Thursday, April 1, 2021

A nice FT8 afternoon.




I was on the radio this afternoon and decided to give FT8 a try on 20 meters. I made some contacts in the U.S., France, Germany and Spain. Then out of the blue, I had a station from Japan call me and I did not notice any J stations I was decoding but I was very pleased regarding the contact. Then once again out of nowhere another J is calling me and I made my second contact. I took a look at PSK reporter to see where my FT8 signal was being spotted. I was shocked to see not only Japan but also Hawaii. A very nice time on the radio today.  


4 comments:

Paul Stam PAØK said...

Hi Mike, good work with FT8. What will it be when the solar flux index is high again? Have Happy Easter! 73 Paul

VE9KK said...

Good afternoon Paul and happy Easter to you and your family, yes I was pleasantly shocked that I had those station answer my CQ.
73,
Mike
VE9KK

MadDogMcQ said...

EXCELLENT!! Gotta love a bit of FT8 now and again :-)

Happy Easter to you and your family Mike.

73, Tom, M7MCQ
www.m7mcq.com

VE9KK said...

Good afternoon Tom and very nice to hear from you, yes when all else fails.....FT8.
73 and all the best to you and your wife over Easter,
Mike
VE9KK