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Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No.
1436.3
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No.
1436.3
BID: $OPDX.1436.3
October 24, 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 (25th October)[edited].
As of
0000Z this date, we have approximately 47,000 contacts in the log.
Late
yesterday we were hit with a tropical storm with torrential rain
and gale
force plus winds. We had several antennas come down, but they
are repairable
and will be back up when it is safe to go outside, probably
not until
tomorrow morning.
We have had great band conditions from 160 to 10 meters.
We had a very
successful night on 60M 5.357 MHz two days ago and will be on
again. We
are using FT8 in Fox/Hound mode.
We have been working a lot of
FT8 on all the bands (except 160M) and
find that this “weak” signal mode is
putting a lot of new and unique
callsigns into the log, proving that this
mode is valuable for a great
many! Most DXpeditions, including VP6R, are
using FOX/HOUND MODE. If you
are not in F/H mode when you call us, it will be
impossible to make
contact. MAKE SURE THE RADIO TAB HAS SPLIT SELECTED and
you have selected
HOUND MODE ON THE ADVANCED TAB !!!!!
If the Hound is
using the wrong software version, it does not respond
properly to the Fox.
The message formats are not compatible. The Fox will
call the Hound three
times and then they are dropped without making a
successful
contact.
Summary for a successful FT8 contact:
1. MUST use
WSJT-X version 2.1.0 Any other version is INCOMPATIBLE!
2. MUST be in F/H
mode
3. MUST be in SPLIT mode (in WSJT-X program, NOT your radio)
4.
MUST set your transmit frequency ABOVE 1000 Hz
When conditions are good
and everyone has FT8 set up properly, we have
seen peak rates over 1000
contacts/hour and often sustained rates of 400
contacts/hour from a single
station! And, yes, it is possible for one
person to operate two stations at
once. We do it often.
We will be on 160M with FT8 starting 0000Z,
Tuesday, October 29. Frequency
– 1.836 MHz. Mode: FT8 FOX/HOUND. Depending
upon success, we might spend
additional time in that mode on 160M.
We
have had two successful schedules with the Dorothy Grant Elementary
School
(K6DGE) in Fontana, California. It has been fun to chat with the
kids and
answer questions. We love their enthusiasm!
We will be temporarily
shutting down about 2200Z on Friday to prepare
for the CQWW SSB Contest. We
will be in the Multi/Multi category on all
bands. If you need VP6 Pitcairn
Island on SSB, look for us in the contest
this weekend.
After the
contest we will be back in “DXpedition mode” until October 31.
That is when
we must start dismantling to get ready to meet the Braveheart
which will take
us to Mangareva for the weekly flight back to Papeete,
French Polynesia, and
then to our homes.
Our next news will come after the CQWW SSB Contest.
73, Glenn
W0GJ
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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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