Wednesday Morning

W6UC was working stations in the North & South Pacific as usual.  However, there was no path from TX or Panama to JA1MSS.  Abe was there, but the (China ?) radar was too strong for him to copy.  He was below the (usual) noise in Panama.  No one answered our CQ toward VK/ZL.

HP3AK, W9MK, and W9UCW ended up on 7142.5 and worked a few stations.  VK2SR was booming through at 10-15 over S9 with his 2 element "shorty-forty" beam.  W9MK was running his high-tower vertical, W9UCW was on his 565 ft. horizontal loop today with 500 watts, and I was running my 2 el. "ZL Special" beam with linear-loaded elements.

Saturday morning

The 75m band was open this morning to Japan and to New Zealand & Australia.  Several stations came through the noise quite well. It was great to hear Lubos from St. Thomas on and to know that he is OK.  The harbor and airport are still closed there due to hurricane damage.

Dave, ZL2OK/P was blasting through from his caravan at the beach.  And Joe, JJ3PRT had a good signal, but said that he is still repairing his 75m beam after a storm there.  Other stations not heard well (2 x ESP) in Panama were ZL1ICU and JA1MSS.  RA0LMO was on after sunrise in Panama.

The usual suspect were represented by W6UC, W9UCW and myself, HP3AK.

MOE DX Group - Usual Suspects

Morning Optimists Eternal DX Group

North American Chapter

"MOE DX Group"

(As in Larry, Moe, & Curly)

We are a small group of North (and Central) American hams who look for ham radio DX every morning before local sunrise on 75m SSB, 40m SSB, and sometimes on 160m.  You can usually find us on 3.796 or 3.799 MHz working Japan or Australia or New Zealand, or ?? in the Pacific.

The only requirement for joining the group in chasing DX is a good receive antenna and a transmit antenna that can be heard beyond your state line.  Please do not call in unless you can actually hear the DX station well enough to get a signal report. Your call twice should be enough if the DX station can copy you.  Do NOT give a signal report nor any of your information until after you have established contact!

Charter members (aka Usual Suspects)-- Everyone has the capability to run 1 KW or more to a very good antenna and to hear a pin drop across the Pacific on a good day. We are available almost every morning and are listed in order of importance 😉, and ability to hear and maybe be heard. 

W6UC - Phil - "Dr. DX" in California --- 4 square on 75m -- hears & is heard everywhere!
W9UCW - Barry - in South Texas at the Mexican border & Gulf of Mexico - big vertical and big horizontal loop -- Hi-Z 4 sq rx antenna -- big signal from TX.
HP3AK - Jay - western Panama near Costa Rica -- 3 delta loop array on 75m & Waller Flag rx antenna -- "noise capital of the known universe" -- hears well when QRN is down, 2 or 3 months of the year.
K7FX - Bobby - AZ -- new full size 1/4 wave vertical and lots of radials -- he's a force!  Bobby is working on his receive antenna(s).
W9MK - Mike in Illinois -- struggles with JA sometimes, but works into VK/ZL well. 
Others to be added later....


What have we heard / worked lately?

(coming soon)