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KD8NNU

DXpedition S9DX

Anyone having luck getting the DXpedition S9DX.

I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they just not getting
out?

Don
KD8NNU

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Dunc Carter - W5DC

Re: DXpedition S9DX

Worked them on cw on 80, 40, 30 since Thursday. They had a big signal
on 80 here in Colorado and good signal on other bands.

My rig K3 to a minimal vertical set of parallel, mostly shortened
vertical dipoles, short inverted L on 80.

Dunc, W5DC

On 2/12/2011 9:14 AM, [hidden email] wrote:

> Anyone having luck getting the DXpedition S9DX.
>
> I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they just not getting
> out?
>
> Don
> KD8NNU
>
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W4CCS

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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Worked them on 6 bands since Thursday.. 12, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160

W4CCS

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Craig Smith

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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They should be workable, Don. I struck out the entire first week with my
100 W and vertical in Colorado. But now the crowd is thinning out nicely.
Worked them on 17, 20, 30 and 40 within the past 5 days. The 30 and 40
contacts were within an hour yesterday. The new Cameroon DXpedition should
also take off some of the pressure. They are putting out a very nice signal
on 40 meters in the evening, I'd suggest you try them there.

Good Luck and 73 Craig AC0DS

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drewko

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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I got them on CW with my K3/10 and random wire antenna. It can take a
bit of work. I use a straight key also, so have to pace myself a
little more. (I probably don't send my callsign more than a few
hundred times in one sitting, ha-hah...) I like to pretend that the
hand-sent code gives me an edge over the rest.

I figure if I have to dial in APF and narrow filters that means the DX
guys are probably not going to hear me, so I lay back a little; save
my energy for when they are stronger, then pour it on.

I also got VP8ORK and D44TBE in the past week. Maybe my antenna just
works well for islands..

Somehow I managed to inadvertantly turn off SPLIT a couple of times.
Sheesh! everybody makes mistakes...

73,
Drew
AF2Z

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:14:48 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

>Anyone having luck getting the DXpedition S9DX.
>
>I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they just not getting
>out?
>
>Don
>KD8NNU
>
>

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Craig Smith

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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A couple more tips:

They have been running very big splits at times, and tend to move around a
lot rather than sitting on one frequency. I had the most luck by calling a
couple hundred Hz above or below their last contact. If you have a P3, you
will find it to be quite beneficial in this regard!

73 Craig AC0DS

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n7ws

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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For family reasons I haven't been very active and I concentrate on RTTY these days. But I worked them on 17, 20 and 30-meter RTTY and I really only have a decent antenna for 20. The other bands are worked with an 80-meter inverted vee fed with 150 feet of coax. Certainly not the greatest.

Wes N7WS

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> Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 9:14 AM
> Anyone having luck getting the
> DXpedition S9DX.
>
> I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they
> just not getting
> out?
>
> Don
> KD8NNU
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KD8NNU

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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I found them and want to work rtty, but are they running split in this
mode also,

If so then i am out of luck as I have no clue how to run dm780 is split.

Don
KD8NNU

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:31 AM, W4CCS wrote:

> Worked them on 6 bands since Thursday.. 12, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160
>
> W4CCS
>
>
> On 2/12/2011 11:14 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
>> Anyone having luck getting the DXpedition S9DX.
>>
>> I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they just not
>> getting
>> out?
>>
>> Don
>> KD8NNU
>>
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KD8NNU

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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DX summit was the key to finding them

Thank you all for the help I got them once thats all i needed.

Don
KD8NNU

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:

> For family reasons I haven't been very active and I concentrate on
> RTTY these days. But I worked them on 17, 20 and 30-meter RTTY and I
> really only have a decent antenna for 20. The other bands are worked
> with an 80-meter inverted vee fed with 150 feet of coax. Certainly
> not the greatest.
>
> Wes N7WS
>
>
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>> From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
>> Subject: [Elecraft] DXpedition S9DX
>> To: "Elecraft List" <[hidden email]>
>> Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 9:14 AM
>> Anyone having luck getting the
>> DXpedition S9DX.
>>
>> I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they
>> just not getting out?
>>
>> Don
>> KD8NNU
>>
>>
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Bob K6UJ

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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way to go Don !

I have them worked on 40, trying to get some other bands.
They were marginal copy here on 40, the K3 APF really helped.

73,
Bob
K6UJ

On Feb 12, 2011, at 8:31 AM, W4CCS wrote:

> Worked them on 6 bands since Thursday.. 12, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160
>
> W4CCS
>
>
> On 2/12/2011 11:14 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
>> Anyone having luck getting the DXpedition S9DX.
>>
>> I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they just not getting
>> out?
>>
>> Don
>> KD8NNU
>>
>>
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N5GE

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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S7 here in North Texas, but a very large pile up.

N5GE

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>Anyone having luck getting the DXpedition S9DX.
>
>I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they just not getting
>out?
>
>Don
>KD8NNU
>
>
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k6dgw

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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This is a little old from your post, but they are very active [4-digit
serial numbers] in the WPX RTTY on all the contest bands. I worked them
on 40 around 1200Z 13 Feb. They were on about 7088, QSX 7097-7100.
Almost S9 in N. Cal on a not-so-special sloping Vee. Answered on the
2nd call. Don't call on their frequency :-) I'm running a K3 driving
an amp to about 500W [trying to get used to how it will be with a
KPA500], N1MM and MMTTY. I'm sure you'll find them on 40 early on the
13th [NA data] and on 20 and 15 on Sunday

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org

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> Anyone having luck getting the DXpedition S9DX.
>
> I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they just not getting
> out?
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David Quental

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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Hello Elecrafters,

worked S9DX on 14.0118 around 18:17 with my K1 using its 5 watts and a
mobil antenna on top of car, qth was village of my wife near Spanish
boarder. He got first CT1DAB/QRP after 1 or 2 attempts he got correct
call CT1DRB/QRP.

I was very happy with my contact despite low profile.

Best 73 and till next email.

CT1DRB
David Quental

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Iain MacDonnell - N6ML-2

Re: DXpedition S9DX

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You don't have to do anything to DM780 to work RTTY split - set it
(DM780) up as if you were working them simplex, and use SPLIT on the
K3, and VFO B, to set your TX frequency, as you would for any other
mode.

~iain / N6ML

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:22 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I found them and want to work rtty, but are they running split in this
> mode also,
>
> If so then i am out of luck as I have no clue how to run dm780 is split.
>
> Don
> KD8NNU
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:31 AM, W4CCS wrote:
>
>> Worked them on 6 bands since Thursday.. 12, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160
>>
>> W4CCS
>>
>>
>> On 2/12/2011 11:14 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
>>> Anyone having luck getting the DXpedition S9DX.
>>>
>>> I am struck out since Thursday, any K3 tips or are they just not
>>> getting
>>> out?
>>>
>>> Don
>>> KD8NNU
>>>
>>>
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