Yes, it's AI. Yes, I still laughed!
Paul GW0NGA
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I've escaped the noise and chaos of Essex and now living in the beautiful Welsh countryside in Montgomeryshire. IO82ip.
43 years ago today! My life-long love of radio kickstarted by my first ever QSL card
@kb9v I think it's working - I think I just couldn't hear anyone because there was no one putting out heartbeats etc. FT8 and even JT9 have been no problem, but would like to use JS8CALL and have some proper QSOs.
After 35 years amateur radio continues to surprise and delight me. I didn't think my doublet antenna was working that well, especially on 10m - but I had two SSB contacts into Chile tonight. Checked my logs and they're the furthest two voice contacts I've EVER had. Not bad for 50 watts.
Thanks @MW1CFN for reminding me that JT9 was a thing, I'm definitely hooked now. Only 12 stations heard me, but I had 5 QSOs in 30 mins - considering each one was 4-6 mins, that's pretty good going
@MW1CFN I'm going for it! I have a doublet which works best on 17m, so I use the band quite a lot. Typically I put out 4 calls with nothing, and then 2 stations answered back ...
@MW1CFN Ah OK! I am decoding a few stations on 18104 now. I have neve rhad a JT9 contact, wonder if I should bite the bullet ...
@MW1CFN I'm listening on 14078 now. I can't hear a thing :-(
Still having no luck with JS8. Some stations can hear me - I can't decode anyone though