[Dx-qsl] Fw: VU4K Andaman Islands

Sun Mar 23 11:38:19 EDT 2014

As always, anyone thinking they can do a better job is welcome to launch 
their own DXpedition.
I for one appreciate Krish's efforts. When he was in 8Q7 he was able to pull 
out my 100 watts and compromise antenna for a new one for me. If he can pull 
me out of the pile then everyone has a fair chance of getting in the log!
73,
Joe W4WN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Murray Green (K3BEQ)" <mgreen at erols.com>
To: "DX Posts" <DX-QSL at mailman.qth.net>; "Everett" <wa3dvo at verizon.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 1:39 PM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] VU4K Andaman Islands
> Interesting writeup by Krish, VU4K, operating from the Andaman Islands. No 
> easy task.
>>>> "VU4K -- Andaman Islands
> <http://dx-world.net/2014/vu4k-andaman-islands/>
> SATURDAYMAR 22, 2014
>> *TAGS:*Andaman Islands <http://dx-world.net/tag/andaman-islands/>,AS-001 
> <http://dx-world.net/tag/as-001/>,Port Blair 
> <http://dx-world.net/tag/port-blair/>
> 53 COMMENTS > <http://dx-world.net/2014/vu4k-andaman-islands/#comments>
>> *UPDATE*from Krish VU4K
>> "The pile has been crazy is an understatement. 15kc spread is just
> not sufficient to pick folks out. I have tried AGC off, AGC with
> filter and full auto. Unless I can segment the pileup, there is no
> way I can pull people out. It is just an unintelligible buzz that is
> heard at this end in the entire 15kc spread.
>> There was some useless chap from EU telling that "everyone
> everywhere is better". The crap started when I told I am moving to
> 15m to work NA. The tirade was on 17m and was against me doing
> numbers and alternating between NA and EU. I had to get the QSO's
> rolling no matter. I cannot let people keep calling me endlessly and
> take away that hope of a QSO, and did not want the probability to go
> down to zero either. I was on 15m and I moved to 17m since the path
> was open to NA, whereas 15m did not show any opening to NA that
> early on and that EU chap did not like that.
>> Its been days since I have had any sleep over 2 hours. I was finding
> it hard to concentrate after long runs. Day #1 and with 26 hours of
> operation, there are over 1600 Qso's. I will upload a picture today
> of the setup. It took 8 hours to install the 2Ele steppir and the
> sunset is 5:30pm. We spent 2.5hrs on the terrace with a flash light
> in the dark. There is a sheet metal roof which is an open sloping
> walk way to the terrace and nothing will stop one from rolling down
> from at over 6 storey. Treacherous especially when hauling gear across.
>> The vertical has not yet been installed. I am not sure if the
> vertical is going to do any better and it takes at a minimum 4 hours
> to install and I need to run 500feet of LMR400 to get to the water.
> Except for 80m, the steppir covers all bands. I will take a call in
> the next day or 2, but the priority is to hand out QSO's.
>> Internet has been an issue. The USB dongle seems to recognize the
> SIM data card and i can see the full bars for the signal but there
> is a problem with trying to connect. The same setup worked fine on
> Mainland. it could be an authentication issue for establishing the
> connection down here. I will spend some time to look into it. It is
> such a handicap without real-time net access."
>> MORE > <http://dx-world.net/2014/vu4k-andaman-islands/#more-50427>
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