[ADXA] Any 15 Meter Copy on FT8WW?

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Looks like he moved to 15 meter FT8

On 2023-01-11 06:50, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:

> FT8WW was on 15 mtr CW this morning, 21045 KHz with a 20 KHz wide 
> pileup. I began to hear him around 1215 UTC and his signal came up to 
> respectable copy, weak, but very Q5. This was SP, nothing LP which I 
> did not expect. He was predominantly working JA's with an occasional EU 
> thrown in to dampen down their bitching. He started dropping into the 
> noise around 1330 UTC but came back up about 5 mins later, working EU. 
> He apparently went QRT around 1345 UTC  as the 20 KHz wide pileup went 
> away.
> 
> I did not hear him working any NA even though many were calling.
> 
> ZN
> 
> On 2023-01-11 04:00, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> 
> Yea looks like it was a PIRATE.
> 
> On 2023-01-10 19:01, David Norris wrote:
> 
> I worked a station yesterday on 15 CW running that call- FT8WW. 
> However, I am a bit suspicious of it being a pirate.  WFWL...
> 
> 73
> 
> David A. Norris, K5UZ
> Director, Delta Division
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 10, 2023, at 2:43 PM, jayw5jay <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> We were monitoring for him on Ft 8. Popped up his call sign but I think 
> it was a pirate. Wrong sequence and too strong. We only saw him print 
> twice. Like I said I think it was a pirate.
> 
> Had a ton of fun with the Congo today.
> 
> 73 Jay/w5jay..
> 
> Sent from my Galaxy
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: w5zn at w5zn.org
> Date: 1/10/23 2:39 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: adxa at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ADXA] Any 15 Meter Copy on FT8WW?
> 
> FT8WW has been on 15 mtrs the past two mornings, starting on CW then 
> moving to FT8.
> 
> Has anyone copied him on 15 meters??
> 
> He was very very weak this morning on 15 CW SP. I had no copy LP or via 
> a skewed path. He was not strong enough for me to call and bust through 
> the EU pileup. He faded out after a bit. When he moved to FT8 I had no 
> copy. There were a few east coast USA stations calling him, a few on 
> FT8WW's xmit sequence who obviously were NOT hearing him at all!!!!! No 
> USA stations were working him.
> 
> I actually saw an EU station calling him during FT8WW's sequence and 
> calling with "FT5WW". Quite obvious he never copied Thierry!!! Some of 
> this is very comical, most of it is sickening but this is not new. It 
> has existed on CW and SSB forever!
> 
> Anyway, just curious of any ADXA folks have copied him on 15 meters?
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN 
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