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Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No.
1436.2
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No.
1436.2
BID: $OPDX.1436.2
October 23, 2019
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta,
KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent From
Strongsville, OH
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society,
Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR
Clusters
Network and W0GJ for the following DX information.
VP6R
Pitcairn Island DXpedition Press Release (22nd October)[edited].
Things are
going well with the remaining team and the propagation has
been wonderful to
just about everywhere. We have had a lot of activity
on 12M and some on 10M,
including more EME contacts. We now have about
35,000 contacts in the log
after 4 ½ days of operation.
There are more FT8 contacts that have not
been updated into our N1MM
logging program. Some of the computers will not as
yet add FT8 contacts
to the N1MM log, but hopefully we can find a work-around
to get this done.
IF you see your FT8 contact confirmed with “RR73,” you can
be assured that
you are IN the log, even though it won’t show now on ClubLog.
They will
be merged from the WSJT log at some point.
If you operate FT8,
PLEASE READ THE MANUAL FOR WORKING US IN FOX & HOUND
MODE!!! We see MANY
calling us using a frequency below 1000 Hz. We can
see you but the FT8
software does NOT see you. You MUST use a frequency
above 1000 Hz to work us.
We are transmitting usually somewhere below
500 Hz. The software will move
your transmit frequency down automatically
when your turn comes up in the
que…..IF you have F/H mode set up properly.
When conditions are good, we can
work 300-400 stations/hour. Our peak rate
with one station today was an
incredible almost 900/hour!
Our last antenna went up today for 60M and we
will be QRV tonight and
in the future on 5.357 FT8 F/H mode. We are limited
to 100 watts and must
be in satellite phone contact with New Zealand and to
QRT if there is any
interference to primary users of the frequency.
We
will continuously have at least one station active on 20M throughout
our stay
to hopefully provide a chance for everyone to make an all time
new country
contact.
We will be entering the CQWW SSB Contest this weekend on all
bands.
There will be some operation on the CW bands and WARC bands during
the
contest.
Our pilots are your contact points. We are aware of many
“complaints”
about this or that issue with the logs. These will all be
corrected
with time. If you have any doubts, please work us again if you did
not
show up in the log. Please use our pilots for reporting band
opening
times and long path openings to help us be there so we can get you
in
the log. This is the purpose of the pilot program.
Our evacuated team
member has made it to the hospital in Papeete,
French Polynesia. Thanks for
your prayers and concerns. All family members
are aware, but for privacy, we
will not release a name here.
The weather is fine without rain…..yet. Today
we watched the spring
arrival of the whales for the season from our operating
chairs. Spec-
tacular!!!
See you in the pileups!
73, Glenn
W0GJ
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Tedd
Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:
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Editor of the Ohio/Penn
DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern
Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
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"Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)
