is BIG, and to add to the 
confusion, he only gives out his own call after about 30 QSOs, so 
beware! you may not be in QSO with whom you think !! So listen for a 
positive ident. on the DX! ..
I am thankful for the erroneous SPOT on the OH2BUA cluster as 
TJ1GB provided me with #135! (however 9M0C still eludes this wee 
pistol!)..
W6RJ down in TJ1-Land is a 1st class DX-op - W6-land seems to be 
the breeding ground of ace  DX-peditioners on 160m!! (maybe just 
more frequent idents. to  reduce the confusion!)
73 to all (particularly ops at 9M0C and TJ1GB!)

Graham/GM4BES+



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