KW4NJA Preliminary log for 80M 1.24.2025
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Well........that was my first foray into the "world of Foxii land", and I must say it was quite a thrill.? I started working split up +1 on 3.566 until the pack of hounds thinned out. Around 0250Z I went simplex for a short time on 3.566 until I started getting hammered by another signal. I moved to 3.564 and resumed my CQ. It wasn't long before I started getting another small pileup of pelt hunters. I heard a few weak signals, but couldn't pull them out of the noise well enough to log a solid contact. My apologies for those I missed. Overall it was a great experience!! I hope I served you all well tonight. Thanks for Fritz's help in making sure I was all set. I look forward to my next rounds in February.? If there are any error in this log, please let me know.
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Scott
KW4NJA
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?1.0206 K9CW 599 IL DREW 5W
?2.0207 K4PQC 599 GA PHIL 5W ?3.0208 NC4RT 599 NC RANDY 5W ?4.0210 K9DRP 599 IL DON 5W ?5.0211 WB9HFK 599 IL MARK 5W ?6.0212 K3UT 599 GA PHIL 5W ?7.0214 W9XU 599 WI LON 5W ?8.0215 W5AJD 599 LA JERRY 5W ?9.0216 N4KV 599 AL JOHN 5W 10.0217 WD4CFN 599 TN STEVE 5W 11.0218 N2TNN 599 VA DEAN 5W 12.0220 WA9CW 599 WI TOM 5W 13.0221 KR0U 599 CO TIM 5W 14.0223 W9OD 599 WI CRAIG 5W 15.0224 NN4K 599 GA MAC 5W 16.0225 AK3X 599 MD PETER 5W 17.0226 KK5LD 599 TX DAN 5W 18.0227 KZ5J 599 TX PAT 5W 19.0228 W1FMR 599 NH JIM 5W 20.0230 K9IUA 599 IA KEVIN 5W 21.0231 AK1P 599 NH PAUL 5W 22.0233 K2ZC 559 NJ DAVE 5W 23.0234 K4BAI 599 GA JOHN 5W 24.0236 N0YJ 599 KS BERT 5W 25.0237 AC0BQ 599 KS JOHN 5W 26.0239 K7IOL 599 TX JIM 5W 27.0240 NX1K 599 MA MARK 5W 28.0240 N9NE 599 WI TODD 5W 29.0244 N2RK 599 NY JACK 5W 30.0245 K2SJB 599 NY DAVE 5W 31.0246 KF2P 599 NY NICK 5W 32.0249 NO2D 599 CO PETER 5W 33.0249 N8SS 599 MI EARL 5W 34.0254 K0LOA 599 TX DWAIN 5W 35.0255 K3PH 599 PA BOB 5W 36.0256 N4MJ 599 TN GLENN 5W 37.0258 K2ZN 599 NY AL 5W 38.0302 NK9G 599 WI RICK 5W 39.0309 KG5UK 599 OK BRAD 5W 40.0310 K9TA 599 IN STEVE 5W 41.0311 WC7S 599 WY LEE 5W 42.0315 WQ0N 599 MN RUSS 5W 43.0317 WA4ZOF 599 GA TOM 5W 44.0321 W2SH 599 NJ CHAS 5W 45.0322 W4CMG 599 TN CATHY 5W 46.0324 KR2Q 599 NJ DOUG 5W 47.0325 KY4GS 599 SC AMANDA 5W 330 FOX K4OAQ VA FRITZ 5W 330 FOX KW4NJA GA SCOTT 5W ? |
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Agreed. He was simplex real early and it was a feeding frenzy. People calling on top of him even while he was calling someone. I could hear him weakly when he was replying to someone, but I could never hear who he called because people kept sending while he was replying and most were much louder than he. Knowing he was weak, and I likely would be as weak, and realizing I probably wouldn't know it if he did call me, I grinned, shook my head, and turned the radio off. I joined the wife watching TV.
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I guess it just isn't an obsession with me, I don't care about the numbers. Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kevin, K9IUA via groups.io Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 6:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [qfox] KW4NJA Preliminary log for 80M 1.24.2025 Scott, I believe you effectively went simplex much earlier in the hunt than you believe you had. I was calling you right away at first, when it seemed you were having trouble hearing anyone, but still when you were calling UP (if I remember correctly). Rather than stick around, I chose to go looking for Fritz for awhile instead. When I came back to you at about 0220, it was like everyone was already piled right on top of you, well below a UP 1 split. You were also calling QRZ without any UP to go with it. I had figured you had gone simplex already then, which could make sense if propagation wasn't allowing anyone to be really loud to you and therefore be noticed while looking UP 1 or higher. For a first night, you still ended up with a decent-sized log. About what I had on my first forays as a fox two years back. Keep at it, especially trying to spread us hounds out further apart and higher in frequency, which will come with practice. Kevin Anderson, K9IUA Dubuque, Iowa |
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For what it's worth, I had no trouble copying/working Scott with an ancient HW-16 paired with an outboard audio filter. Al, K2ZN On Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 11:00 Dale Putnam via <daleputnam=[email protected]> wrote:
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开云体育All absolutely true.? And the activator (FOX) controls the pile-up.? They get to run it the way they want to run it.? They decide when they run split or simplex.? None of the hounds know the reason the FOX went simplex so early.? It doesn’t matter.? The FOX controls the pile-up.? Period. And I am certain I could not have done better. Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager.
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Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 9:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [qfox] KW4NJA Preliminary log for 80M 1.24.2025 ? EVERYONE has their own idea about how things should be done. When I am comparing the two runs.. They look fairly equal.. And nothing to be ashamed of at all!!? And learning pack control is an ongoing lesson... What works some weeks.. Won't work the next time... Next band.. next season... Learning as many methods as?possible is a good thing.. Makes for more tools in the tool box Skill builders!! ? More skills makes for more fun in contests... Dx chasing.. POTA, SOTA, and Nets. Sticking with the effort while learning is foundational. I don't know of anyone that has all the skills they will ever need.? ? ? ? Have a great day, ? Dale - WC7S in Wy ? "Actions speak louder than words" ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Scott Wooten - KW4NJA via groups.io <Wooten1027@...> ? Well.....from the responses I am getting, I didn't do as good of a job as I thought. I guess I'll go back to the drawing board and figure it out. In the meantime, if there is an error in the log let me know. ? Thanks, Scott KW4NJA |
开云体育NO – it wasn’t you at all.? You are the FOX – you run the show.? The issue was that when you would reply to someone there were a few hounds running simplex that were still sending.? It was near impossible to tell who you were calling for most exchanges.? There were a couple of times I thought you might be calling me so I sent my call again and heard nothing. Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager.
? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Scott Wooten - KW4NJA via <Wooten1027=[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 8:09 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [qfox] KW4NJA Preliminary log for 80M 1.24.2025 ? Well.....from the responses I am getting, I didn't do as good of a job as I thought. I guess I'll go back to the drawing board and figure it out. In the meantime, if there is an error in the log let me know. ? Thanks, Scott KW4NJA |
Scott Wooten - KW4NJA
Mike Olbrisch
Al K2ZN