[ADXA] Africa on 6 Meters - More info

w5zn at w5zn.org w5zn at w5zn.org
Sat May 30 11:04:30 EDT 2020


Nice Africa opening on 6 meters this morning. TT8SN was in here on both 
CW and FT8. I was able to work him on CW, 50.088 at 1257z.

Also on was TZ4AM and 6W1TA. No copy here on those two before the prop 
died out but they worked a bunch of east coast boys. Be alert tomorrow 
morning as the possibility of return prop is HIGH.

AND......before you say it, no you do NOT need a "stacked array" to hear 
and work these guys. If TT8SN is back in tomorrow you will most likely 
have better luck trying him on CW than FT8. He and 6W1TA reported this 
morning that the FT8 screen was totally full with "orange" from NA 
stations calling. TT8SN is an excellent CW op (spends a lot of time on 
160 during the winter running pileups) so he can work 'em down pretty 
quick on CW. When I worked him on CW he was a few dB above my noise 
floor but that was after his peak, when he was on FT8 his sig peaked at 
-4.

73 Joel W5ZN


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