Topband: FT5ZM

[Milt -- N5IA]

Good morning all.

It appears I was duped two days ago.

The apparently real FT5ZM just showed up 48.5 hours later, but too late for 
me.  The sun was already 10 minutes in the sky when the very weak signal was 
heard at this QTH.  The NA west coast is calling right now but I have not 
heard any of them make a contact.

I apologize for the misleading info of two days ago.

The comment by LY5W on the FT5ZM web site re working Amsterdam on 160 M has 
now been removed.

However, here is the copy and paste that I did of that comment.  I sent this 
to Juhani Viitala, OH3SR,at his request.

Saulius Zalnerauskas · Works at Laisvo Oro Direktorius
TNX for 160m QSO - EASY! Great ears! LY5W - First Call
Reply · 4 · Like · Follow Post · 5 hours ago

    Branislav Hačko · Centar za socijalnu medicinu at Zavod za javno 
zdravlje Kikinda
    Congrats! YU7U
    Reply · Like · 47 minutes ago

This is from http://www.amsterdamdx.org/an-avalanche-of-emails/

Good luck to everyone.

de Milt, N5IA

-----Original Message----- 
From: K4SAV
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 7:50 PM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: FT5ZM

Merv if you look at a gray line map you will see that the path from New
Mexico to FT5ZM at 1350Z is in the gray line while at the same time its
three hours after your sunrise.  Also after sunrise for most of eastern US.

Jerry, K4SAV

On 1/27/2014 9:50 AM, Merv Schweigert wrote:
> Now thats a strange one Milt,  I was up and ears peeled at 1330Z until
> now 1545Z and never heard a peep outta him, never heard anyone
> calling at all,   what Freq was this happening on?
> Only stations on 160 were NH0Z and V63DX,  couple JAs
> How in the world did we all miss him?   Curious to freq you heard him on?
> I also dont see any reverse beacon hits for him..
> Color me dumb,   73 Merv K9FD/KH6
>
>> He was first discernable here at 1350.  In the log at 1400.
>>
>> It is now 1422 and he is fading with my sunrise.  The signals peaked at 
>> S3 on the Beverages for about 20 minutes, but was good copy on ALL 16 
>> Beverages.  This indicates a VERY HIGH arrival angle here near the 
>> Amsterdam antipode.  He was good copy (S1) on a full wavelength 
>> horizontal loop just 10 feet AGL.
>>
>> He is now working northern Scandinavian station as well as NA west coast 
>> as he fades away.  Still 449 at 1427.
>>
>> 73, and good luck to all.
>>
>> de Milt, N5IA
>>
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