In the shack till others are awake. 20m is like a hail storm over Newmarket! Merry Christmas one and all!

Reminder: JS8 QSO Party When: Saturday, 9 November 2019, 7:00pm to Sunday, 10 November 2019, 7:00pm (GMT+00:00) Africa/Monrovia Where: All Amateur bands, HF, VHF, & UHF View Event Organizer: kn4crd@gmail.com Description: The JS8 QSO Party is a chance to get on the air with JS8 and make some contacts every month. Whether you like a quick exchange or a long rag-chew, this event is for you. We have a lot of great, patient operators in the group, so the environment should be very welcoming!

It's been wide open on FT8 since late this afternoon until after supper. Worked France, Hungary,Italy,Switzerland,Portugal (twice), Slovenia, Colombia. I tried really hard for Guernsey but although he heard me and I heard him initially, we couldn't make the final exchange. That's a fairly rare one so it was disappointing to not get him!

The 15m band is open for FT8 contacts right now. Mostly western US (California) and a few weak South America stations