Calling for 7J4AAl and JA5AQC
Working Japan (JA) can be a very hard task in Scotland
GM or MM). Even though the signals can be very strong to hear,
they only peak for around 30 minutes from the north east in the
evening on 80 meters and just about sunrise in winter in Scotland.
The main problem in working back to them at night here is, the
huge wall of European stations who can run 1000 Watts or more
if they run 'Four Square' antenna array's (4 vertical masts, in
a square) that is even worse. The JA stations cannot hear you
through the noise of these stations simultaneously calling the
JA operator. By the time Europe has had it's fun, the signals
from Japan have already started to sink in strength as their sun
begins to rise attenuating their transmitter power up in the ionosphere.
It is essential to have good receiving antennas for this type
of DX.
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