@zachsanford it's been pretty good there are a few hours left still
Heute haben unsere #Funkamateure erste Schritte in der Welt des #FT8 und QRP unternommen.
Wer sich für den #Amateurfunk interessiert, ist herzlich in den @chaospott eingeladen. Wir treffen uns donnerstags ab 18 Uhr. #c3e
"I had stopped listening to the radio, but this is new. It is something different"
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New #HamRadio sticker in the shop! #FT8 #DigitalModes
Good... afternoon y'll!! Out and about today. Got up at 0730 and decided I was not going to spend the entire day doing chores and such.
Drove out to a local state park (Gifford Pinchot State Park) to play radio. Since I developed my radio go kit, I decided to test everything out, HF and VHf. Started with packet radio, trying to make contact with my home BBS over VHF frequencies; no connection. Went through digital repeaters with minimal trouble, but then the BBS went wonky. One VPN and SSH connection later, I reset the BBS and made connections on multiple frequencies. Woo Hoo!
Next up was the HF radio and FT8, a weak signal communications mode. I've made a few contacts at 25 watts on the portable vertical antenna. Decided not to stretch out the NVIS dipole as there are too many kids running around and I don't want one of them running into the wires. Next time I'll find a spot a little less populated.
So far so good. I got out of the apartment, it's not hot or humid out, and I've only gotten rained on a little bit. Keeping an eye on the weather, because it takes about a half hour to get the stuff back in the car.
Trying not to engage with all of the CA crap going on right now. As soon as I heard the deployment of NG troops, my mind immediately went to the move "The Siege." Not good.
Stay safe and LET'S BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!!
#amateurradio #hamradio #ft8 #packetradio
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30m #FT8 is hopping tonight. #AmateurRadio nerds getting their weekend going.
I got one each from Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, and since this screen shot was taken, Germany and Slovenia, too.
nothing to see here, just cool #radio shit going on
Since my QTH continues to be inundated by storms, I need to take advantage of them and build my other @qrplabs 20 - 10 meter #QDX #qdxdigital before Ten goes away. #amateurradio #hamradio #FT8 #wsjtx
... aaand the QSO number for 2025 now is bigger than previous 4 years'.
I am interested in what empirical evidence can be had to determine how much power is "as much as you need to make the contact."
This FT8 sequence seems to be one of those data points. I tried for a while to get this Chilean station and then someone from my grid square swoops in to get the QSO!
Recently went from a 25W rig to a 5W rig. Fewer QSOs and more incomplete exchanges, though I know the bands have been rough.
Bands aren't much fun today. Called CQ for 15 mins on 20m with FT4, had one answer, and I can only hear a handful of stations.
Today's #POTA activation results: 73 (!) QSO on #40m, #20m and #15m. Modes were #SSB, #FT8 and #FT4. 5 continents worked: #Europe, #Africa, #NorthAmerica, #Asia and #Oceania. Besides others I worked
South Carolina, Canary Islands, Armenia, West Malaysia, Indonesia (twice, furthest distance), and an #ATNO: #Thailand.
Thanks hunters!