Of the 15 or so logs received so far, the comments appear to be. The bands (40 and 20M) were in very poor conditions
Both Olivia and JT65A contests were considered "tough". Activity was , according to early reports, higher in the JT65A mode . Several JT65A WSJT users had difficulty handing a "pile-up " (There are some advanced features within WSJT where you can decode several signals at once, but perhaps people do not know this). Some folks mistook their local time for UTC time. Several ZL's, VKs, and JA's on the JT65A contest As for the comments that the contest was "tough", that was expected. The experimental contests take a lot of patience. JT65A as implemented in WSJT is not at all designed for conventional contesting. Today's results are helpful for analyzing how contests with JT65A could be conducted in the future (if at all!). Olivia should have been easier, I did see 4 QSO's taking place in Olivia 500/8 at the same time on 40M, some die-hards stuck with 500/4 ! Andy K3UK
