Hi Dave,
Yes, I believe he made a few USA QSOs as I worked him with a few East
Coasters early in the DXpedition (Nov. 5th) and he had me go back and work
him again to check band condx on Nov 15 but didn't hear anyone else get
through that time despite many trying. He said the noise was terrible
there. Musta been a horizontal night as that's all I have is an inverted
dipole hi.
73,
Joe, W1JR
> was making a valiant effort last night on 160 to make stateside
>contacts. I started listening to him on 1824 about 0420z. He was pretty
>weak here in central Iowa. . . . not truly copyable. I'm not sure I would
>have ever been able to successfully copy my own call or report. A few times
>when he peaked up, I threw in my call. NR0X, in the eastern part of the
>state, was copying better than I was.
>
>He peaked here about 0500z, or about 45 minutes before his sunrise. It was
>disheartening to hear his signal fade as he got closer to sunrise. From
>about 0520z on I could not even tell he was there, although stations were
>calling up 5. By 0530z I believe he threw in the towel.
>
>He sure deserves credit. . . he tried hard. Did he ever make a stateside
>QSO?
>
>73. . . Dave
>W0FLS
>
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