I am starting to wonder about this one…. Again on 17m with no other stations in the way that he could hear….
He called and gave his exact split frequency…. I replied…. no joy… But no one else got him either…. He acknowledged no one and just called again… I replied and had no joy again… He stopped calling for 3′s and started calling for 4′s….
Wow… Perhaps its not me then….
This is becoming harder than it looks (or should be…) Its almost due south of me and only 2400 miles to boot… I’ve worked further with less trouble but the problem seems to be the same on all the bands listed for him on the cluster… I hear him working VE2 and VE3s with no problems but even when I have a clear freq he can’t hear me…
It could give a guy a complex…
I decided to spin the dial and managed to work a few different stations on the bands and although none were due south the reports showed that my gear is working so its either a lack of conditions due south or… something is blocking my signals to the south… Because as we know and you can just ask any amateur about this and he will tell you that…
It can’t be me as my gear is working fine…
On the lighter side of things I still have a couple of weeks to get them in the log and I will just have to keep on trying…
73bob
Tags: amateur radio, HK0NA Dxpedition
January 25, 2012 at 11:18 pm |
Bob, not meaning to brag or rub salt but yesterday at 2020Z I worked him on 17M with my first call, despite the pile-up, on split. Both had 59 reports
I wasn’t even looking for him but, when twirling the dial, I came upon a the pile-up of those giving their callsigns. Figuring there was some good DX who was working split and listening “up”, I tuned until I found him then gave him a call on his listening frequency. I was quite pleased with the results. (And no, was not running any “power” and he wasn’t asking for any particular prefix, but was wide open. I was using a G5RV wire antenna.)
I advise hanging in there. Keep at it and never surrender. Everything comes to he who keeps trying!! (Is your antenna connected? HI HI)
73
Bob
January 26, 2012 at 12:07 am |
Hi Bob…. TNX for the visit and the comment…. Its been a while… howz things?
YES the antenna is connected and I still have a couple of weeks to get him so its not at the panic level (yet)…
Its just that since I got the new radio and new antenna this is the first one that I have heard that I can’t work… Normally if I can hear em I can work em…
I guess I needed something to act as a reality check…
Congrats on getting them in the log and sooner or later my call will be there as well
73bob