[ADXA] Massive JA Opening on 6 Meters

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

.313 was almost impossible to work anyone due to the pile. I moved up to 
.323 and there were only a couple of JA's there. I started spotting them 
as I decoded/worked them and that help alert the JA herd there was 
activity on .323 and where I worked the majority of the ones I logged.

ZN


On 2020-06-04 15:11, patw5vy at gmail.com wrote:
> Steve,
> Thanks for the update.  I probably should have checked .323
> periodically.  Early on in the opening I had a hard time completing
> QSOs....wide swings in RX level in short interval QSB.  I was also
> running about 250W instead of my normal legal limit.  My Flex amp was
> in Austin having a hardware tweak.  It will be back home tomorrow. I
> think the extra 6-7 db would have helped finish a few Qs.  The
> strongest JA I worked was JE3GRQ.  He was -11 at the beginning.  Most
> were around -20db.  I worked nine in total.  I lucked out last summer
> and worked BA4SI and a couple of HLs. My path to JA is a bit uphill
> with lots of pine trees.  My 5L LFA is at 82 ft but still 10-15 feet
> below some of the pine trees in the yard.  I have a great path to
> VK/ZL....about 1/2 mile of water on take off...100ft below the yagi.
> 
> Bernie, W3UR, had a report on the  6M JA opening in the Daily DX this
> morning.  W5ZN, our fearless leader,  worked 85 JAs in a little over 2
> hours.  That's just showin' off!
> 
> 73,
> Pat
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Steve Norris
> Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2020 3:34 PM
> To: adxa at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] Massive JA Opening on 6 Meters
> 
> Pat,
> 
> Early on in the opening, the mess on .313 made hearing JA's really
> tough here.  Basically worked no one at the start.  Kept checking .323
> and again nothing.  When the opening "really hit" it's stride, I went
> to
> .323 and started working the 4-5 JA's there, and never left.  Within
> minutes, the receive sequence was decoding 15-20 JA's every time, and
> fortunately only a rare state-sider.  I guess the JA's finally got the
> word about .323 for big openings.
> 
> As I worked the opening, you could sure tell who had the loudest
> signal, LOL.  On any given sequence, there would be 1-3 calling me,
> lots of single JA QOSs with scattered US stations.  And 7 or 8 calling
> Joel !!!!!!   Hihi.  Needless to say Joel was working JA quite a while
> before me .... and still working a few after I was getting "hiss"
> .....
> 
> We put 29 in the log, and has to "not log" at least 3 stations that
> just couldn't complete with.  By far the best JA opening here in over
> a decade.
> 
> Steve, W5KI
> 
> 
> On 6/3/2020 11:41 PM, patw5vy at gmail.com wrote:
>> EJ,
>> I believe I read that in Release 2.2.0 GA, the WSJT-X team has added  
>> additional default dial frequency presets for FT8 in the "Frequency" 
>> tab for the three busiest bands. 40/30/20??  I have so many added 
>> freqs for DXpedition Fox/Hound in my config I can't tell where the new 
>> defaults are!  I checked 50.323 a couple of times today and heard a 
>> couple of US stations calling CQ DX but no JAs on the "DX" FT8 
>> frequency.  I've heard a few EU stations calling on 50.323 but the 
>> bulk of activity is on .313.  I use a couple of "slices" on my Flex to 
>> watch FT8 and SSB/CW on 6M.  I only have one antenna so I can't do 
>> single band SO2R like Big Dog Joel.   There was a lot of CW activity 
>> today but I didn't hear any DX on CW.  Most of the JA's were in the 
>> -10 to -20db/AWGN range ...not quite strong enough for CW unless you 
>> have bionic ears.  I've reached the stage where I'm blissfully unaware 
>> of annoying high pitched sounds...I can't hear them!  I'm not sure my 
>> XYL believes me?
>> 
>> 73,
>> Pat, W5VY
>> 
>> 
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