It seems that after every DXpedition, there are a lot of pro/con comments. I
usually don't get into saying anything, but I feel the need to do so on this
one. In my early years of chasing DX, we were grateful for the opportunity
to have a shot at working a "new one." The chase was more exciting than
making the contact. Now we seem to have lost something and Dxpeditions are
classified in two ways = 1: If you worked them, it was a great operation and
the operators were excellent. 2: If you didn't work them, it was a lousy
operation and the ops were no good.
Yes, I worked YV0D on 20 meter CW and 20 meter RTTY. I was unable to work
them on 30 meters. You did not need a cluster to find this operation. If
anyone subscribes to a DX bulletin, they should have had adequate
information. I use "TheDaily DX", which comes to me via e-mail five times a
week, and was given plenty of information. I consider it the best one out
there. But, any time you hear what is obviously a rare call, you can expect
it to be a Dxpedition crew operating. YV0 is not like working an OK or PY or
W call. Almost without being told, you should know that it is a DXpedition
and they will probably be working UP, and, you should go up the band to be
sure. When trying to bust pileups like the YV0 had, you have to listen a lot
and try to figure out how the DX op is working the calls. His job is not
easy. If you listened to the pile ups on 30 meters it sounded like a dozen
F-15 jets roaring overhead. I don't see how the ops can make out any call.
I spent 2 1/2 hours trying to work YV0D on 30 meters CW and did not make
contact. I was really pumped up and excited to have the chance to compete
and use my skills and station. I would like to have worked them. But, the
chase was almost as much fun as if I had made the contact. It never entered
my mind to give up and not try to work them. I did work them on 20 meters
CW after trying for 1 hr 38 minutes. It took me a while to figure out how
the DX op was listening and his timing . It took me 1 hr 50 minutes to work
them on 20 meter RTTY. Again, it was a matter of listening to what was going
on and figuring out how the op was working calls. It was a new one on RTTY.
It seemed to me that the rtty Op. ID'd after each contact and also said
"UP." My RTTY contact went this way KS0M 599 DE YV0D
KS0M TU DE YV0D SK QRZ YV0D UP UP
The RTTY contact was a new one for me on RTTY. I confirmed YV0 for 15M CW
in 1984.
Enjoy the chase people............73 Dick - KS0M
Richard C. "Dick" White whiter26@sbcglobal.net
Fulton, MO. 65251
Amateur Radio Station - KS0M (ex WB0WLX / KC0MY )
ARRL Honor Roll / CW - 5BDXCC / CW #3295
Life Member American Radio Relay League
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