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W5WS

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Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« on: February 14, 2023, 09:52:28 AM »

All on FT8.  First I worked India long path with a -5 report.  I turned to the North and Asiatic Russia and Kazakhstan were booming in.  I worked 8 Kazakhstan stations while dozens of AS Russia kept calling me.  Ended up working a few of those between the Kazakhstan stations.  Wish more of the 'stans had been on.
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K6SDW

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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2023, 09:57:44 AM »

I assume 20 meters? Now, for a real challenge work those guys on CW...my favorite mode. And yes, I run FT8 as well.

GL/73
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W5WS

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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2023, 10:21:06 AM »

I assume 20 meters? Now, for a real challenge work those guys on CW...my favorite mode. And yes, I run FT8 as well.

GL/73

Sorry, yes, all on 20M.
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W0CKI

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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2023, 10:48:50 AM »

Real hams do CW, HI HI. Even 10 has been open at night. CW is my favorite mode also. No FT8 for me.
Gary W0CKI
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K5PS

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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2023, 10:53:14 AM »

Nice opening, sorry I missed it.

There was a similar one a month or two ago and EY8MM showed up, booming into NTX on my vertical. Unfortunately, I wasn't as loud on his beam.
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WB8VLC

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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2023, 11:37:50 AM »

The polar opening was also on 10 meter ssb/cw last nite with 9N7AA in Nepal, JT1CO in Mongolia and several HS hams in Thailand, 9v in Singapore, a half dozen Indonesians a 3W1 in Vietnam, a dozen central China hams and even some long path to Finland on 10 CW with amazing true 59/599 signals for over an hour and 45 minutes with all these occurring after 0200UTC and best of all no FT8 required.

In 48 years of 10 meter operation I have never heard Nepal nor Mongolia on any analog modes let alone them being on CW/SSB and only recently have I worked both of these countries on 10 meter FT8 which wasn't a real challenge but last nite on 10 cw and ssb it was for sure the best 10 meter I have experienced.

After working them on FT8 last week It was nice to do a Digital Detox and get away from FT8 and work Nepal and Mongolia on SSB/CW to confirm it wasn't a fluke.

My equipment was a K3s at just 12 watts into a 4 element OWA yagi at 30 feet for 10 meters.
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W5RG

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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2023, 03:45:18 PM »

Yes.. 15 was also good late last night..I worked JT1CO and the LU1 also on CW! My Dell laptop hasn't made any contacts yet! Bob W5RG
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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2023, 06:40:20 PM »

RA9J was coming in all day today on 15m.  I worked him around 1530 this morning, and he was still coming in around 2230 today.  I don't ever remember seeing Siberia coming in for that long.

73 John AF5CC
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K4JK

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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2023, 04:06:06 AM »

9N, YD, HS have all been workable on 30m in the mornings the past several days. HS is almost a 360 degree path from here.
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EI2GLB

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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2023, 04:07:54 AM »

Real hams do whatever mode the DX is on,

Out of date hams stick to CW rag chewing about how there is no DX to work,

Real hams do CW, HI HI. Even 10 has been open at night. CW is my favorite mode also. No FT8 for me.
Gary W0CKI
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AA6G

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Re: Polar Path last Night (Feb 14 UTC)
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2023, 11:31:21 AM »

20m has been open over the pole in the evenings for about a month. Seems as though people have just woken up to that fact in the last week. Activity is way up. JT1CO has had a good signal on 10M around 0200z on two different nights in the last week. Last night he was on 15m and peaked at an unbelievable S9 +30 dB.

For those of you who have not operated through a solar cycle with flux numbers above 200, now through mid March is a period to look for polar paths on 10M after sunset and a little after sunrise. The best period for such openings is October.

GL, Chuck - AA6G
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