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Thanks Rolf for trying to work me the past two nights. It seems we
are having very bad luck with the QSB. Your RX is better than mine
but we did see that I can RX you to at least -23 which is good
enough if we can just have some luck, hi !

Looking at the log you posted today, I see I was called by some
other DX I did not copy. Very sorry for that too. I did work G3KEV
and DL6TY as you know.

I saw you had my signal up to -6dB again last night. Truly amazing!

73 / GL
Paul N1BUG


Probably I will be QRV again tonight.

On 11/23/18 10:12 AM, Rolf Torvik wrote:
> Tnx Paul for trying so hard to complete our qso!
> I really try hard also but qsb was not playing with us.
> I followed your signal for quite some time, but had to go to bed since I
> had a workday in front of me.
> 
> I am in the middle of testing a new tx antenna, a 1/2 wave antenna ala
> VK4YB.
> It is very promising but the direction at the moment is not optimal - about
> 270deg. This need to be changed
> to about 300deg or even more to the north. My best beverage at the moment
> is pointing to 315deg, clearly better than my 290deg beverage.
> The hamspots and the PSK reporter reports is from the 315deg beverage,
> usually about 10dB better than my 1/2wave, but I had
> no problem reading you all the time on the tx antenna the 1/2 wave.
> At the moment I am remoting the whole setup so I wont be back to my qth
> before early next week for doing the necessary changes.
> 
> I will try again this night.
> BTW:  Your signal was really impressive, my best report was -6dB! on the
> 315deg bev
> 
> GL
> 
> Rolf LA2XPA
> 
> 
> 
> Den fre. 23. nov. 2018 kl. 14:04 skrev N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>:
> 
>> I spent the last 6 nights making QSOs on 630 meters. While it has
>> been interesting and at times fun, it has also been very frustrating.
>>
>> Many QSO opportunities were lost due to people calling split. WHY?
>> Perhaps it can be a useful technique for some, but most callers far
>> removed from my frequency end up buried in RFI and in some cases
>> mingled with another QSO attempt. Most of the band is badly trashed
>> by RFI here, but I almost always have one or two nice clean slots of
>> 40 to 80 Hz width. When calling CQ I try to get as close as I can to
>> the center of a clean area, hoping people will take the hint and
>> call on or near my frequency. Many don't. According to third party
>> reports I had many callers whom I never had a chance to decode
>> because of this.
>>
>> I did work 5 new states bringing my total to 22. I only made one DX
>> QSO with G3KEV. Thanks Mal for using good sense and calling me simplex!
>>
>> Last night I returned to the shack after a break to see several CQ
>> sequences from LA2XPA with SNR to -23 dB. It appeared he had
>> stopped, so I called CQ and almost immediately received a call from
>> LA2XPA. Unfortunately QSB set in and though I could see him on the
>> waterfall for two periods after that, nothing decoded. He was
>> calling split and ended up uncomfortably close to a strong U.S.
>> station who was attempting to complete a QSO. I continued for nearly
>> 3 hours hoping he would try to call me again, but despite his
>> station giving me reports (via hamspots and PSK Reporter) up to -8 I
>> never saw him call again. I am very sorry to have lost this QSO.
>>
>> I am returning to 2200 meters now. I can change bands somewhat
>> easier than last year but it still requires nasty fiddling with
>> wires and coax outside in the cold and snow. I will make a 630m
>> appearance from time to time.
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul N1BUG
>> FN55mf