Even with a beam I'll hear stations off the back and sides. Granted that signals are weaker, but they are there. Often I'll have beam aimed at Europe calling CQ and get folks in Southern California

Yes Joe, I hate it. On days when I'm feeling forgiving and compassionate, I remind myself that propagation is not always reciprocal and tell myself "They probably couldn't see the other station

Rick, Don't ya just hate it when that happens? I can't tell you how many times that I have been set to grab a station and they get completely wiped out or someone comes on immediately adjacent and

Thanks for the spot Jeff. I just caught the trace and another Caribbean station started calling CQ right smack on top of him. He's now working other stations and I only catch a bit of the CE's call

JEFF WALSH W3WMU #1673 BUBBAWOOD WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS STURGIS, MS.

I think so too, Jerry. On QRZ, YB8MAN has ‘Lookups: 1257’ – doesn’t sound as if the real YB8MAN is very active at all. - 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, Past President - NCDXC

My initial response when I worked YB8MAN in February. Something just did not smell right and I guessed it was a "slim" (pirate). Propagation and beam headings were wrong Someone to the South has

I saw a trace on 20M a 30 minutes ago signing YB8MAN. His short path heading from me is 285 degrees, so I turned the SteppIR 3L yagi to that heading and his signal went way down. I reversed the

Well Paul, that 43' vertical beats my Hustler 6BTV over 40 radials of various length. Back yard is about 15' by 75' with the antenna pretty much in the middle. My HOA has a specific ham antenna

Paul: Good catch ! Worked a couple months ago, sent QSL via LOTW & Eqsl, but no return. Hope you have better luck. Funny his signal seemed to be coming from Europe...hope it wasn't a

Rick just a 43 foot vertical with about 40 radials various lengths 16 to 63 ft nu4c

Yes Paul. Congrats! I looked but can't see him on my waterfall. Memo to self: "Get one of what Paul has for an antenna!" Rick - N7WE 070 - #1602

Congratulations, Paul! Nice to see 20M open again after the big CME. - 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, Past President - NCDXC

I just worked YB8MAN Badrin in Indonesia from Florida. 2035utc I was so surprised I almost forgot to respond. Its a big deal for me. 14.070 up about 1.3 Go get him 73Paul NU4C #824

I just worked YB8MAN Badrin in Indonesia from Florida. 2035utc I was so surprised I almost forgot to respond. Its a big deal for me. 14.070 up about 1.3 Go get him 73 Paul NU4C #824

> As many others I log the start and finish times... Gary - The issue isn't whether you log start or finish times (or both). The problem comes when your logging program creates ADIF from a log entry

Gary: Sorry to hear that it seems to be a worldwide problem. At first, I thought I was imagining the lack of knowledge, but when other agree maybe tis true. Guess it's up to those who know to teach

As many others I log the start and finish times. Thankfully the LoTW does give you a 30 minute window. Our Foundation licence (M6xxx calls) standard is aimed at the lowest level. Not all of them but a

Dan: The 30 minute window is correct. The problem is that some PSK operators use the sign off time as the time of QSO which is probably incorrect in the eyes of most hams, but then we get into a

Thanks so much for all the replies. I corrected and resubmitted the contact. All should be good now. Dan Morris KZ3T dbmorris315@...