Topband: FT5ZM confusion this morning
Merv Schweigert
k9fd at flex.com
Sun Feb 2 09:52:41 EST 2014
Yes he did not have the split button pushed for about 10 mins or so.
He was cqing on 22.5 and saying dn 4 but was actually listening
on 22.5 also.. he found the mistake and moved to the normal
26.5 qsx dn 4. Good signal and still cqing as of 1500Z. not
many callers at all, slow deep qsb..
73 Merv K9FD/KH6
> woke up late this morning, about 15 minutes before SR. quickly checked
> 1826.5 for FT5ZM but nothing heard.
>
> JA5BIN was calling CQ on 21.5 and gave Hiro a quick call. he told me that
> FT5ZM was on 1822.65. i listened there and they were loud, around 589
> announcing that they were listening down 4. next thing that i heard was a big
> pile up on 22.6 calling the FT5. did he change to his normal frequency
> realizing his mistake?
>
> never heard the FT5 again as SR approached, either on 22.6 or 26.5 but be
> assured that my original cluster spot was correct.
>
> good luck.
>
> 73
> larry
> n7dd
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