Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers

Thu Feb 5 11:46:57 EST 2015

First of all, they haven't reported having their beverages installed.
Secondly, there has been a storm front slowly moving across the Carribean
with lots of QRN.  Hearing the many Europeans who I could easily copy with
my beverages could be very difficult for them listening on their transmit
antenna.

The K1N team is a group for first class operators who, in my opinion, are
not deliberately ignoring Europe or Asia.  They are simply having trouble
hearing those directions.

Also, I would sadly point out that the QSO rate on 40 and higher
frequencies would have been even higher but for the incredible amount of
deliberate QRM and acted out childness by both NA and Eu Lids.

I do hope and believe that the QSO percentages will begin to correct in the
favor of Eu, Asia, AF and Oc as they are fully settled in and weather
conditions improve.

73,

Ken - K4XL (old enough to have worked KC4NI, N0TG/KP1, W0RJU/KP1, KP2A and
6Y5NR all on Navassa)

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Fortra <fortra at siol.net> wrote:

> Hi Lou,
>
> jeez those numbers are worrying.
> Although, path from K1 or and 6Y5 is far more
> easier to EU/US then EP to US....
>
> Got EP from 70' and Navassa as well :)
>
> Sometimes it pays off, to be that long arround :)
> Incidentally, this is one of the best location in Carrebian :)
> I think that 6Y5 team set several WW on MM on Cw and QRPP
> as well....
>
> Was there in eighties as YU3CR/MM for 9 month...
>
> We will agree upon vine :)
>
> 73's Nermin S58DX
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "KE1F Lou" <lmecseri at cfl.rr.com>
> To: <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 4:14 PM
>
> Subject: Re: Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers
>
>
> Nermin,
>
> Lets wait for the final result from K1N.
>
> We do have EP6T data:
>
> 68,045 QSO
> 69.6% Europe
> 9.8% North America
> 17.6% Asia.
>
> I am willing to bet you a bottle of riesling, (Yellow Tail, my favored
> fermented grape)
> that K1N will do better with European stations than EP6T did with North
> American
> stations.
>
> Are you on?
>
> 73 Lou  KE1F
>
> On 2/5/2015 7:42 AM, Fortra wrote:
>
>> Lou,
>>
>> is that what you have said, an argument ?
>> Let us wait a week, and then we will judge...
>>
>> 73's Nermin S58DX
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "KE1F Lou" <lmecseri at cfl.rr.com>
>> To: <topband at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 12:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers
>>
>>
>> To us EP6T was European QSO Party.
>>
>> GL and 73 Lou  KE1F
>>
>> On 2/5/2015 1:51 AM, Jan Erik Holm wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry if I´m a PITA right now but why even bother to
>>> have this debate about K1N on 160, it´s not even DX
>>> to NA, like a local station almost.
>>>
>>> Jeez how difficult can it be from the US, anybody with
>>> 100W and a wet noodle for an antenna can work it. On
>>> 80 I´m sure at least from the east coast they can be
>>> worked all day long.
>>>
>>> I don´t know about 160 since so far they haven´t been
>>> stronger then S2 due to geo mag storm and poor propagation
>>> 66 degs north where I´m at but so far I´m very disappointed
>>> in their 80m operation, they never listen for EU or any other
>>> area, they work 99,5% NA, it is the USA/Canadian QSO party.
>>> I would have expected a totally different action by that
>>> bunch of operators, I´m very very sad and sorry to see
>>> where it all has went to.
>>>
>>> Now this might not be the case on 160, if I´m lucky propagation
>>> might get better and I might get a shot at it.
>>>
>>> 73 Jim SM2EKM
>>> ------------------------------------
>>> On 2015-02-04 01:15, Hardy Landskov wrote:
>>>
>>>> I got up last night for my nightly bathroom ritual and just for grins
>>>> listened to 160. They were calling CQ and I worked them on 2 calls. Not
>>>> many trying to get them. This was 1035Z.
>>>> N7RT
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist"
>>>> <richard at karlquist.com>
>>>> To: <ws6x.ars at gmail.com>; <topband at contesting.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 4:51 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Why not call around 0700Z after the
>>>>> band closes to EU and before it opens
>>>>> to JA?  A bunch of us in CA got them
>>>>> in the log last night fairly easily.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rick N6RK
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