[ADXA] VU4A, 7.057 FT8, Just Worked

[Dennis Schaefer]

RF is RF - it requires a good antenna and some skill to work rare ones on
any mode.  I worked VU4M on 30M FT8 the other night and it was a thrill to
see my call pop up in red showing that I had a connection.  I just saw the
same thing when I worked 9L5M on 80M FT8.  It just took two calls - the 80M
vertical/sloper is playing well.  John, WB5BHS, is in there calling - hope
he has some good luck, too.  Vertical is the way to go on 80.

We can't decode FT8 by ear, but we can't do that with RTTY or PSK, either.
Heck, I suspect a lot of DX'ers use an aid to copy CW, or are only able to
recognize their own callsign.  It's all DX.  It all counts.    What's the
hardest mode for me to copy?  Definitely SSB.

I still need VU4M on 40 - will take him any way I can get him!  I'm at 1612
and slowly creeping up.

73,
Dennis/RZ

On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 9:03 PM Bill Priakos via ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> This is NOT CW; It is NOT SSB; it is NOT RTTY…..BUT…it is STILL thrilling
> when something like this “POPS” up….in any form, ham radio *still is
> magic* 😊
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> Congratulations, Steve!  I HOPE I get him *JUST *like this on 40!!
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> 73
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> *Bill Priakos – W**5**S**J*
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Steven Rutledge
> Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 5:35 PM
> To: adxa <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ADXA] VU4A, 7.057 FT8, Just Worked
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> 2332Z, been watching VU4A being called on 40 meters for several hours.
> Never could hear him.  He JUST popped up on my screen. Came back to me on
> my third call.  If anyone needs him on 40, I'm printing him in Memphis.
> Worked on my inverted vee.  No 40 meter beam here.
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> Steve, N4JQQ
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