carpenter@nbs-vms (CARPENTER, ROBERT) (09/13/85)
I, too, suspect that there would be considerable interest in DX info on this net. I want to suggest that you expand the scope to include the AMSAT DX info, which you may be able to get through KA9Q, who is on this list. The Amateur Satellite DX group is quite avid. As for myself, the interest is VHF DX - primarily six meters. I did a one-man DXpedition to FG0 (FG0HZW) in June-July 1983. All operation was on six and I had about 180 different contacts (mostly US) in the two weeks. The ONE main central source of VHF/UHF DX info is W3XO, who does the column in QST - but he isn't on this net. K2UYH is the center of 432 ( moon ) DX news. The 'real' jobs of these people: W3XO, Johns Hopkins U., Applied Physics Lab. K2UYH, Trenton (NJ) State College. Again, keep up the DX news....... Bob W3OTC ------
YOUNG@DEC-MARLBORO.ARPA (09/26/85)
If you need Kergulen (FT8X, formerly FB8X) now is a good time to get it. FT8XA was on 7007 last night (26 Sept) at around 0235Z. He is a better CW operator than FT8XB, who was on 40 meters on 21 and 22 Sept. There has also been a lot of pacific activity in the mornings on 40 meters, around 1100Z. Stations heard/worked include KX6DS, H44IA, ZL7UW (Chatham), FK8FF, and VK9NM/LH (Lord Howe). Also, N7ET/DU2 was heard on 7008 working Europeans. He was too weak to work in Massachusetts, though. There's also been some Asian activity in the evenings, with UA0BCV and HZ1HZ coming through between 01:30 and 02:00Z. As for Africa, the only interesting thing I've heard lately (besides DL0MAR/9G) was 3V8AL, who was running Europe on 7001 at 21:15Z. I was able to break the pile-up, and so was K1MEM. He then started to listen for non-Europe, but I didn't hang around to see how much stuff he worked. DL0MAR/9G has been on 14026 at 17:30 to about 19:00, weak into the U.S. but easily workable. After 19:00 or so he goes to 40 meters, and tries 80 occasionally at U.S. sunset. OE7RKH/YK is still active. He's been heard on 20 and 40 meters. He sends error-free at 55 WPM, quite the CW op. I've worked him on 20, 40, and 80 meters; he has a good signal on all three bands. Does anyone know what the pile-up on 7005 at 1100Z this morning (26 Sept) was? There were a lot of JA's and some VK's calling, but there was too much echo and the station they were calling was real weak. I only heard one U.S. station calling. Paul Young, K1XM --------
n2ic@drutx.UUCP (LondonSM) (10/01/85)
A few tidbits from W0 Land. YB0ARA was worked on September 30 around 2350Z on 7005 kHz here in Colorado (Long Path). His signals were 589 - very easy to work. 9M2AX as also heard around the same time on 7001 kHz. 7 MHz Long Path has been very poor here in the morning's. Any better out east ??? TR8JLD has been on 1835 kHz with a respectable signal around 0000Z.
wmbr@ulysses.UUCP (W. M. Brelsford) (10/11/85)
Thursday (10/10) evening: DJ9ON/S9 7001.5 at 0030Z (with 7 kHz pileup!), and A92EM 7001 at 0100Z. Bill Brelsford K2DI ulysses!wmbr
YOUNG@MARLBORO.DEC.COM (11/08/85)
ZM8OY (Kermadec) was on this morning, 8 November 1985, at 0800Z on 3510. Since I missed the expedition on 80 meters, this was a new band country for me. He also was on 1830 (I think) at 0900Z but I didn't work him there. ZA3DED has all the makings of a phoney. Sufficiently so that I did not bother to work it. I'll be embarassed if Don Search gets some documentation for it, but I don't expect to be. Paul Young, K1XM P.S. I already am involved in doing the ARRL DX Bulletin (part of the Southern New England DX Association). If you think the usenet can handle such a task you are welcome to try, but I think that the multiple day delay for uucp mail will be a problem. --------