I wrote the quoted message a week ago.
In yesterday's snail mail I received a disjointed letter from an individual
quoting my post and ranting about my use of FT8, of which he seems to be a fan.
Apparently, he is stalking me and keeping up with my DXing activities. I
guess that he's upset
Thanks for posting your observations Phil. I was very surprised at how
good your signal was when you called me. It was at 1049 UTC - almost four
hours before my sunrise. Often, I hear the East Coast working VK's and I
can't hear them until much closer to my sunrise.
One of the other surprising
On 10/25/2023 12:27 AM, Phil Hartwell via Topband wrote:
It's uncanny how often the various Stew events coincide with poor
propagation and/or severe QRN.
I learned a lot from George Wallner, AA7JV, a brilliant engineer and
veteran of a dozen or so expeditions to rare entities, and for which
G'day folks,
It's uncanny how often the various Stew events coincide with poor
propagation and/or severe QRN. Propagation between VK6 and stateside has
been very good recently, with the exception of last weekend, when it was
pretty dismal. Throw in the first significant thunderstorm activity
