Topband: WD8DSB & LU5OM 160 meter year long test complete

[vk3io]

Tree, that was VE7BS, BOB (now SK) and VK3ZL, BOB (now also SK), with 
almost all qso's using SSB.

We, ve7bs, vk3zl (previously vk3bvs), including myself vk3io (previously 
vk3bee) and other vk's, had many great ssb qso's on Top Band between 
1983 and 2010, back in the "good old day's" of 160m activity, with 
signals often being 59 both ways at the peak times.

Cheers, from Ron.


On 03-Aug-18 3:52 AM, Tree wrote:
> Congrats on the 95 percent success rate.
>
> This reminds me of the QSOs VE7SB (I think I remember that call right) and
> VK3ZL did.  They managed to make QSOs like everyday for over a year I
> believe.  Someone else on the list might remember the details better than I
> can.
>
> Tree N6TR
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Don Kirk <wd8dsb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For those of you that have been getting up early each morning to listen for
>> LU5OM, just wanted to let you know that we have reached the end of our year
>> long test.  Manuel (LU5OM) and I (WD8DSB) are pretty worn out getting up
>> almost every morning (0845 UTC) for one year.  Manuel will still continue
>> to be very active on 160 meters as he closes in on his DXCC, but our
>> official schedule has ceased.
>>
>> As previously reported, our test turned out to be very interesting in that
>> I was able to copy Manuel at least 95% of the days that I listened
>> (including my summer months with lots of lightning crashes), with copy
>> meaning I could copy his call sign and hear him say he was calling CQ.  Our
>> path is almost a true North/South path (actually 160 degrees) at a distance
>> of 4700 miles.  For the majority of our test Manuel used a top loaded
>> vertical (currently 64 foot tall) and 500 watts. My RX situation is a small
>> pennant (51.6% of full size) using one W7IUV preamp, an old Kenwood TS-180s
>> with 500 Hz filter and a 200 Hz hi-per-mite active audio filter.
>>
>> As I said before, this (95% success rate) is something I would have never
>> thought possible when we started our year long test.
>>
>> Just FYI and 73,
>> Don wd8dsb (and Manuel LU5OM)
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