[ADXA] Low band DX.

[Jussi Eloranta]

On 9/24/26 9:42 AM, Randell Curtis, W5ZJ via ADXA wrote:

>  In the last couple of days 80 and 160 has been a bit better. Night 
> before last (Tuesday evening) I was finally able to get a single ft8 
> decode from RI1FJZ at our evening gray line. I think EJ ended up 
> working him and maybe Jussie. My recieve seemed to be about 3 db down 
> from Jussie with my RX antenna pointed NE. 

He was strong here for a bit on 80m (best -15) but unfortunately they 
keep using the standard FT8 frequencies and there were many stations on 
top of him. I called but did not at least hear that he replied. He did 
come back to EJ - hopefully he completed the contact.

The same evening I was on 160m. And then suddenly RI1FJZ came up calling 
CQ. Called him and he got right back, QSO completed with -18 / -18 
exchange. No RX on my inv-L, he could only be heard on the NE BOG. All 
this lasted 5 minutes. It may be the time to play lottery?

I have currently bad power line noise on 160m and some on 80m. I am 
about to file RFI complaint to Craighead Electric. This is killing my RX :-(

>
> Wednesday night we got in late due to fish fry prep. I needed to go to 
> bed, but decided to check the bands before retiring. From the 
> recliner, I remoted into the shack and found Mike KB5WBH on 80 and 
> AA6KJ Jussie on 160 lighting it up into Europe.

Yes, 160m is starting to wake up! So, the summer must be over! I got a 
couple of new band counters there and worked some buddies back in OH 
land. I still have some issues with the inv-L and I cannot run full 
power into it at the moment.

Jussi (aa6kj)