You sure can dredge up signals, Ron. I heard KA1OJ, but missed WA2LTM
and N3ITT. I never heard them. I had some Moon time and worked a few
via the EME route: VE6TA (AB), W7JW (MI) , K3SK, and W6TCP (CA). I
listened for K3SK on the direct path and never heard a peep. KA2ENE had
me try three modes early on, and we worked on CW, FT8, and SSB. SSB was
a bit tough as signals were weak all around. WA3DRC was very weak up
here and I think the QSB was pretty steep. KC2KAE was wrkable with his
25 watts, so it wasn't a horrible propagation night. WA3EOQ showed up
after 9 PM, and I tuned to 222.090 for his sked with WA3NUF. I heard
some strong CW and I thought it was Phil in Philadelphia, but he was
sending FM0i9! It was Howard and he was 559. He signed off with WA3NUF
and I called him, but he came back to WZ1V, so I stood by and his signal
was getting weaker and weaker. When Ron was done, Howard was qjuite weak
but still copyable. I would say 329. I was not getting 100% copy. It was
more like 35%. Still, we completed quickly, but I was amazed at the
starting signal strength. I ended up with 26 stations worked. My last
EME contact was with W6TCP and I had about 2 degrees of Moon left when I
called him. He barely copied me and we finished with about 1 degree
left. I listened and heard loud echoes then and I copied echoes up to
about -0.4 degrees. Earlier in the evening, my echo was nowhere to be
found here. It was an interesting evening.
On 8/26/2025 9:09 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:
222 condx a bit challenging tonight but great activity - logged:
WA3NUF FN20, WA1NLG FN41, K1TEO FN31, WC2K FM29,
K1WHS FN43, WA1MBA FN51, W9KXI FN12, N3ITT FN20,
KA1OJ FN42, W1XIV FN34, N2SLO FN30, K1PXE FN31,
K3SK FM07, KB2KIR FN22, WA3DRC FM28, N1SV FN42,
WA1PBU FN42, W1AIM FN34, N1LHP FN42, KA2ENE FN13,
WA2LTM FN20, VE2XX FN25, and WA3EOQ FM09.
73, TNX QSOs, Ron WZ1V
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