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10m recovered a bit -- YJ0OU Vanuatu

this Saturday morning WSPR  28Mhz  we had a  late start of  VK  decodes
 After 2 VK less days   since  the ARRL the band was "closed"  to East 
Some HAM's believe that only because of the contest activity  the band seems to be "open" 
But with WSPR as a propagation tool it is  easy to check the real state of  propagation.
TimestampCallMHzSNRDriftGridPwrReporterRGridkmaz
 2014-02-22 09:54  VK3OER  28.126116  -22  1  QF23db  10  PA0O  JO33hg  16303  313 
 2014-02-22 09:58  PA0O  28.126053  -21  0  JO33hg  5  VK3OER  QF23db  16303  78 
 2014-02-22 09:10  PA0O  28.126075  -22  1  JO33hg  5  VK5AKK  PF94ix  15791  81 
 2014-02-22 09:10  PA0O  28.126047  -26  0  JO33hg  5  VK5EI  PF95gc  15771  81 
 2014-02-22 09:12  VK5EI  28.126132  -27  -2  PF95gc  5  PA0O  JO33hg  15771  314 
 2014-02-22 12:14  CX2ABP  28.126058  -13  1  GF15wc  5  PA0O  JO33hg  11512  33 
 2014-02-22 10:50  CX2ABP  28.126055  -25  1  GF15wc  5  PA0O  JO33hg  11512  33 



YJ0UO  Vanatu  
 http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/yj0ou_yj0zz_vanuatu/

After a very hard QSO at 40m 
Friday evening i thought to hear them at  160m  a weak signal sounded like 
YJ0OU was working USA 
I was recording it but the signal disappeared  before I could be positive identify them as being YJ0OU   
 Every evening at prime SS time to EU they are gone !
They are not targeting EU 
They where in the ARRLCW too but then of course only for USA-VE
 Propagation wise it is  comparable to FK  New Caledonia
It should be workable at 80m  since ZL3XDJ was good workable this week too.

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