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Alsworld
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 7:31 pm: | 
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Hey folks, I’m trying to coordinate a Copper Forum "DX-a-thon" where maybe some of us can hook up on the radio this Saturday, 28 Sept 2002. I have read in previous post where this has been tried with and without success.
Some lessons learned:
you cannot make everyone happy
conditions will really decide the success or failure
everyone suggest different channels and few actually hook up because of that confusion
So with that, I’m going to just invite all of you into what I have planned and hope for the best. I have tried to take into consideration all time zones within the US, those that have AM radios only, those that have 40 channel radios with SSB, and those who have "export" or 10 meter modified radios. Each time zone listed below is for different frequencies including AM and SSB. AM on the 40 channels is noisy but I wanted to give those with just 40 AM channels an opportunity for contact with everyone else. For those that are interested, pick your time/freq. or ride it out through all the various channels. We will freeband to a small degree but stay far away from the ham bands.
I would like to give some priority to those that only can (no power), or choose to, run barefoot to get in their time as well as the rest of us. The point is to just have some fun trying to reach each other and log some contacts along the way. I know I probably will not hear everyone, but someone else on the forum might and if we have some patience and keep the QSO’s short, pass the word to others between us, it just might work.
I also realize it a college football Saturday so not everyone has the time or wants to sit behind a radio for hours so I’ve broken it down to this:
2 p.m. Eastern / 1 p.m. Central / 12:00 noon Mountain / 11:00 a.m. Pacific for ½ an hour:
Frequency: 27.490 LSB
2:30 p.m. Eastern/ 1:30 p.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Mountain / 11:30 a.m. Pacific for ½ and hour
Frequency 27.235 AM (channel 24 AM on the normal CB frequencies)
3:00 p.m. Eastern / 2:00 p.m. Central / 1:00 p.m. Mountain / 12:00 noon Pacific for ½ hour
Frequency 26.975 USB (channel 2 USB on the normal CB frequencies)
3:30 p.m. Eastern / 2:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Mountain / 12:30 Pacific for ½ hour
Frequency 26.910 LSB
This is an open invitation to everyone on this forum and I hope many of you will join in. Run those big, medium, and small stations if you have them but please listen out for those barefoot ones as well. I don’t invision this as being a key down.
For those that are interested, please post a response on this thread what name, "handle" or numbers you will use so others can recognize you.
We will post results under the "DX Contacts" discussion. If you hear someone from the forum even if contact was not made, let us know.
Thanks for your time
Alsworld
799 North West Florida |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 7:50 pm: |
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KARATEBUTCHER UNIT 536 |
123upmichigan
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 7:55 pm: |
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i will be there! se you at the dx a thon..are you on the radio right now? |
Delerius
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 8:00 pm: |
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Sounds like a great idea. I will tuning in from central Pennsylvania and I go by "Delerius" on AM and on the side bands I go by "515". I will hopfully be talking if its not raining here...Already burnt up one radio this week... |
Snowman404
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 8:55 pm: |
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Good idea Alsworld,I'll try to be there.
Snowman 404 in the Bayou state. |
Taz
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 8:58 pm: |
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Well, when the 100kw station keys up(Taz) haha
I wont even have to say anything. |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 9:44 pm: |
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Well Taz sounds like you're laying transmitter tubes faster than a hen lays eggs,lol.I'll try to be there,A759er lsb,Glassman a.m.the great lake state. |
Znut
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:21 pm: |
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Hello Radio!
451 central GA, right smack dab in the middle of the Peach State! Znut base.
Znut |
Znut
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:28 pm: |
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By the way,
There might be conditions until 7 or 8 pm eastern time.
I look forward to checking out the posts following the hookup.
Sounds like a lot of fun!
Znut |
GTO
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:50 pm: |
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GTO on AM and 67 on SSB...
Working a Maco 5/8 (SORRY TAZ) in New Orleans...
Sept. 28 is my Birthday so I will try to get on between parties...
G T O |
Tech808
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 11:23 pm: |
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I'll be there!
808 Central Illinois
Lon
Tech808 |
Apocolypse400
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 12:00 am: |
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Gotta give it a try,
4 double 0 South East KY.
Steve |
Dx431
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 1:51 am: |
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I will be on my way to work at that time, so I will be moble...1:00 p.m. cst., but will be there.... 431 N.E. Nebraska ssb-fantom a.m. |
Capncrunch
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 8:16 am: |
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ill try to get in there also maybe someone will hear my little radio if yall listen real close
for capncrunch or 2950 that will be me and my low budget mobile |
Grumpy8220
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 8:47 am: |
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I will try to be there, going away for a little tomorrow. If I am not on the base I will be on in the mobile!
GRUMPY 8220 ~ PENNSYLVANIA |
radiodude
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 9:58 am: |
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I will be in there BUT I have to be at work at 2p est so i will try at 12est.
I am 2er001 |
scrapiron63
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 10:01 am: |
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I'll be a'listenin' in.
Scrapiron, Arkansas |
XLAXX
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 11:47 am: |
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Looks like I'll be the only one hollerin' from VA.
Me and my little rat shack radio.... barefoot, and trying to make the trip!
127 Virginia--XLAXX |
707
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 2:01 pm: |
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For those who would like to coordinate contacts online while the DX-A-Thon is happening, feel free to use this chat link:
DXRING
I will open the channel late Friday night and leave it open for anyone who wants to meet there.
Just use your call for user name and don't worry about the email address.
NOTE: some folks complain "it won't load". Taz and I have tested it a lot and it works fine. First, it is a JAVA applet, so depending on your connection, will take from 5 to 30 seconds or so to load. Also, if you don't have Java enabled or are running a late version of XP, you may not have the VM needed to access the page.
