Earlier today while sitting the shack I checked the cluster and found that HK0NA (Malpelo Island) was active on 17m. I spun the dial and hit the tune button and could just tell someone was there. After playing with the DSP settings for a bit I had a very clear signal coming through just above the noise level. It would of been a honest 5X5 or a contest 5X9…
However it was not to be as there were many who could not hear the words ” Listening 5 to 10 down…” And everytime one of the many replied on the DX stations calling frequency there were the DX cops who were very quick to point out the error being made…. This just made it harder to hear HK0NA so to be honest I don’t know if they heard me or not…
Well at least I heard them…. And if everyone remembers the DX code of conduct perhaps in the next few days they might hear me…
73bob
Tags: amateur radio, Amateur Radio DXPedition, DX Code of Conduct, HK0NA Dxpedition
