[ADXA] Congrats to Joel and Steve, and 6M

[Steve Norris]

Pat, and all,

Now I know why I didn't hear you at Rich Mtn, LOL.  Never checked FT4 
late in the test.  Earlier in the day  .... had quite a few runs on FT-4 
... it was great to see so many get on the mode for it's speed when Sig 
strengths got up higher.  And agree, that return to the slowness of FT8 
was almost too much to take!  :>)   But now that the contest is over 
.... even packed bands and big Sigs are not driving enough stations to 
FT4, it seems.

Work about 30 JAs last night in the opening.  At any given time screen 
was scrolling with 25-35 of them.  I did more S&P though, picking up 
about 3 grids in JA ... but was mainly looking for HL & BA/BV.  Heard 
them and called them off and on -- a lot.  But every time the one loud 
HL station would get to solid strength, they'd answer JAs. Couldn't 
break through that wall to them.

I've added at least 15 LOTW confirmed new worldwide grids in the last 
few days.  Six new DXCC in last week, of which 4 are already CNFMD in 
LOTW.  So now up to "99" worked.  But still some serious mail work 
needed for some older ones to catch up paper.  I still hope for hitting 
100 worked this year, even if confirmations don't happen till much later 
in the future.

Steve, W5KI


On 6/19/2020 8:34 AM, patw5vy at gmail.com wrote:
>
> I found FT4 to be pretty effective at times during the VHF Contest.  
> The last hour I was on Rich Mtn, EM24, I made 39 FT4 QSOs.  That’s not 
> a great rate but not bad for a Rover.  I had tried to get a run going 
> on SSB but just couldn’t make it work.  Did S&P SSB for a while before 
> moving to FT4.  After using FT4 for a while going back to FT8 really 
> is like watching paint dry!  I worked K1JT on FT4!
>
> 73,
>
> Pat, W5VY
>
> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> 
> *On Behalf Of *Rory Bowers
> *Sent:* Friday, June 19, 2020 8:07 AM
> *To:* Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] Congrats to Joel and Steve, and 6M
>
> I agree Dennis... major accomplishments!  I don't see a problem with 
> spreading out FT8 on 6M.  I have yet to copy one station using FT4 on 
> 6.  The mode is simply not effective on 6 so nobody is using it.  Why 
> not take advantage of the additional spectrum
>
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