People were calling T32TTT on 80 two nights ago but I never copied him. Last night, I got up about 1000Z and he was there but weak. I copied him -18 and he gave me a -10. He always gives out good signal reports, or maybe his noise level is just low
in the Pacific. His signals have not been very loud, though.
I spent the next few minutes working them on 30 and 40M but 80 was the one I really needed. I worked them as T32TT last year on 80, had a definite good contact, showed up in the online log, but never got Lotw confirmation in spite of several emails to
them. Maybe the Rebels will come through with 80 this time. I have them everywhere but 160 now, with CW on 12 and 10.
I also worked ES and KP2 for new ones on 30M in the wee hours.
I've got plans for a Pennant receive antenna mapped out and it will be going up in the next week or so. I'm going to start with just one to see how it works. My main noise sources are from 0 to 50 degrees, so figuring out how to aim it is tricky. I
think I can suppress a lot of the noise without messing up EU too badly, and it should be great for Africa. I need to walk around with my FT-817 and see how well I can localize the noise sources. I hope it will help with my powerline and neighbor noise on
160 and 80. It's not big, but it's a start.
73,
Dennis/RZ