Topband: Timor Leste Nov 17 ( Dietmar Kasper)

[Jim Brown]

On 11/16/2023 10:07 AM, Salvatore Borace wrote:
> Hi Dietmar, dont pay attention for many lazy people want FT8

Salvatore,

FT8 is a weak signal mode, providing the advantage of about 15 dB more 
noise rejection than CW. From my QTH near San Francisco, I haven't heard 
EU on CW for 3 years; in 8 years, I've heard 6 EU stations, and two have 
heard me. When I moved here from Chicago in 2006, I was able to work EU 
on CW. The difference is MUCH louder noise on both ends of the QSO.

All with the same TX and RX antennas, including a 100 ft Tee-vertical, a 
550 ft Beverage to EU, and a two-element array of phased loops spaced 
5/8 wavelength.

73, Jim K9YC