An alternative might be to plan a group conversation on either MSN Messenger or AOL IM, whichever is more prevalent amongst us. |
Znut
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 3:11 pm: |
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Is there any way we could spread the sched out to later, to account for variable conditons?
Znut |
Alsworld
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 5:48 pm: |
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707, that is fantastic! Thank you! It loaded fine on my old slow computer. Great idea as who knows how conditions will treat us.
Znut, I am planning to stick to my original schedule but if you want to expand it later, shoot man just name the frequency and time! I am amazed at how many people have responded. I purposely put in some of the lower channels after reading about your antenna and tuning the lower channels. Are you going to be on that homemade antenna?
Alsworld |
Conecuh
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 6:27 pm: |
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Count me in. I just put up an IMAX 2000 and will try to see if it's better than my 35 year old "Big Stick". |
Capncrunch
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 6:47 pm: |
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that dxring is good idea also good thinking alsworld and 707 almost seems like this might work at least i hope to hear some of you
capncrunch aka 2950 |
Snapperhead
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 7:28 pm: |
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Hey 799, Sounds good,,,,I'll try to make some contacts.........73's
SnapperHead on AM
CDX-501 on SSB
first personal is Phil.....
QTH is Reno, Nv. |
Znut
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 7:52 pm: |
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I will be on the quad and the a-99. I'm putting a switch so I can compare sig on horiz/vert.
Znut
P.S. Alsworld, this thread is huge! Very good sir! It's positive and everyone seems to be interested. Thanks |
707
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 11:31 pm: |
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Normally, the band opens up here in SW Texas at about 8am with the eastern seaboard to a couple of states in, then central Canada and Florida, then Western seaboard states suddenly at about 9am. For the past week, it's been open band from 8am to about 7pm almost nonstop. I will have a radio on ch38 USB beginning at 9a. |
Joe Smith
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 11:38 am: |
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Will try in the first slot.
1285 London, UK portable. |
Bman02
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 4:06 pm: |
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Forum hookup was successful on my end!I tried for a few minutes on each segment and made contacts with alsworld,znut,gto,scrapiron, and a few others that i couldnt quite pull out.It was really noisy out here in Arizona today.Later guys... |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 4:33 pm: |
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Well it is all over now, and may I say I think it went very well, there were a lot of us out there, and we all took turns in the good way, I got to talk to a few of you, 67,gto, 451,799,hobo,456,431,303,58,707,799,779,63,scrapman,( heard a lot}OF 707, was good sounding VERY CLEAR, , 799, 779, very very good,especially that 779 she should take over her fathers radio. on AM I only heard Snowman and Hobo they were really loud and clear, I could not get back to them,I could hear a lot more of you but I have to be considerate to my neibors, so talk later 536 karatebutcher Northern Calif |
Znut
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 6:05 pm: |
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I got Karatebutcher and Bman02 on 27.490 lsb at 2pm eastern. I also talked to Bman02 again on 26.910 usb at 3:42pm eastern.
This was fun. I will be glad to participate again.
Znut (451) |
Taz
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 7:17 pm: |
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I didnt know bman was in arizona. |
Taz
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 12:53 am: |
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Bman, what part of arizona? |
Bman02
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 2:02 am: |
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Im actually in peoria taz-why dont i ever hear you?What channel do you talk on? |
GTO
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 10:31 am: |
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Bman, You sounded great in New Orleans. Sorry, I could not talk longer because I had people over for my birthday and they wanted to leave. Did my station sound OK to you? I was working a 2980 with a Turner +3 desk mic and using an old skipper 300 tube amp on the low side.
THANKS
GTO on AM and 67 on SSB |
Bman02
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 1:51 pm: |
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Oh yeah-It was loud and proud! |
Taz
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 2:42 pm: |
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17 lately, but not that often.
What channel do you talk on?
Do you know t-bolt? |
Taz
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 2:44 pm: |
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I can guarentee you that you have heard me. You just didnt know who I am. |
Alsworld
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 8:20 pm: |
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Bman02,
your station sounded loud, clear and strong here in my part of Florida. It was good to talk to you. Nice station for sure!
GTO,
I heard you and called out a "Happy BirthDay" your way but don't know if you heard me. I think it was channel 24 or 2.
Alsworld
799 N.W. Florida |
Bman02
| | Posted on Monday, September 30, 2002 - 7:26 pm: |
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Im surprised you heard me that good because i wasnt running any power-just a barefooted 2510.And taz i talk on whatever channel theres people on which is usually 19.The radio is pretty dead here right now.And yeah i know who t-bolt is but dont know him personally. |
Taz
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 3:30 pm: |
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Is your handle bman out here? |
Taz
| | Posted on Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 9:15 pm: |
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Where did you go Bugman?
Talked to diamondback latlely?
Sell anything to steve latlely?
Talk to steve lately?
You still drive the Volkswagon bug? |
Taz
| | Posted on Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 9:16 pm: |
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Hey, chumpchange should ring a bell Bugman. |
Czar
| | Posted on Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 10:48 pm: |
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taz,get a radio,get on the air,get off cyberspace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Taz
| | Posted on Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 11:50 pm: |
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I have a radio czar.
I like cyber space.
When I get my radio back I will use it alot more often |
Bman02
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 8:07 pm: |
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If youre thinking my handle is bugman you would be wrong.I just recently got back on the radio.I used to be on before your radio career began. |
Taz
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 10:17 pm: |
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Ok, sorry for the misunderstanding |
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