[bars] [mmra] FT8 on VHF?

[Peter Dabos]

In my experience, yes, you can make FT8 contacts on 2 meters, but they need
to be in the local area, and you need to try a contest weekend.

The best time to try this would be the ARRL VHF contest.  The next contest
is September 14 to 16.

With my station, I can usually get about 5 to 10 contacts on FT8 2 meters
on the ARRL VHF weekends.  I am using an ICOM IC-705 which produces about
10 watts.  My antenna is a horizontal dipole in the attic.  This antenna is
easy to build.

I have also had good luck during the CQ magazine VHF contest.

During the ARRL Field Day, I found one station on the air on FT8 2m.

If there is no contest on a particular weekend, then it is very difficult
for me to find FT8 activity on 2 meters.

73s,


Peter Dabos
N1CEO



On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 5:05 AM Juan Jiménez via groups.io <k1cpr=
bd5.com at groups.io> wrote:

> I am trying an experiment here to see if I can actually do FT8 on 2m,
> since the WSJT-X software allows that, but even though I see activity on
> DXHEAT I can't see any signals at all.
>
> Do I have to do anything special on the radio or the software to get this
> to work?
>
> 73,
> Juan
> K1CPR
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