160m FT8

The sun is still shining here. It will be dark in about 30 minutes' time.

I am now on 160m FT8 with 10W to the earth electrode "antenna" in the ground.  Already my CQ call has got spots from 13 stations across Europe and on 160m FT8 RX the best DX is RU8W (3643km) after about 30 minutes on the band.

UPDATE 1930z: After a CQ call session on 160m FT8 (10W) I got not a single spot! Investigation revealed that the connection to the earth-electrode "antenna" had fallen off!! Since reconnecting I am being widely spotted again. At the moment 23 spots received with the best spot being by OH2BUA (1833km).

Stations spotting me
on 160m FT8 (10W)

UPDATE 1957z: Already 33 stations have spotted my 10W FT8 on 160m. The earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground certainly works for me!