[OKDXA] FT8WW - Crozet

[N5OK]

I think you are right.  However, he still has a while to go.  As I see it
the problem will be if and when he starts to work the pileups down and he
goes to CW or SSB, they will be back big time...

Coy C Day, N5OK
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On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 12:22 PM Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com> wrote:

>    Looks like he has moved to 10.131 FT8, First Sequence... West Coast US
> is working him now LP, along with Europe. I'm not hearing him, either
> path... Started hearing him later this morning, not until a little after
> 8AM. It lasted past 10:30AM, long path 20 meters. At times he was very
> loud, 3 streams as strong as plus 15 on my tribander at 50 feet.
>    I know many of us (myself included) are not crazy about FT8. Whether
> we like it or not, the DXing game has changed. If you want to work DX,
> you gotta at least have a fundamental knowledge of how to operate FT8.
> That's where the DX is, and things are not going to go back to the old
> days... This is progress, like it or not... hi...
>    Given Thierry's demonstrated skill set so far, I would expect this is
> going to be a 95% FT8 DXpedition. The pile-ups would probably eat him
> alive on CW and especially on SSB... So, if you want to work Crozet,
> work him on FT8... Good Luck everyone. Hope you get him in the log...
>
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
>
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