Topband: EP6T

[K4SAV]

This should have been easy, but no joy here.  EP6T was peaking S9 in 
Alabama last night on 80 meters.  They were 30 dB over my noise floor.  
That means there should be stations from NA at least S9 at their end.  
It's pretty bad when they can't copy an S9 signal.

They did a little better on 80 Monday night.  I wrote down the calls of 
25 NA stations they worked and there were a few more that I didn't write 
down.  They peaked at about S8 Monday night.

I haven't heard a peep from them on 160, maybe because I was spending 
too much time on 80 where I thought I was going to be a slam-dunk.

Jerry, K4SAV


On 1/21/2015 7:30 AM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
> EP6T was easy to work on 160 meters last night perhaps due to some 
> equatorial skewing and some skilled operators who had a NA set aside 
> on 1828.  without this breaking the EU wall would have been 
> impossible.  This has not been the case on 80 meters as there appears 
> to be some local noise problem.  The 80 meter CW signals here were at 
> time 599 plus 10 and there were many QRO East coast callers with no 
> joy.  When EP6T would QSX up 2 for NA only they did not appear to hear 
> anything except maybe now and then a partial.  So apparently in 
> frustration they returned to working EU.  The question remains if they 
> can be easily worked on 160 and then not on 80 will the same rig and 
> antenna(s) on this end what could be the problem. After five days of 
> calling on 80 for six hours every night I have come to the conclusion 
> that their 80 meter RX antenna may not favor the Western hemisphere. 
> It almost seems like the front end of the RX section is hurting.  With 
> an 80 meter Q rate of one contact in five minutes and then
>
> Even a 200 foot BOG favoring the America's at the end of a 1000' piece 
> of RG6 away from the local noise might help make it possible for some 
> NA/SA stations to get in the log on 80.  Certainly EP6T being able to 
> hear me with ease on 160 so they should be able to do the same on 80. 
> Maybe the solution is not that difficult.  The awesome skill of the 
> operators on 160 is well established but the 80 position might be 
> different. with different equipment and different ops. On this side 
> there may come a point where it is point where calling for days with 
> no chance in even having a chance must be considered.
>
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
>
> On 1/21/2015 8:19 AM, Bill and Liz wrote:
>> Last night the expedition had a pretty good signal on 
>> 80M...workable,I thought, by anyone running a bit of power, some long 
>> deep QSB but also some surprisingly long peaks too.  In the time that 
>> I spent listening, they worked no NA stations, so either propagation 
>> is causing great difficulties for them on receive, their noise level 
>> is high (this may be the real reason-there is heavy industry on the 
>> island not very far from their QTH) or the “EU wall” is just too high 
>> and deep.  At no time did I hear a request to stand by for NA even as 
>> their sunrise approached and propagation would be tops for us.
>>
>> And not a peep on 160M here (EN93) through the first few evenings.  
>> So far just 3 NA stations have made it into the log on topband with 
>> some 71 on 80M.  Not good for NA!!
>>
>> Bill VE3NH
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