Topband: XR0ZRC?

[Wes]

I was copying them last night on 160 about Q4 through the static crashes, but 
judging by the size of the pileup on the panadaper screen and their widely known 
receiving problems I didn't bother to call with my peanut whistle. Of course 
conventional wisdom says that I should not hear them without a RX antenna.

Their operators seem to be a mixed bag.  On 40 meters about two weeks ago, they 
were actually changing frequency every so often.  I would think, where did they 
go and then see on the scope they moved down a few dozen Hz. Unfortunately, they 
did this in the middle of what I thought was our QSO.

Wes  N7WS


On 3/26/2019 12:37 PM, W7RH wrote:
> IMHO. Not just one but several Dxpeditions recently have had what seems like 
> vacation style operating while promoted as full time full efforts. Some from 
> hotels and resorts and some from less comfortable environments but subject to 
> big city noise. With the decrease in solar activity you would think a little 
> more low band effort would be in order.  I don't think FT8 is the answer for 
> them either. If they can't hear on CW their noise floor will be an issue in 
> FT8 mode too. I'm sure someone will argue that point but if you can't work at 
> least --18 then forget it.
>
> The XR0ZRC ops had a decent signal to the SW the last two evenings which was 
> really their first major show on CW. I was able to copy them for more than 2 
> hours each night until giving up.
>
> My thought is if you are going to run a KW and carry one along, then it would 
> only make sense they carry some wire, coax and transformers in a bag as well. 
> Shoot, even a K9AY could be carried in 3ft travel bag. While we can't make up 
> for TS QRN man made noise is another and sometimes challenging issue. IMHO
>
> RX first....TX second....
>
> 73 bob, W7RH
>