19 Apr 2025

10m 100mW FT8 (Saturday)

This morning I am trying 10m FT8 at 100mW. There is far more chance of being clobbered by a stronger station, but it's fun to try. I have my IC-705 set to 1% power on HF. My gear was turned on at about 0845z.

UPDATE 1149z:  3 spots of me. Furthermost is 4X5KS (3545km). Who needs power!!? 52 stations spotted here.

UPDATE 1403z:  6 spots of my 100mW 10m FT8. 

UPDATE 1920z:  15 stations have spotted me at 100mW. See map. Now QRT at 100mW.

UPDATE 1930z:  Now at 6W and signing "De G3XBM JO02" hoping this appears on PSKreporter.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSat Apr 19, 03:39:00 pm GMT+1

    i got your signal also around 14:30 utc in km17. I didnt know you were beaconing with 0.1w so I tried to call you back with 0.6w (for around 5 mins) and got no reply. Then i checked your blog to see that you made experiments. 73 de sv8gxc george

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  2. Roger G3XBMSat Apr 19, 04:21:00 pm GMT+1

    Thanks George. I am currently not looking for 2-way contacts. It would be good to be able to send something like "BCN de G3XBM" rather than CQ and be recognised by PSKreporter.

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