Topband: K4M on TopBand

[Milt, N5IA]

> On the 3 days they were active on TB around that time, no breaks were
> offered for EU and apart from one very lucky G and three GM Top Gun Dxers,
> most found it impossible to cut through the NA Wall.
> I see no TB QSOs at all for EI, F, EA and so on, in the on-line Logs.
> 80m was a similar story.
>
> On their last day on TB, 18th Oct. they had the best signal ever at our SR
> (for over 30m at this QTH) but unbelievably they were working only the SP
> Contest!
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It has been 20 months since VP6DX.  I can personally say that a very high 
emphasis, with much thought, planning, preparation and ultimately execution, 
was placed on accomplishing what Dave is lamenting did not happen with 
recent expeditions.

It takes all of the above mentioned, coupled with individual operator 
knowledge, experience, and desire, to make Topband and 75/80 Meter Q's to 
the DIFFICULT locations in limited time and tiny propagation windows.

One of the goals of VP6DX was to provide the opportunity for such contacts 
to be made, even at the expense of quantity of Q's to more easily worked 
locations.  I believe that the game plan was successful, and hopefully all 
future DXpeds will attempt to adhere to that MO.

Milt, N5IA
Also XZ1N, XZ0A and VP6DX