Folks on FT-8 use a 2.5 khz ssb wide RX filter.FT-8 is supposed to be
good for 20 db below the noise floor.
I assume that means 20 db below the noise floor of the 2.5 khz RX filter ?
But a 250 hz cw filter would drop the noise floor by 10 db... vs the 2.5 khz
wider filter... if CW mode
Well conditions were OK again last night (as the night before) . . . ie the
band was open for DX contacts, but not the sort of big signals I always
remember on 160m.
I came on for a couple of hours around 2330Z . . . and for an hour around
our Sunrise (0700Z)
I managed to work everyone I heard
I considered Conditions pretty good last night from Midwest US into Europe
(definitely above normal) and was amazed how easy it was for me running my
typical CW with 100 watts. Unfortunately I fell asleep at 0200 UTC so only
took a little advantage of the good conditions prior to that time.
Don
