im sure i could of too ...
i heard them for hours on 80M (3705 +70Khz) .... some times even 20 over
S9 but never ventured above 3800 .... cept once some one got them to go
to 60M ... and of corse i didn't have an antenna resonant for 60M .....
On 02/18/2015 08:02 AM, James Rodenkirch wrote:
Not all that often, initially....on 80 they stayed down in the extra
segment for several days so I e-mailed the NA pilot and requested he
pass on them that there are a lot of general class hams needing to
work them so they need to get up near that portion of the band and
work "up."
His reply -- "I'll pass that on, Jim, that's a reasonable request" ---
very telling, 'eh?
An aside note: I worked them with QRP power two morning after the
pilot sent that reply.
72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:47:12 -0800
> From: patriot121@msn.com
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M
>
>
> I have a question .. not top band related ... almost
>
> but how often did k1n venture into the general portion of the band on
> 75m, even on 40m ....
>
> I couldn't even make a contact on 20M .... 0UTC and next 2hrs was best
> .... according to K6TU propagation ....
> corse it would of helped if i had known about them sooner maybe ...
>
> i learned of the group thursday evening ......
>
>
> On 02/17/2015 07:45 PM, jon jones wrote:
> > George:
> >
> > Thanks for the note. All the K1N ops did an outstanding job !
> >
> > That is an excellent tip re. getting on after European sunrise and
before JA sunset for DXpeditions on the low bands.
> >
> > I got up a number of nights ~ 2 am - 4 am CST to try for K1N. I
was successful on 40 and 80 meters with K1N during this time slot.
> >
> > - Jon
> >
> >> Jon,
> >>
> >> I was one of the 160 m operators.
> >>
> >> NA callers were thick during the evening hours when they were
competing with
> >> EU, making for some difficult pile-ups, but after midnight (and
EU sunrise),
> >> often there were very few NA callers.
> >>
> >> George
> >> AA7JV
> >
> >
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