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@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 😊

 

Congratulations, Steve!  I HOPE I get him JUST like this on 40!!

 

73

 

Bill Priakos – W5SJ

10 Free Ferry Heights

Fort Smith, AR 72903

479.461.8368

christmas,santa

 

-----Original Message-----
From: adxa-bounces@mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Steven Rutledge
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 5:35 PM
To: adxa <ADXA@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [ADXA] VU4A, 7.057 FT8, Just Worked

 

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.

 

Steve, N4JQQ

 

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