Showing posts with label 160m. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 160m. Show all posts
28 May 2024

160m QRP FT8 overnight with the earth-electrodes in the ground

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It works!   Connecting the FT817ND to the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground the match via the transformer used on 630m remai...
27 May 2024

160m QRP FT8 tonight?

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Overnight, I may give 160m FT8 a go with my earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. This assumes the match is acceptable.  For a ...
7 Apr 2024

What next?

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 As I mentioned in an earlier post today, 630m WSPR seems to have "gone off the boil" and I may try something new over the spring ...
21 Dec 2023

160m QRP FT8 overnight

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Stations spotting my 160m 2.5W FT8 Using my 2.5W 160m FT8 and the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground I was widely spotted acr...
20 Dec 2023

160m QRP FT8 (Wednesday)

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 For a change, I am on 160m QRP FT8 (2.5W) using the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. UPDATE 1750z:  8 spots of my 2.5W F...
24 Oct 2023

160m QRP FT8 overnight

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S tations spotting my 2.5W to the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground on 160m FT8 overnigh t My FT817ND and the earth-electrod...
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23 Oct 2023

160m FT8 this evening?

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As a change from 630m WSPR, I might try the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground with QRP 160m FT8 as long as I can get a match...
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10 May 2023

160m QRP FT8 (Tuesday evening)

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With SSB bandwidths my noise level on 160m is around S9. On FT8 (50 Hz bandwidth) I have no trouble getting across Europe with 2.5W and my e...
9 May 2023

160m QRP FT8

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For a change, I am on 160m QRP FT8 running 2.5W to my earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. So far, 6 stations have spotted me ...
5 May 2023

160m FT8 QRP last evening

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160m FT8 QRP TX  160m FT8 RX  Last evening I went on 160m FT8 with 2.5W and the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. As the ev...
4 May 2023

160m QRP FT8 last evening

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Spots of my QRP FT8 on 160m with the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground last evening Using just 2.5W FT8 on 160m last evening...
3 May 2023

160m QRP FT8 (Wednesday)

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It is not dark here for about 90 minutes, but my 2.5W to the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground has been spotted on 2 SDR'...
23 Apr 2023

160m QRP FT8 with the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground

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Last evening and overnight I was on 160m QRP FT8 using the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. Even my XYL cannot see it!   6...
10 Apr 2023

160m FT8 (Monday)

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 As my earth-electrode "antenna" is now matched, I am currently using it on 160m FT8 with 10W from the FT-710. No spots, although ...
17 Aug 2022

160m FT8

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Many people suffer with high local noise on 160m. Even here in a rural village it is close to S9 on SSB.   FT8 can be quite an effective mod...
19 Mar 2022

160m FT8 RX (Saturday)

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Even though 10m is still wide open, I have QSYed to 160m FT8 RX with the untuned 10m antenna. So far this evening 30 stations have been spot...
17 Mar 2022

160m FT8 RX overnight

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Overnight I was on 160m FT8 RX with the untuned 10m antenna. Plenty of European stations spotted. I shall see if there were any from the USA...
16 Mar 2022

160m FT8 RX overnight

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In all, 141 stations spotted on RX in the last day on 160m FT8 RX with the 10m antenna.  No transatlantic signals. Is this just a blip or is...
15 Mar 2022

160m FT8 RX

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About 5 minutes ago, I QSYed to 160m FT8  RX using the untuned 10m antenna. So far, 6 stations already spotted. UPDATE 1925z: 15 stations s...
13 Mar 2022

Overnight on 160m FT8 RX

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Yet again I was on 160m FT8 RX overnight. 283 stations were spotted. See map. As the night before, plenty of stations spotted in the USA.  A...