Hi
I have a QSO. In LotW as CA.
But the signal sounded like from the east coast of the USA.
Details UY0ZG KC6AWX 2015-01-23 04:06:00 160M CW 1.80000 UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
Station
Call Sign KC6AWX
DXCC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (291)
CQ Zone 03
ITU Zone 06
Grid CM88
State California (CA)
County Marin
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Taras UW5ZO reported that today there were very good conditions on the
WC.
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Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua
YL2VW писал 2020-01-02 15:28:
Hi topbanders and Happy New Year!
Talking about remote RX/TX, here is the latest interesting observation.
Excerpt from my FT8 log (receiver near Riga/Latvia, KO26au):
20200102_015215 -11 0.3 1969 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
20200102_015245 -10 0.3 1969 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
20200102_015645 -5 0.3 396 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
20200102_015745 -7 0.3 395 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
20200102_015815 -2 0.4 395 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
20200102_015845 -4 0.3 1215 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
20200102_015900 -10 0.1 396 ~ KC6AWX A65DR -13
20200102_015915 -7 0.3 1215 ~ A65DR KC6AWX R-17
20200102_015930 -9 0.1 396 ~ KC6AWX A65DR RR73
20200102_015945 1 0.3 1215 ~ A65DR KC6AWX 73
For those not into FT8 short summary: KC6AWX from grid CM88 is calling
and
getting into the log of A65DR. Signal level of KC6AWX peaks at +1 here
in
Latvia, which is kind of EU level signal strength for me.
What a propagation I thought initially.... But
KC6AWX was the only westcoast station which I was able to copy here
tonight.
And according to his QRZ.com page that is with his 50ft apex InvL and
1.5
kW (Alpha 9500).
But if you bother to look at where his signal was received and with
what
strength in PSKreporter.info, you can see that he was copied with +14
level
by EI4CN and G4CPD, and with + levels by some other UK stations, while
in
Westcoast USA, where CM88 (the gridsquare he transmitted) is located,
his
levels were -9 (by KZ1W) at best, much less by other wstcoasters, some
little + levels in Eastcoast USA.
How can that be, if not remote TX or little help from friend with radio
station in EU?
By the way, here in Europe I have heard/read that the value of WAS
award
has diminished among HAMs lately, due to US guys transmitting from
remote
QTH locations on the other coast of USA, but specifying home state when
uploading data to LoTW.
73,
Agris/YL2VW
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