Thanks for the 160m QSO, George. A bit of ESP through the QRN
The team is doing a great job!
73,
Bob W9EWZ
On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 4:05 PM GEORGE WALLNER <aa7jv@atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> We are super busy, Updating Clublog once a day is all we got time for.
> The 160 m antenna (actually 160 - 10) is at the water's edge -- a good
> location. Two of the higher bands antennas are up on a berm but these
> stations run 100 W only.
>
> We have built yesterday a DHDL for RX but we need to move it away from the
> generators as it is picking up generator noise. I hope to improve our RX
> capability within a couple of days.
> Last night we worked CU two hour after our SS -- not the same as EU, but
> it
> suggests that there is a small chance. At our SR we were on 160 for EU SS
> but only got as far west as R7. Will keep on trying. I
> have been amazed by the huge difference between signal strengths on 160
> and 80 m. The same stations that are barely detectable are 599+ on 80! It
> can not be just their antennas. For sure November would be better for TB,
> but...
> Keep Trying!
> 73,
> George
>
>
>
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 10:22:02 -0700 Steve Harrison wrote:
> >On 8/9/2024 7:11 AM, Wes wrote:
> >
> >>IT would be nice if they updated Clublog more often. With all of
> thesuper duper remote capabilities one would think this would be easy.
> >I'm sure that George is doing the best that he can, with what he's got.
> >With so many players in the game (including the non-ham scientists that
> >accompanied them), it must be tough trying to keep track and control of
> >everything going on!
> >
> >Being on the west coast and thus closer than many to Jarvis, I've been
> >astonished at how well they have radiated on both 160m and 80m; at
> >least, to SoCal. Seems to me that the weakest signals have been on all
> >of the higher bands, but that's likely because propagation to Jarvis
> >from the desert of SoCal just hasn't "bounced" quite right for those
> >bands very often.
> >
> >Steve, K0XP
> >
> >
> >
> >>Wes N7WS
> >>On 8/9/2024 6:26 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> >>>Hover over your QSO in ClubLog's Expedition Charts:
> >>><
> >>>https://clublog.org/charts/?c=N5J
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>That will show who was at the controls for your QSO.
> >>>
> >>>73,
> >>>
> >>> ... Joe, W4TV
> >>>
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