Last night was a hoot on 6m.  For a while, KP5 had almost 150 spotters all over the USA.  None anywhere else at that time.  

Between Charles, his remote north of Dover and I, we watched 6m fade in and out like a wave across the 3 receivers.  At times none of the receivers decoded anything even when there were 1-4 very viable streams (some even yellow and bordering on red) at all locations.  It was like he has some RFI getting into his audio as the streams "just didn't look right", so think the signal strength at each location overcame whatever was infecting his audio.  The signals went from -15 to +2 or +3, and even a +21 on a single CQ call.  Imagine what he would be doing with SuperFox/Hound instead.  But I did see him work 10 (5 compound streams) at a time for a short while.  

I'm gonna stay up a bit and watch 40m.  Don't see any indicated of KP5 in the WF and only a single station or two even calling.  A couple of AZ stations printed and were confirmed.  Looks like his path has changed to Japan and surrounding areas now, or that's just who he's decided to work while he can.  Last night he was hung up on 1x2 and 2x1 calls for a long time.  Charles was so excited, but he had to wait until they started picking bigger calls.  He also had 2 failed attempts before success.  

As for me, I need 15, 30 and 40 to complete my sweep.  160m is a big maybe.  But since 20m was an ATNO for me, I'm a happy camper with just that one confirmation.  1894 and counting.  

BTW, I didn't print a single new Grid Square from the 40-60 decodes per pass at times on 6m last night.  Only need 10 to complete FFMA.  The fewer there are left the harder they are to collect.  I would not have called any of them on the DXP frequency, but send the station I saw an email asking him to move to a different frequency for my attempt to work him for his elusive GS.  

Light rain started about 15m ago with temp at 37 degrees and climbing.  So far, 0.10" and counting.  

I'm off to bed for another hour or so of shuteye, if my brain will cooperate and not keep trying to make that contact on 40m.  

Nite (morning) all.  

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George - WB5JJJ
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