[SADXA] PJ4P on 160m FT8

[Jim Wysocki]

Dennis, I had a similar experience on 30m and I did what you did to 
trigger the software's logging option.  At that time they weren't 
finishing off any of their FT8 QSOs properly, which leads me to think 
that they were just learning how to operate on that mode.  Time will 
tell whether or not we're in the PJ4P log.  The team intends to post 
their QSOs periodically to clublog once or twice per day, so we'll have 
a chance to find out pretty soon.

What led me to consider a fox/hound situation on 160m is that I was one 
of several at the time who never could complete a QSO.  In fact, nobody 
did right away.  Then I noticed that they were running two threads.  In 
other words, I copied them giving simultaneous signal reports on 
adjacent frequencies.  That's the clue: transmitting simultaneously in 
the same band on FT8 can only be done in fox and hound mode.  So I 
switched modes and was one of the first ones to be able to work them 
without trouble.  Soon after that somebody else figured out what was 
happening and posted it on the spotting network.  Then it was business 
as usual, with people routinely calling and making QSOs.

This is a team of three German operators and they'll be Bonaire for 
several more days: almost a week, as I recall.  They'll also be 
operating in the CQ 160m contest that starts later today.  So you'll 
have several chances to get them into your log.

73,  Jim W9FI


On 1/25/2019 5:20 AM, D Dismachek via SADXA wrote:
>   Jim,
> how did you know he was working fox/hound? I worked on 17m and did not get a proper 73's to end my QSO. So I manually sent my 73's which finally made my log.
> ...Denns / N6ITY
>      On ‎Thursday‎, ‎January‎ ‎24‎, ‎2019‎ ‎10‎:‎50‎:‎00‎ ‎PM‎ ‎MST, Jim Wysocki <wysocki1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>   
>   1.840, using FT8 Fox/Hound mode. He's -05 at the moment.
>
> GL, Jim  W9FI
>
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