Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M

[Mike]

im sure i could of too ...

i heard them for hours on 80M (3705 +70Khz) .... some times even 20 over 
S9 but never ventured above 3800 .... cept once some one got them to go 
to 60M ... and of corse i didn't have an antenna resonant for 60M .....


On 02/18/2015 08:02 AM, James Rodenkirch wrote:
> Not all that often, initially....on 80 they stayed down in the extra 
> segment for several days so I e-mailed the NA pilot and requested he 
> pass on them that there are a lot of general class hams needing to 
> work them so they need to get up near that portion of the band and 
> work "up."
>
> His reply -- "I'll pass that on, Jim, that's a reasonable request" --- 
> very telling, 'eh?
>
> An aside note: I worked them with QRP power two morning after the 
> pilot sent that reply.
>
> 72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
>
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:47:12 -0800
> > From: patriot121 at msn.com
> > To: topband at contesting.com
> > Subject: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M
> >
> >
> > I have a question .. not top band related ... almost
> >
> > but how often did k1n venture into the general portion of the band on
> > 75m, even on 40m ....
> >
> > I couldn't even make a contact on 20M .... 0UTC and next 2hrs was best
> > .... according to K6TU propagation ....
> > corse it would of helped if i had known about them sooner maybe ...
> >
> > i learned of the group thursday evening ......
> >
> >
> > On 02/17/2015 07:45 PM, jon jones wrote:
> > > George:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the note. All the K1N ops did an outstanding job !
> > >
> > > That is an excellent tip re. getting on after European sunrise and 
> before JA sunset for DXpeditions on the low bands.
> > >
> > > I got up a number of nights ~ 2 am - 4 am CST to try for K1N. I 
> was successful on 40 and 80 meters with K1N during this time slot.
> > >
> > > - Jon
> > >
> > >> Jon,
> > >>
> > >> I was one of the 160 m operators.
> > >>
> > >> NA callers were thick during the evening hours when they were 
> competing with
> > >> EU, making for some difficult pile-ups, but after midnight (and 
> EU sunrise),
> > >> often there were very few NA callers.
> > >>
> > >> George
> > >> AA7JV
> > >
> > >
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