Topband: FT5ZM

[Wayne Kline]

Sorry to say no luck in EPA.     One positive note,  I get to clean up paperwork  ; )

Wayne W3EA

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On Feb 4, 2014, at 10:00 AM, "Garry Shapiro" <garry at ni6t.com> wrote:

> I just worked him at 1455. He popped up to copiable and a minute later was in the log. I am a happy boy. Still there, still not loud but easy copy.
> 
> Garry
> 
> 
> On 2/4/2014 6:55 AM, Milt -- N5IA wrote:
>> Good morning Garry,
>> 
>> Well, all the tea leaves lined up here this AM.
>> 
>> He was first discernable at 1348.
>> 
>> Heard a good CQ & call sign at :50.
>> 
>> I started calling at :52.
>> 
>> I made it into his log, on the hour, at 1400.
>> 
>> He was wall to wall speaker quality for 10 minutes.
>> 
>> He faded out at 1425, a full 10 minutes after my sunrise.  His signal was audible here in SW NM, DM52lq for a total of 37 minutes.
>> 
>> And this morning's op was NOT interleaving VK stations with NA. So the note to the pilot may have helped on that account.
>> 
>> Good luck with your situation.
>> 
>> 73 de Milt, N5IA
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Garry Shapiro
>> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 9:56 PM
>> To: topband at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: Topband: FT5ZM
>> 
>> The west coast depends upon the morning bump and the only window is
>> between their sunset around 14Z and our sunrise around 1515 and
>> shrinking; the actual sunrise bump is, of course, short. Some areas east
>> of the Sierra in the Mountain time zone apparently have no mutual
>> darkness and therefore no opening at all, similar to what happened at
>> VK0IR in  1997.
>> 
>> Many west coast stations made good topband Q's over the weekend. Alas, I
>> was plagued with a powerline arc exactly in line with Amsterdam SP and a
>> deer took out my NW/SE Beverage. Now we are about to be clobbered by a
>> CME--the high SFI of the past week heralded its arrival and I join those
>> who are SOL. The prop gods are chortling.
>> 
>> Garry, NI6T
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/3/2014 6:45 PM, Les Kalmus wrote:
>>> They were on top band tonight but really weak at best. I heard them better on the inverted L than the beverage which is really weird. They didn't start calling until around 2330Z.
>>> 
>>> The ditter was a pita.
>>> 
>>> 73, Les W2LK
>>> 
>>> On 2/3/2014 6:33 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
>>>> Well, it's academic for tonight because the only signals on frequency
>>>> I've heard all night were the buzzards throwing out carriers & the
>>>> occasional dits so to let us know they're there, waiting.
>>>> 
>>>> Band condx or local issues there keeping them off 160 it seems.
>>>> 
>>>> Gary, KA1J
>>>> 
>>>>> Gary,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know I worked them on 40 SSB last night, and I do not appear in the log.
>>>>>  So, I checked about a dozen other guys in the spots for 40 SSB last night
>>>>> who supposedly worked them after I did.  None of them appear in the log
>>>>> either.  Methinks there are some bands missing in today's upload!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73, Tony K4QE
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Gary Smith <Gary at ka1j.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Rats, back in the chase, must have been a slim. Just checked clublogs
>>>>>> FT5ZM log and the 160M Q didn't show up but my 17M contact an hour &
>>>>>> a half later did. I know I heard them come back to me so it must have
>>>>>> been a slim but geez with the signals like they were, it sure sounded
>>>>>> like their signal.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ugh...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>> KA1J
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Fingers crossed it wasn't a slim I worked. The signals were in & out
>>>>>>> but for 4-5 minutes I could hear them clearly. Time'll tell.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If I did get him it was greatly because the kiddies weren't playing
>>>>>>> so hard today.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 73,
>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>> KA1J
>>>>>>> 
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