Tom,
I'm thinking, without looking it up, that JW7 used to be called Bear island
years ago and Alistair McClain, the British author, wrote a thriller novel
about it. They've practically changed half of all the prefixes these days
so half the time I'm looking them up on my DXCC app for my iPhone only to
find out I knew what it was but under it's old call prefix. Yep, the bands
are fun to work when things are cooking. Even 80 meters wasn't half bad
with my wire under 40 feet. I have, when I own a tube amplifier, worked 138
countries on 80 and 75 meters all with a wire under 40 feet. I have 216 on
40 and over 300 on 20 meters. I haven't kept track for awhile but I think I
am at 316 total. I hit 300 back in 1981 and almost quit keeping track all
together but it is always fun to work them. I just won't sit in a pile up
for 3 or 4 hours any more like I did when I was 14 and 15 years old working
DX on 15 and 10 meters, haha. I also tossed out 287 QSL DX cards when I
stopped keeping track. My kids got into my office drawer once when they
were little and I have cards all over the house. I had some very rare
one's, too, like the Japanese I worked at the Japanese embassy in Iran on 20
meter side band when our 300 plus hostages were still captives.
Phil.
K0NX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: 10 and 15 meters
> To show you how great conditions were even here in Central Lower
> Michigan,
> I worked a bit in the contest this week-end, and had an absolute blast.
> Worked many European and South American stations, but a number of Japan
> stations as well. But even better, I worked a JW7QIA, in the country of
> Svalard. Never heard of Svalard, but the XYL looked it up on a map, and
> it
> is well north of Poland on the way to the North Pole. Will definitely
> have
> to get a QSL card for that one!
>
> All of this was done with my Alpha Delta DXCC wire antenna which is up
> about
> 40 feet, and 100 watts!
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: 10 and 15 meters
>
>
>> 10 has been bonkers. I worked a JA on 29.6 FM yesterday around 4PM
>> local.
>> My boss just finished putting up a 4 element KLM tri-bander on a 48 foot
>> tower...height to the beam is about 50 feet. So I was around yesterday
>> to
>> play radio.
>> I was working JA, south america, and australia on 10 meters all at the
>> same
>> time of the day lol with 100W. Signals were typically between s9 and 30
>> over s9.
>> On 20, we had short path, and long path as well as regional skip wide
>> open...to the west, I was hearing and talking to BC, about 1000 miles
>> away
>> 40 over s9, along with short path, and long path signals from brazil and
>> most of south america.
>> I was also hearing stations 40 over s9 within 1000KM to the east, all the
>> way out to Russia and northern europe.
>> Western and southern europe were pounding in on 40 last night on the
>> windom
>> as well.
>> So yes, conditions are as good as I have ever heard them...we are at the
>> peak time of this cycle as well which helps.
>> I made two or three qrp contacts on 15 this afternoon on the windom as
>> well.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 6:17 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: 10 and 15 meters
>>
>>> It sure has been fun to see 10 and 15 meters really open with lots of =
>>> signals. I was copying Japan last night at 8 PM in the evening; not =
>>> many, but a few were still coming through. I figured it would be good =
>>> because 12 meters has been rocking all weak with DX from all over. And
>>> =
>>> I am still using wires now instead of yagi antennas so it had to be 20 =
>>> to 30 DB better than I was hearing. You know it is good when the =
>>> Japanese are commanding their own pile ups and working U S and Latin and
>>> =
>>> South Americans, as well as all the Caribbean, as fast as they can talk.
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>> K0NX
>>> Living His Name
>>
>
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