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 _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
