Last evening and overnight, I went on 80m FT8 RX using the FT817 with my earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground expecting, at best, mediocre results. The "antenna" was not even well matched and I made no attempt to improve this. To my surprise, it worked remarkably well. Best DX spotted was PY2KP (9578km).
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Stations spotted last night on 80m FT8 with
the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground.
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UPDATE 1435z: I remained on 80m FT8 RX all day today. I see that 9 stations in 5 countries have been spotted in
just the last 30 minutes!
This is really good Roger. Actually amazing with this kind of antenna. 73, Bas
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