Topband: VK9GMW

[Michael Tope]

Rick Karlquist wrote:

>Al Baker wrote:
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>>I wanted to salute HA7RY and AA7JV for their persistence in getting to and
>>putting Mellish Reef on the air despite the threat of severe
>>weather, damage to the bow pulpit of their boat, and problems with their
>>tent.
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>I worked them at my sunrise this morning while they were running
>JA's.  I really liked how they operated on 1823.5 and listened for
>me on 1825.5, just beyond the JA QRM.  They had very little
>QSB on their signal.  Their antenna sounds interesting.  I need
>a diagram of it. It sounds a little like a bobtail curtain.
>
>Rick N6RK
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At my QTH VK9GMW must have been at least 10 to 20dB stronger than VK9LA 
(perhaps more). They were Q5 almost continuously with an occasional fade 
into the noise, whereas I think I heard VK9LA come out of the noise once 
or twice in the several hours I listened on 1813 yesterday morning. 
Others with better receive antennas and/or better propagation were 
working VK9LA, but they were few and far between compared with VK9GMW. I 
only called them once or twice. The rest of the time VK9LA was too weak 
to make a QSO possible.

Mike W4EF.................