Transatlantic QSO on 2m FT8

[VK4FLR]

Hi Frank,

Nice work re the QSO 

I noticed this missed opportunity for FNQ to ZL earlier in the year -

Yes Leigh I monitored  that tropo event & called a number of times  ZL direction expecting a response ! but the silence was deafening ! I am wondering if the Attenuation factor on 2m tropo has a finite limit  distance wise in association with TXpower levels,  antenna gain etc ? because even on the times I worked the northern end of ZL, the  signals have never been above S5, whereas the Brisbane guys & the nth sunshine coast were giving S9+ reports ....  Maybe a 1kw amp is the answer with a high power permit of course ?  but if you can't hear them high power is not the answer ??