[ADXA] FT8....

Sun Mar 1 18:12:50 EST 2020

Think I will wait til I am 80 years old to see if I have the extra money to spend on the hobby and all the peripherals for FT8 hooking up to my PC software which is 10-20 feet from my equipment.  I see where Rick UR has worked the VP8 on FT8 and also FT8 on a couple of DXpeds recently, so at least he finally “gave in”…. 

And, my eyesight is so bad now that I am afraid I would misread my call being confirmed .. On CW and SSB and RTTY I know for sure because I can hear CW and Voice and my RTTY printout is large and I can read the page. Oh well, another low band/mode count for me standing at 11 now. 21 CW and 24 would pacify me along with a lucky 3.5 CW QSO. I would yell loud again and wife would come running into the ham room from across the house. 😊   I will wait for the new FT9-MS-1 mode coming out in a few months.
Sandyman

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From: Joel Harrison
Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2020 4:59 PM
To: HamOP
Cc: David Norris; adxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ADXA] 28mc VP8PJ

San - you need to move up to the 21st century and get on FT8!!!!!!  :-)))))

On Mar 1, 2020, at 4:52 PM, HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:

Think lot of this discusson on what , who and where came from the early 28mc spot by WD9Q about 28180 FT being LP and not PJ…  that was about 90 minutes ago. He did not mention other frequencies lower down initially, only 28180 on 10m..
Does not affect me, since I am not an FT8 guy…. I have the VP8 on 28 and 24 mc from years ago but still would be nice to work them on THIS trip on top two bands.. Won’t happen for me. Anyway was just trying to tell Dave to check his QSO stream.  Frequencies were not mentioned, only the band in the initial comments.. Lot going on now with the VP8 and confusing in some cases. 
San

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From: HamOP
Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2020 3:19 PM
To: David Norris
Cc: Jay Bromley; adxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [ADXA] 28mc VP8PJ

Now the spots are saying it is VP8LP , not PJ… Sorry for bad news Dave.
s

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From: David Norris
Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2020 3:04 PM
To: HamOP
Cc: Jay Bromley; adxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ADXA] 28mc VP8PJ

FT-8  At -12 to -16. Now they just switched to FT-4 . A bunch of LU’s and a couple of ZS6’s are -10 to -15 on 10m. You can hear their “whistle” so be watching for a CW opening...  They are audible. 

73 

David A. Norris, K5UZ
Director, Delta Division

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On Mar 1, 2020, at 2:58 PM, HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:

Phone or CW?? I hear nothing… perhaps you used the ‘sub audible’ mode of FT8 land?  I never heard them on 24 SSB or CW yet, much less 28mc, shown to be mainly at 19-2000Z… No color on my VOACAP chart for 28mc. At least got em on 21 RTTY. 
San

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From: David Norris via ADXA
Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2020 2:39 PM
To: Jay Bromley
Cc: adxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ADXA] 15M VP8

I just bagged them on 10m! 

It’s open boys!

Help yourselves!

73 
David A. Norris, K5UZ
Director, Delta Division

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On Mar 1, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:

Rick K5UR just spotted them on 15m SSB.  Those big guns!  😊

73 de jay/w5jay..
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