Tropo vanished …

Still a bit of tropo when arriving at the station this afternoon (seems it was better this morning), but all very unstable, signals readible only a few times then vanishing again.

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TIME   CALLSIGN      LOCATOR   TX    RX    BAND   MODE  PROP.  QRB
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12:52  F6GNR         IN97FD   -11   -15    2 m.   FT8   TR    1303
13:32  F6EAS         IN98LV   -16    NC    2 m.   FT8   TR    1165
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A pity F6EAS was not complete, only saw him two times shortly. Afterwards now all condx are gone, only “locals” to be seen, bad & ugly autumn weather & condx are back. Maybe  this is not too bad so I can concentrate on the WWDX-SSB this weekend now. 😉

EDIT: Around 18z Stef, F4EZJ, reported seeing me on FT8 and asked for a short SSB test. Indeed we completed easily, he was not strong but solid! While South-DL is still working DX it seems I’m out of the game nevertheless, EZJ was the only signal audible overhere.

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TIME   CALLSIGN      LOCATOR   TX    RX    BAND   MODE  PROP.  QRB
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18:05  F4EZJ         JN05DK    52    55    2 m.   SSB   TR    1322
18:58  F6BYJ         JN05DR   -19   -12    2 m.   FT8   TR    1300
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Jep, F6BYJ, called half an hour later on FT8 but we also needed almost half an hour, conditions really not stable. Anyway, another good contact. 😎

EDIT2: F4EZJ popped in & out a few times during the evening again. Later tried with Jerome, F8GGD, on CW and while there was lots of QSB and me having some local QRM from a neighbour’s TV 🙁 into that direction we easily made it: 😎

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TIME   CALLSIGN      LOCATOR   TX    RX    BAND   MODE  PROP.  QRB
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20:31  F4EZJ         JN05DK    -05   -09   2 m.   FT8   TR    1322
20:58  F8GGD         IN95UQ    419   559   2 m.   CW    TR    1335
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Nevertheless it’s all quite unstable. Will call it a day now and go back into town …

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