It's like what the guys from Alaska say when they get on at any time on any band.  Asia is about all they hear.  They work what they can hear.  

Having said that, several months ago I needed Alaska on 6m for WAS.  I heard one AK guy and went back to him.  Solid contact.  Within about 10-15 minutes another AK popped up and I worked him as well.  Both LoTW  confirmed within a couple of days.  I watched them both work dozens of JA's and R's interspersed with a very few Lower 48 guys.  

Considering I only have my 5Elem M2 @ 30' to do the "heavy lifting" on 6m, I was very happy to be able to compete with the Asian "noise" level, and I don't have an amplifier PERIOD.  All my contacts for the past 50+ years are "rig max", and that's been ~100w plus the gain (or loss) of my feedline and antennae.  

73's
George - WB5JJJ
HoIP - 100105


On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 11:50 AM <patw5vy@gmail.com> wrote:

The DX Summit fans are beating up the DX0NE op pretty badly.  Everyone expects to be served by the rare DX station!  I operated from Guam/KH2 in the early 70s.  There are a lot of JA Hams and from what I have read Gil, 4F2KWT, has pretty high noise level at his site.  The only decodes he’s seeing on 20M FT8 may be JAs and other nearby Asian stations?  I did see him work a few NA stations around 15-16Z….right before he faded into the noise here.  He may be trying to work down the JA pile…on Guam it was very intense.  

 

It’s a ATNO for me…..glad Gil is there.  I’ll keep plugging away!

 

Pat, W5VY

 

From: adxa-bounces@mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Dennis Tune
Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 9:03 AM
To: ADXA List <adxa@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [ADXA] Spratly Island DX0NE

 

They are on 20m FT8 with a great signal @ 14090 with 2 streams at -3...But only working JA's...No luck so far...

 

Dennis Tune W9DCT

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