I was on 160m FT8 this morning between 0830z and 0930z and ran 40 JAs non
stop. They were all between -8 to -24, but workable.
Seems I was the only one up at that time. Could have worked more but had to
QRT for bed.
I'm near Prescott, AZ in a rural quiet location.
Ray, N6VR,
W7YA on FT8
On Sat, Oct 3, 2020, 5:24 AM Ron Spencer via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
wrote:
> Last night, Oct 2nd, worked VK6LW on 80 lp, then OK1CF and DL8LAS on 160
> with just 100W. All had good signals into NC. Andy, DL8LAS, was like a
> local.
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> Then this morning had noise to the sw so was listening to the NW. Heard
> JA1LZR and JA5DQH early (around 1017). DQH best but could not hear my
> calls. Later, heard Dennis, ZL1AZ but very lite.
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> At 1050 heard bits of UA0LUM but not Q5.
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> At 1100 Dennis, ZL1AZ called and we worked.
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> At 1105 called and worked Adrian, VK2WF.
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> At 1107 worked JA1LZR. My neighbor Bruce, N1LN, worked him with 100W.
> Excellent!!
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> At 1115 DS2JJV but not strong enough for him to hear my calls.
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> At 1131 heard HL5IVL but well past my sunrise (which was at 1110).
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> What was interesting is that all the signals this morning were coming on
> path over JA.
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> Hope these god conditions continue.
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> Ron
>
> N4XD
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