Topband: E51M

[Gary K9GS]

This is frustrating too from the US Midwest Herb.  It happens all the time.

Equally frustrating are stations in AF working EU & East Coast NA all 
evening and never standing by for Midwest stations.  It's usually very 
difficult to get through the EU curtain.  Or, if the do ask for EU and 
East Coast to stand by, then they listen for W6 & W7 only.  NA is a big 
continent.

Since I'm on a roll....the other frustrations are Asian and Pacific Rim 
stations, like XX for example, that only show up after my SR and work NA 
West Coast....





On 4/4/2012 6:00 PM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
> No problem with that Clive....and I sure can wait till 0600.
> Unfortunately some EU operator DXpeditions in the Pacific do exactly
> that with EU only until they see the grey line hits the continent, go
> QRT, and then come back at 11:00 after my SR to work the NA big guns.
> This is exactly what happens so often and it is very frustrating.  Most
> apparently don't realize that much of the Eastern Caribbean is East of
> 64 degrees WL and much closer to the Equator at 17.7 NL.  This practice
> is a real bummer for me.
>
>
> Herb. KV4FZ
>
> On 4/4/2012 4:45 PM, Clive GM3POI wrote:
>> Herb, Looking from an EU point of view. You will realise that the whole of
>> EU will lose propagation  at about 06z. You then have about six hours before
>> sunrise , surely enough time.
>> 	Our 160m available time will be from there SS  at 0445z until our
>> Sunrise 0530z that is a total of 45 minutes against your likely six hours. I
>> think it highly reasonable IF they were QRV,  to say EU only.
>> 73 Clive GM3POI
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: topband-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com]
>> On Behalf Of Herb Schoenbohm
>> Sent: 04 April 2012 19:06
>> To: topband at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: Topband: E51M
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> E51M operation has super signals on all high bands but their interest
>> does not seem to be in 160 at all.  I have asked them countless times
>> and was told yesterday that there is some difficulty in getting up an
>> antenna.. The SSB tent said they a have even sent over two of their crew
>> to help out.  The SSB crew is very friendly and  easy to work.  On CW
>> however this morning they were on 14 CW and spent 6 hours sending E51M
>> up EU and the same was being sent on 18 Mhz as well for about the same
>> amount of time.  It is very frustrating when a rare DXpedition  is in
>> here 599 plus for hours and refuses to work the America's.  I just hope
>> if they ever get on the lower bands that NA will even have a chance.
>>
>> My question is why should any portion of the world be locked out for
>> long periods of time from calling for a new country..  Sure I have faced
>> time and time again trying in vain to break a EU wall on 160.  This was
>> recently the case with 3C0E working Eu's for hours on TB and not a
>> chance to NA at all.  So my suggestion is to have at least a few minutes
>> to QSX for NA under these circumstances instead of just raising a total
>> blockade lasting over the whole path opening. And in the case where a
>> DX-pedition ops  want to disfavor some geographic location in deference
>> to his buddies back in Europe, why not at least allow for a short open
>> window from time to time?
>>
>> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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>> On 4/4/2012 12:40 PM, Jim WA9YSD wrote:
>>>
>>> Check out E51M on the call search for E51M updates are posted there.
>>>
>>> Latest post:
>>> 4.02.12  2257 Z
>>> I spoke to the Team Leader about 30 minutes ago. Because the sat. phone is
>> still too noisy, we spoke on 12 meters. Here are the two matters he related
>> to me;  The Six meter station is available and ready to make QSOs.  If
>> anyone is hearing them on six, or wants to give it a try, call one of the
>> stations operating on the low band frequencies and ask for some one to go to
>> the six meter station. The antenna for 160 meters is still being worked on.
>> Stay tuned for that band to be QRV
>>> Good Evening ,
>>> Leon, (K2EWB)
>>>
>>> Stay on course, fight a good fight, and keep the faith. Jim K9TF/WA9YSD
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73,

Gary K9GS

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