Topband: KC6AWX

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Hi

I have a QSO. In LotW as CA.
But the signal sounded like from the east coast of the USA.


Details 	UY0ZG 	KC6AWX 	2015-01-23 04:06:00 	160M 	CW 	1.80000 	UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA

Station
Call Sign	 	KC6AWX
DXCC	 	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (291)
CQ Zone	 	03
ITU Zone	 	06
Grid	 	CM88
State	 	California (CA)
County	 	Marin

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Taras UW5ZO reported that today there were very good conditions on the 
WC.

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Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua

YL2VW писал 2020-01-02 15:28:
> Hi topbanders and Happy New Year!
> 
> Talking about remote RX/TX, here is the latest interesting observation.
> 
> Excerpt from my FT8 log (receiver near Riga/Latvia, KO26au):
> 
> 20200102_015215 -11  0.3 1969 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
> 20200102_015245 -10  0.3 1969 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
> 20200102_015645  -5  0.3  396 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
> 20200102_015745  -7  0.3  395 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
> 20200102_015815  -2  0.4  395 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
> 20200102_015845  -4  0.3 1215 ~ A65DR KC6AWX CM88
> 20200102_015900 -10  0.1  396 ~ KC6AWX A65DR -13
> 20200102_015915  -7  0.3 1215 ~ A65DR KC6AWX R-17
> 20200102_015930  -9  0.1  396 ~ KC6AWX A65DR RR73
> 20200102_015945   1  0.3 1215 ~ A65DR KC6AWX 73
> 
> For those not into FT8 short summary:  KC6AWX from grid CM88 is calling 
> and
> getting into the log of A65DR. Signal level of KC6AWX peaks at +1 here 
> in
> Latvia, which is kind of EU level signal strength for me.
> 
> What a propagation I thought initially.... But
> 
> KC6AWX was the only westcoast station which I was able to copy here 
> tonight.
> And according to his QRZ.com page that is with his 50ft apex InvL and 
> 1.5
> kW (Alpha 9500).
> 
> But if you bother to look at where his signal was received and with 
> what
> strength in PSKreporter.info, you can see that he was copied with +14 
> level
> by EI4CN and G4CPD, and with + levels by some other UK stations, while 
> in
> Westcoast USA, where CM88 (the gridsquare he transmitted) is located, 
> his
> levels were -9 (by KZ1W) at best, much less by other wstcoasters, some
> little + levels in Eastcoast USA.
> 
> How can that be, if not remote TX or little help from friend with radio
> station in EU?
> 
> By the way, here in Europe I have heard/read that the value of WAS 
> award
> has diminished among HAMs lately, due to US  guys transmitting from 
> remote
> QTH locations on the other coast of USA, but specifying home state when
> uploading data to LoTW.
> 
> 73,
> Agris/YL2VW
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