| Pile up at 50MHz FT8 (2025/02/28) | ||
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| I have not heard any signal at all on 50 MHz since December 15 last year. There was no response when CQ'd on FT8 or CW. That was about 8 stations on February 23, and today, February 28, Japan opened after 2.5 months (76 days). I was able to communicate with 70 stations in 70 minutes on 50MHz FT8 Mostly Japan, with a little bit of Vietnam, China, and Korea. |
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Japan's first open in 76 days |
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| I saw a Vietnam XV9T, so I interrupted the pileup pickup and called it in. I called a few times and they picked me up. Vietnam is in communication for the first time on 50 MHz.  |
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Lots of people from Japan have called in. |
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The JTAlert screen turned bright red at the station calling me! |
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| JE7KEB for spotting the cluster. I hear my signal is +24dB with the car whip.  |
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The 5-ele yagi for Japan seems to be working effectively. |
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| The radio used today is YAESU's FT-891 100W Audio interface to PC is SCU-17  |
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| February 28, 2024 March 01, 2025 |