I had really good luck from Atlanta. I got them on 160, 80, 40 and 20 CW. On 160 and 80 diversity RX with the Waller Flag at 95 feet and the Hi-Z 8 really made copy good.
On 40 I used the full size Telrex monobander at 112 ft. 73, John, W4NU Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 14, 2018, at 5:42 PM, terry burge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see this stuff about how easy or difficult the KH1 operation was to work. > I'm on the west coast in northwestern Oregon and I personally found them one > of the worst operations to hear from the Pacific I've ever worked. Worked > them on 80 and 40 for ATNO and on 20 and 17 too. The 80 meter contact was one > of the hardest I've had on that band as they kept dropping into the noise > floor. And I've had some pretty difficult contacts on 80 meter before but > KH1/KH7Z is right up there with the hardest. These were all SSB contacts. I > spent a lot of time trying to work them on 12 meters and some on 15 meters > too. On 15 I should have managed to work them but they apparently went QRT > right when they were coming up and I lost my chance. Didn't really need them > on 15 having worked K1B on 20/17/15/10 back in 2002. > > > One thing I was blown away with was I worked E51JD, Jim on Raratonga, South > Cook Islands with a good 57 or better signal but the KH1 was near impossible > to hear on 15 meters at the same time. Judging from the map I don't think E51 > and KH1 are all that far apart but the propagation sure was different. I'd > guess about 1000 miles apart at the most but much closer to the equator. The > Pacific is a big ocean we all know. On 12 meters I never did hear him on SSB. > They would of been an ATNO on 12 so I spent a lot of time listening for them > on there. > > > And as far as I know they did not work any SSB on 160. When I tried to hear > them on 160 meters CW I don't think I could ever heard them but my CW is poor > enough I might have heard them and not realized it. Everyone calling sounded > like they were going 25-35 WPM which I just take my hat off too. I'm maybe > 15-18 WPM at the best of times, maybe. Copying beacons is about my extent on > that mode. > > > Terry > > KI7M > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
