It is very cold and foggy outside, so I am hoping 2m tropo might be promising. At about 0855z (it is now 0905z) my 2m FT8 was turned on with the usual 2.5W and the big-wheel omni antenna.
So far this morning, 2 stations spotted and 2 stations have spotted me.
UPDATE 0925z: Already spotted by EI2FG (565km) as well as 7 others in 4 countries on 2m FT8 TX. Reports at this distance are usually very similar (--19 to -21dB S/N) suggesting some sort of scatter rather than tropo I think. 1 QSO so far.
UPDATE 1247z: So far today 12 stations in 5 countries have spotted my QRP on 2m FT8 TX z: 9 stations have been spotted here on 2m FT8 RX with the furthermost being DL6YBF (471km).
UPDATE 1644z: 18 stations have spotted my 2m FT8 QRP TX. 22 stations spotted on RX and 2 QSOs today.
UPDATE 2130z: QRT.
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