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QSL card just in from the Indian Ocean.
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Hi Robin,
I have no idea what it was, for all I know it could of been a hula hoop hop....LoL.
Just as long as my signal got there, that's all that matters to me.
Larry has a perfect set-up, or as close as you can get.
I can not count the number of times I have been on .385 and he is right there like clock work....
It is almost like has has bought the rights to DX from Mother nature, and they have an exclusive contract to make sure he is always S9+ into everyone`s receiver.
73
Jeff
I can not count the number of times I have been on .385 and he is right there like clock work....
It is almost like has has bought the rights to DX from Mother nature, and they have an exclusive contract to make sure he is always S9+ into everyone`s receiver.
73
Jeff
Now now Jeff, lets not go over-board here..... I would have to have an amplifier and HF radio to have a more perfect set up, especially for the good ole 11 meter band!
Good shot Larry. Do you remember which way the beam was pointed? Short path from you to The Comoros is just under 10,000 miles and is nearly over the pole at about 15 degrees true. If you were beaming slightly west of due south it was long path of about 14,000 miles.
I can't give the direction is "degrees", but, from Washington state, the beam is always heading into Edmonton, Alberta.
That usually gets me pretty much into Central Europe and Indian ocean. I may have to go a couple clicks to an eastern direction sometimes for S. Africa etc.
Soooo, mostly over the pole, short path.
That usually gets me pretty much into Central Europe and Indian ocean. I may have to go a couple clicks to an eastern direction sometimes for S. Africa etc.
Soooo, mostly over the pole, short path.
You are pretty much right on Larry. Edmonton is pretty much along the short path route to the Indian Ocean from your location. Good shot.
I agree. Just curious as to where your antenna was pointed. BTW, I'm in Edmonton and I'm not hearing such DX. I'm also only using an IMAX @ 12ft. which doesn't compare to the directional of Larry's setup.
Ahhh - you a need horizontal there Robin. It's tough enough to get over the pole from your location, let along using a GP.
This past Feb,March, April was good for the Scandinavia countries in the afternoons. Each day at 1:00 pm (my time) I would point the beam up towards you and just wait. There was days they would come over, and days they wouldn't, but when they did come over the top, it could be fast and quick - sometimes only 20 minutes, then sometimes an hour.
I might work 3 guys from Denmark and a couple Finland one day, then next time it might be Sweden or Norway, you just never know.
I've got a PDLII that I boxed up thirty years ago and it was in good condition at the time. I've also got a 50ft freestanding tower that I was suppose to put up this year. I thought I was doing pretty good with the temporary 12ft. setup. I realize again that I need to continue with my master plan and not be satisfied with the temporary solution. Got to chase that DX ...
Nice one, Larry. I'd just put up a ground mounted vertical with a severe lack of radials, but I called a CQ on 15CW and 5R8DW from Madagascar popped right up! Then for half an hour of the best DX conditions I'd seen in a long time I got Mayotte, Seychelles and Zanzibar. Then the opening seemed to slip to the west. This was in the early 70s.
Beetle I'll bet that was exciting to get into that area with such a simple antenna. One just never knows!
Something simular like that happened a few years back (2002) with me.
It was 8:00 pm in Jan. (of course it had been dark outside for 3 hrs) and I had the beam pointing over the pole. I was monitoring a call freq on 11 meters and all of sudden here comes stations from the Indian Ocean and in about a 15 min. time frame, I talked to Seychelles, Reunion Is. Then the next night I was surprised again when I had a nice contact with a station in Almaty, Kazakhstan and Rodriquez Is.
So every night after that, for the rest of the month, I was parked on the freq at 7:30pm and I did manage to work several stations in Russia. Here is the card from the guy that I worked late one night, it was my first contact into European Russia and his first into N. America.
Something simular like that happened a few years back (2002) with me.
It was 8:00 pm in Jan. (of course it had been dark outside for 3 hrs) and I had the beam pointing over the pole. I was monitoring a call freq on 11 meters and all of sudden here comes stations from the Indian Ocean and in about a 15 min. time frame, I talked to Seychelles, Reunion Is. Then the next night I was surprised again when I had a nice contact with a station in Almaty, Kazakhstan and Rodriquez Is.
So every night after that, for the rest of the month, I was parked on the freq at 7:30pm and I did manage to work several stations in Russia. Here is the card from the guy that I worked late one night, it was my first contact into European Russia and his first into N. America.
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