Weirdest thing, I got up this morning, and I heard Joel listening, so I thought I'd follow suit, then all the sudden, he worked me and I looked down and my callsign had changed...A5 something...anyway!
Okay, I don't get up that early, must be legit. Congratulations on the new band! It feels tough for me to find and work new dx at my lowly 147ish and that's mixed overall, I can't yet imagine worrying about working dx on a certain (or uncertain) band just for a band counter! I'm happy to get what I get when I get it! Ps Don't lower the standards for ease of access or it doesn't become as standard!
Keep up the great work everyone!
73 Jon KI5UCZ
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-------- Original Message -------- On Apr 24, 2024, 10:43, < w5znjoel@gmail.com> wrote:
The prop was weird. I was lsning starting around 1100z or so when I saw the first spot but heard nothing. I saw stns down south calling. When Earl worked them I was not hearing anything. I had the top and lower antenna on LP and the middle antenna on SP. Earl is about 75 miles south of me and it apparently made a big difference this morning. I never heard A5 at all SP even though Earl did and work them SP. When I worked them they were around -1 to +2 LP but just a faint smidge with no decode SP.
Interesting, but IN THE LOG here nonetheless!!!!!!!
ZN
From: adxa-bounces@mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Dennis Tune Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 9:51 AM To: ADXA List <adxa@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [ADXA] A52P 10 Meter FT8 @1315z
Nope I never heard them...I worked them on 12 last night after your spot but no 10m today...I did hear the XX9 and tried to call him once, but he was busy trying to get the TT8 so I left him along...
Dennis Tune W5DM
On Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:22:09 AM CDT, n5zm n5zm.net <n5zm@n5zm.net> wrote:
Congrats Joel. You worked them long path and I worked them short path over the north pole at 1317z. Wild propagation!!!
I started lsning for A52P around 1100z this morning when I saw their first spot. Also received alerts from K5EJ and N5ZM (THANKS!!!!!). It took a bit for the prop to come in here, LP, as I kept seeing guys to the south and some SA working them. It finally came in and I was able to knock them off for a new one of 10 meters!
They’re in there strong, 0 to plus a few now, on 28092 KHz still at 1330z.