[TVARC] Anyone Seeing FT8WW?

[w3us at casa-aloha.net]

He’s on 10.131 right now.  up to -15 with three decodes per cycle.  Go for it!

> On Dec 26, 2022, at 21:26, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I haven't "heard" them either.  But props and congrats to Rusty!
> 
> 73, Pete, K2PS
> 
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> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2022 7:41 PM
> To: <k2te at juno.com> <k2te at juno.com>
> Cc: TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TVARC] Anyone Seeing FT8WW?
> 
> Yes, Ed, FT8WW has been on 10.131 FT8 the past three evenings with really
> good signals.  I worked him last night at 0309Z.   Thierry is working MSHV,
> NOT F/H.  Last night I copied as many as six transmissions in one cycle as
> he worked down the pile up.  Between 0200Z-0300Z he was exclusively working
> southern NA, northern SA, and the Caribbean, so I figured it was just a
> matter of time.  Good luck!
> 
> Rusty - W3US
> 
>> On Dec 26, 2022, at 19:32, <k2te at juno.com> <k2te at juno.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm wondering if anyone in TVARC has had any luck seeing FT8WW on FT8, 
>> let alone getting him.  The lidfests on 20 and 30 meters certainly 
>> don't help with all the RF clutter from stations transmitting the same 
>> time as FT8WW.  I have yet to see a random burp from him.
>> 
>> FT8W is the rarest DXCC I've ever worked in my pre-TV days.  I have 
>> one QSO on SSB and the almighty QSL.  Even P5 was easier, having 
>> worked it on SSB and RTTY - on the same day, no less, hi.
>> 
>> Good luck to all chasing him for a real Christmas present.
>> 
>> 73 de Ed
>> 
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