I haven't heard them well enough to work them yet, but I've been trying.
Ron, KX1W
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> On Nov 4, 2014, at 23:25, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>> On 11/4/2014 8:08 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
>> I do know of many ACCUSATIONS of contests, primarily from people who mistake
>> DXpeditions for contests -- and/or people who don't like either, for reasons
>> that have nothing to do with Ten-Tec.
>
> Yes. Right now, there's a French DXpedition on Tromelin Island (VERY remote,
> near Madisgascar), a country that is VERY rare. Their location (roughly
> halfway around he world from California) makes 17M and 20M the best place to
> work them. I just worked them on 17M SSB and 30M CW, a new country for me.
>
> One thing that makes it sound like a contest is that they are not at all good
> at controlling their pileups, allowing them to consume as much as 20-30 kHz
> on CW and RTTY. 5-15 kHz is more typical on CW and RTTY. OTOH, their pileup
> was only 10 kHz wide on 17M SSB. They are 11,000 miles from me, so quite
> difficult to work.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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