9 Nov 2018

A night off, 160m FT8 RX tonight?

Overnight I am usually on 472kHz WSPR. Last night (as I was out in the evening) I was QRT on all bands.

Someone suggested 160m FT8 with the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. I might try this tonight. I suspect 160m is probably as high as I can go with this "antenna" as the effective loop size will shrink as I move ever HF. I'll stick to RX.

It is some time since I tried 160m and I cannot recall trying 160m from this QTH. Many years ago at the old QTH I built an indoor antenna for 160m which worked well.

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