Topband: VP6D

Tom wb8zrl at southslope.net
Wed Oct 24 08:54:36 EDT 2018


Hover the cursor over the checkmark in the matrix of bands/modes in the
log page, and often the operator will be identified


On Tue, 2018-10-23 at 07:26 +0200, Jean-Paul Albert via Topband wrote:

> ZL3CW, aka F2CW was, maybe,the operator. 
> congrat’s for ur QSO. 
> F6FYA
> 
> Envoyé de mon iPad
> 
> > Le 22 oct. 2018 à 19:55, David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net> a écrit :
> > 
> > I am not an expert on DX peditions, coming late to HF and 160 meters in my life, but I could not get over the operator at VP6D this morning on 1.826.  Whoever it was, he was flying and getting the call correct the first time every time.  I was amazed at how well they were doing racking up the Qs.  There was plenty of QSB here in Maine with the signal going from S 0.2 to about S6  on the S meter. At minimum, they were barely copyable.  At best, they were loud. I used my Europe beverage and found that it was a tad better than my SW beverage. I am not sure what was going on there. The Europe wires is a pair of 1150 ft bevs, and the SW wire is shorter at about 800 ft. After making a contact, I experimented with diversity on the K3 and had the SW wire in my right ear and the 45 degree wire in my left ear.  Copy was better with diversity, but I think I need to check my beverage terminations!! Maybe it was an arrival angle situation that favored the longer wire's pattern.  I learn something every day.
> > 
> > Dave K1WHS
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