Re: [BVARC] W1AW Portable Ops

Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:56:16 -0700

Jonathan, 

I can tell you all about frustration getting a Q with W1AW/ wherever. Mostly the Pacific Northwest.  I have an old TS440 with a home brew fan dipole at 15 feet.

Only on HF since February I have worked them 88 times on phone only. It has been a challenge competing with Big Guns.  My best luck has often been on 20 and 40. Rarely in the first day or two when it is a lid fest.  Often after 8 or 9 pm or early morning on Saturday and Sunday. Often the key is patience patience patience. I often get squashed by locals and others before finally getting in. Listen to where stations are that make contact and follow as the band changes.

Hope this helps.

73.... Scott KD5FBA


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-------- Original message --------
From: Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC
Date:08/05/2014 12:24 (GMT-06:00)
To: Mike Hardwick ,BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Subject: Re: [BVARC] W1AW Portable Ops

I don't have to do anything.  I keep hearing how everybody else has this amazingly easy time of working those stations, but after spending enough time to decide that it wasn't for me and having no luck at all, I decided it wasn't for me.

I planned.  I checked the DX reflector.  I tuned and I listened.  I did a bunch of transmitting, too, so telling me how you worked W1AW with a pair of rocks and some wet string as an antenna just makes me want to sell all my radios and go off and do botany or something.

On 8/5/2014 12:20 PM, Mike Hardwick via BVARC wrote:

I managed to work W1AW/2 on simplex with my FT-817 on 10m. I was using a $15 CB antenna driving 70 mph in the middle of Arizona. It took a few calls but they finally heard me. Not for 5 watts.

 

Jonathan you just have to be persistent when working the stations, especially during a pileup.

 

Imagine VCX giving HF operating techniques! This must be another dimension!

 

Mike

N5VCX

 

 

 

From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of K5HM via BVARC
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 3:09 AM
To: 'Jonathan Guthrie'; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB'
Subject: Re: [BVARC] W1AW Portable Ops

 

Sorry to hear that Jonathan. I have worked the W1AW Portable stations many times when they were running simplex.  Ususally that is when there are no pileups. It iseasier than you may surmise with a little planning.

 

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From: Jonathan Guthrie [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:58 AM
To: K5HM; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Subject: Re: [BVARC] W1AW Portable Ops

 

Oh, I gave up on W1AW portable weeks ago.  They seem to never not run split, and I don't have an outboard VFO.

On 8/5/2014 9:10 AM, K5HM via BVARC wrote:

Good morning RadioSport fans,

 

At 7PM local time today, W1AW/4, Kentucky and W1AW/0, South Dakota will finish their second rotation.  If you have not worked them, this is your last chance!

 

After 7 PM, W1AW portable operations will shift to W1AW/1, Vermont and W1AW/2, New Jersey.  This begins the second and final go round for these two states as well.  So if you don’t have these two in your “win” column, get on the air in the next seven days, or 168 hours and snag ‘em. 

 

I’ve always found it easier to avoid the big pileups.  Wait a day or two before trying to contact them.  The best times are generally mornings or midday during the work week or late at night. You can find their operating frequency by checking your favorite DX Cluster.  DX Summit, www.dxsummit.fi has a search feature that will allow you to find the spots where they are active. 

 

-- 
Jonathan Guthrie KA8KPN


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