I've had a hard time tracking them on 160m. However, I was fortunate yesterday, set my alarm for 5am, 1200z, and viola, they were there calling CQ on FT8.
I had been on several times between 11:30z to 13:30z searching for them on FT8. I have worked KH8S prior on CW 160m. Ray, N6VR/W7YA On Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 12:06 PM Wes <[email protected]> wrote: > MY TB antenna has been down for the summer. Using the KAT500 tuner and > manually > finding an approximate match using the utility program I was able to put a > couple of hundred watts into the 80 M vertical and work W8S on (yuck) FT8 > on > 10/13. I got the TB antenna back on the air, but then they never showed > again > when I was on. I did manage to work them on 23 other slots. > > Wes N7WS > > > On 10/15/2023 12:36 PM, David Raymond wrote: > > Got to the radio on TB here this morning around 1115z. Around 1145z I > noticed > > a spot for W8S on 1811. I had been CQing up the band and had just > finished > > with VK6LW and VK3EW. I tuned down the band to 1811 and, sure enough, > they > > were there. . . probably too weak to work. I was anxious to get going > as I > > needed to get ready for church but decided to stick around for a few > more > > minutes. They began quickly coming in strength and were soon copyable > with QSB > > but well enough to call. I got them in the log with no difficulty at > 1203z. > > They were clearly hearing pretty well and by 1215z they were peaking > S6/S7 and > > were really puttin' 'em in the log. . .NA, VK, and JA. My SR was 1225z > but I > > couldn't stick around that long, so I don't know whether or not they > continued > > to get louder. It was nice seeing them with good sigs and successfully > > running the pile on CW. Hopefully maybe theh'll get on a little earlier > in > > time to catch some of the east coast guys. > > > > 73. . . Dave, W0FLS > > in Iowa > > > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
