[Elecraft] Boldly OT: 6 meter Sporadic-E season and the FT-8 microjuggernaut

[Carl Yaffey]

I usually check the CW area and the SSB area before hitting FT8. Sometimes call a few CQs. Crickets. . . . .

> On Jun 1, 2018, at 11:46 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> At first I thought it was my receiver. Or my antenna farm, limited in scale by a pre-nuptial clause. Or noise caused by the zomboid army of switching power supplies oozing inexorably into my personal space.
> 
> Nope. 
> 
> It turns out the dearth of CW and SSB signals on 6 meters at the height of 2018 Spring Sporadic-E season can be traced to one factor: the 24-hour intravenous rave that is FT-8.
> 
> Yeah, I get the whole sub-noise-floor-and-not-automated-(wink)-QSO thing. But I’d like to figure out how those of us who enjoy the occasional gear-grinding manual-transmission contact can find each other on this brave new highway. Ideas?
> 
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
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