20-Meter CW seemed fairly sparse this morning about 0900 local time, so I watched my panascope for a bit, determined the pattern, and watched K1N work near the upper edge of the pileup (about 30 KHz). A couple of calls and I snagged a contact. Now I can breathe.
Looking for another band, I noticed them on 15 SSB (actually it was impossible NOT to notice them between their S9 signal and 70+ KHz wide pileup). Lots of QRM on K1N, but their signal is so strong the QRM is merely background noise. However, with a 70+ KHz wide pileup that’s going to cause trouble in the long run.
I figured that the record breaking collection of bozo’s on 15 SSB made that band/mode a lost cause, so I looked elsewhere. Fortunately they were also on 30-Meter RTTY with a DOWN split. Since a large number of stations were calling with an UP split, that made it pretty easy to work them with the proper split. Two bands down, seven to go!
