25 Feb 2021

60m FT8 RX

Using the information supplied by Keith, I am looking on 5.357MHz FT8 RX using the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. I have been looking since 1205z. Nothing spotted yet.

UPDATE 1426z:  8 stations in 5 countries spotted.

UPDATE 1528z:  22 stations in 7 countries spotted.  So far, all Europeans.

3 comments:

  1. If it’s any consolation, I’m not hearing anything on my regular end-fed wire antenna either....

    Keith

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  2. Activity on 5357kHz is usually quite good in the the evenings. If you plan on transmitting at some point, note that the upper band limit in that sub-section is 5358kHz, so in WSJT-X the selected transmit audio offset must be less than ~950Hz.

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  3. Thank you both. No plans to TX at the moment.

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