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The Gray Line and New Zealand and POTA

 Project TouCans made it to New Zealand at such high levels that it was kinda not believable for a rig that runs 5 Watts. But then, I noticed that W6CSN who was doing a POTA at the Presido just North of me. He was booming into New Zealand even louder! I didn't manage to make a QSO down there this morning, although I did have too really nice QSOs with AZ and WA! It's nice to know the gray line is doing just what everyone says it should! And about an hour later, look what happened: Our gray line had reached New Zealand and turned everything around.

Receiver Width and Ground Wave Comms

 I was this close! I'm an avid reader of W6CSN's POTA blog because we tend to frequent the same parks here in the Bay area. And yet. I've never contacted him on the radio. I'd never heard his station until this morning. Also, did I mention that Project TouCans is still rock locked, and still has a very wide receiver? I could hear W6CSH calling CQ POTA, I could see the station calling on the Utah SDR, but I couldn't quite be heard 1 kHz away on the 20 m spectrum. It was close though! References: W6CSN's POTA blog Why there's no sound in the video