WVDXA More ZL8R on 160

Tue Oct 17 13:59:01 PDT 2006

Greg:

Same story exactly.  Ditto.  Got 'em on all bands 12 through  80.  No luck on 
160.  Called for over an hour on 15 RTTY when they  went QRT on that 
band/mode yesterday.

Garry
W8OI

In a message dated 10/17/2006 3:14:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
w8gggreg at yahoo.com writes:

Hey  guys....according to DAILY DX the zl8r group is supposed to qrt at 2200  
today......i wrk them 12 thru 80. Had the same expierence as oql on 
160....did  hear them beiefly on 10 meters yesterday. foe 15 sec or so. Tried them on 
RTTY  on 15 yesterday eve, but no luck here.....73 Greg,  W8GG

W8OI at aol.com wrote:  

Jerry:

What kind of a receive antenna do you have on 160?  

I've gone from a coil-shortened 80 foot long sloper (35 feet  off the ground 
at the feed point and 15 feet off ground at its end) to  an inverted vee 
dipole, also coil-shortened to about 140 feet, (center of it  55 feet high and the 
ends about 30 feet high).  I now, for a change,  work about any station I hear 
but I can't hear the DX that keeps getting  reported.

I don't have room for a beverage and I'm trying to figure out if I  should 
try something else or just accept the fact that I will never be top  of the 
honor roll on the top band.

Garry, W8OI
(11 confirmed DXCC entities on 160)

In a message dated 10/17/2006 2:00:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
k8oql at citlink.net writes:

For Those Interested In Top Band:

ZL8R appeared on 1.815  this morning about 0630 EDT (Local Sunrise
0726 EDT). This was an hour  before my Sunrise and about forty
minutes earlier than the previous  couple of days. This gave ops in New 
England and down the Atlantic  Coast a shot at a
QSO. The pileup was big.

Conditions were  marginal this morning and some, including myself,
were not hearing very  well. The signal was in and out of the
noise a lot, and at times was  peaking S3. I watched for the
peaks and called then, but no luck. By  0800 EDT, looked like
they had quit 160--nobody out West  calling.

Perhaps they should have tried 160 earlier. At 0355 EDT,  they
were 57/89 on 3.512--nice consistent signal. Sometime when  80
is good 160 will be likewise, then sometimes not. The band  was
down to 53/49 by 0600 EDT.

According to "Announced DX  Operations" on the NG3K Website
<www.ng3k.com>, the ZL8R  operation will finish the 18h or
possibly the 19th. There might be a  couple of more mornings
to try for a 160 contact.

By yesterday  afternoon, the Ionosphere had settled down enough to 
support a 12  Meter opening starting around 1530 and
lasting about 90 minutes. The op  had a good run going into
the Northeast States. I got a cigar and a new  country on 12
meters. Another op was trying to see if 10 was open at  the
same time frame, but nothing.

Could be an opening this  afternoon on 10 and 12 Meters with
the A Index at 8 and the K at 1. SFI  is around 70, not so
hot for 10 and 12, but there's still some  ionization around and
a weak to moderate opening is possible in mid  afternoon.
Their Sunrise is about 1316 EDT. I sure would like to get  'em
in the log on 10.

Good Luck and remember it's only a  Hobby!
de Jerry
K8OQL
In the Potomac Highlands
of
Wild and  Wonderful, but Ready for Business, West  Virginia

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