The pile-up have been unreal but the FT5ZM operators have been very good and
their consistency is appreciated. The purpose of this posting is praise their
consistency.
Shortly after I was able to hear FT5ZM on 20 RTTY, I sent my call twice UP
about 5 and almost fell over when I saw “AAVU” on the screen. I went back with
my normal exchange and the operator was sending his standard exchange to
another station. I copied the mail some more and the FT5ZM RTTY operator was
very consistent about sending a "CALL 599-599 CALL BK” and this lead me to
conclude the “AAVU” was wishful thinking on my part and I should try again.
Finally, hours later on 3-Feb-2014 at 0327z I got the real AA5VU 599-599 AA5VU
BK, sent his report with a TU and logged it. Happiness, was seeing the addition
of the 20 Meter RTTY “Greenie” on the next Club Log update next to the AA5VU CW
and PH “Greenies.”
Again, the FT5ZM operators are pros and their consistency is appreciated. By
listening to their consistent patterns we know when to transmit; however, the
big question is still where is UP? For FT5ZM on 20 Meter RTTY it was somewhere
between 14085 to 14105. That's what makes DXing a challenge. I do not have a
SDR or separate receiver to track the heard of callers up-the-band, so I parked
the TS-590’s VFO-B up about UP about 8 (where is sounded semi-clear) and
figured sooner or later the FT5ZM operator may tune across and hear my signal.
I know this the old fashion hard way but sometime you get lucky if you park in
the right spot! Some like to follow the last QSO and others like to figure the
operator’s tuning pattern. The FT5ZM operators are good and it has to be hard
to pull calls out of monster pile-ups and that is why they keep us spread out.
Kudos to FT5ZM operators!
Good luck to all that still need FT5ZM. The pile-ups should settle down, there
is still lots of time and other bands. Yes, there are Cops, LIDs and Jammers
too.
73 Dick AA5VU
Rare DX is the Country you have not worked. Once worked they are just DX
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