3 Jan 2020

160m FT8

At about 1740z  I QSYed to 160m FT8. A 10W CQ was spotted by 35 stations and I was called by 1 SP station. On 160m FT8 RX 64 stations spotted with best DX spotted UT0MY (2696km).

UPDATE 1952z: 150 stations spotted on 160m FT8 RX  with best DX 9K2HN (4567km).

UPDATE 2038z: Amazing!!! Not only was a recent 160m FT8 CQ to the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground answered by a station in Germany, but I was spotted by 72 stations (in the last 6 hours) including VO1HP (3768km). This by far the most distant report I have ever had on 160m, but this was with my invisible antenna and QRP! The latter is the first report I have ever had from "across the pond" on 160m.
Stations spotting me this evening on 160m FT8 TX
with 10W and the earth-electrode "antenna"
UPDATE 2255z: 295 stations spotted on 160m FT8 RX, with a good number from North America, The Caribbean, the Middle East and Europe.

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