[bars] [mmra] FT8 on VHF?

[Jwahar Bammi]

Another good way to test your 2M setup is to join the local 2M net at 8 PM on Mondays on 144.195 USB

 

73 de ws1m

Bammi

 

 

From: bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> On Behalf Of Jim Idelson
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 10:23 AM
To: John Flood <kb1fqg at yahoo.com>
Cc: mmra at groups.io; w1hh <bars at w1hh.org>
Subject: Re: [bars] [mmra] FT8 on VHF?

 

Make a sked with someone to see how it goes.

 

Are you using a horizontally or vertically polarized antenna? Omnidirectional or directional? How high?

 

You probably want a horizontally polarized antenna to be compatible with other stations on the band.

 

If you have a rotatable directional antenna, you need to have a sense for the beamwidth so you know how accurately the antenna needs to be pointed at the other station. If you're calling cq, you want to be pointed to a place where a reply is likely to come from. 

 

Good luck! 

 

73 Jim K1IR

 

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 08:26 John Flood via bars <bars at w1hh.org <mailto:bars at w1hh.org> > wrote:

No i don't use Ft8. I wonder if you are just out of range for the signals that are there.

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On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 5:05 AM, Juan Jiménez

<k1cpr at bd5.com <mailto:k1cpr at bd5.com> > 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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