Hello Daryl,

 > JS>Attended a couple Field Day locations near me today. Tried my hand at the
 > us JS>HF 80m/40m/20m, and VHF 2m, and UHF 70cm bands. But this time I also
 > tried s JS>satellite QSO's. The com cycles were rather short but did make
 > some contacts

 >   I heard FT8 was used heavily. I didn't make it at all...I was staying
 > at a local motel, after storm damage resulted in no power or air
 > conditioning at my home for nearly 2 weeks.

Glad to hear that things were any worse than they could have been.

There were a few people at FD that were doing FT4, FT8, and PSK*. I did notice
thought that sadly there were fewer people doing CW contacts. The sat freqs
were jammed though. :-)

Jeff
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