[NLRS] The New Normal?

[Arliss]

Speaking of unexpected Qs, did anyone else take part in the 6m 
opening to Alaska and Japan last night? I don't know when it 
started, but it lasted until 0730 UTC last night/this morning.

All my 6m antennas were down, but I was still able to work Alaska 
using my 30m beam on 6m. I was seeing up to 25 Japanese calls per 
15 second period on FT8, but was unable to work any of the JAs. 
Most of the JAs were -10 to -20; I'm sure that I could have 
worked some if I had had one of the 6m antennas up in the air.

I, too, miss the CW and SSB activity, but as Jon mentioned in his 
note, FT8 isn't all bad.


73, Arliss  W7XU
     EN13


On 5/31/2020 12:55 PM, Jon Platt via NLRS wrote:
> ... Also, FT8 has shown that amazing contacts can be made
> that never would/could have occurred before except maybe at
> the peak of a good solar cycle (ie, via F2).  When FT8 started
> to make big gains on 6m, I was stunned to see what was being
> worked.  Who would have thought that working Europe would be
> possible at the bottom of the solar cycle (albeit it helps if
> you live in a favored location like northern Texas, etc)...
>