Topband: FT5ZM confusion this morning

[Garry Shapiro]

Damn--fooled me coming and going. I came late to the party and could not 
figure out why he was not where he might have been. But I did the same 
reversal on Kure in '95.


On 2/2/2014 6:52 AM, Merv Schweigert wrote:
> 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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