[bars] FT8 on VHF?

[Tim K1DC]

Yup, horizontal is the norm for most everything besides FM on ham 
VHF/UHF.  OK, if you're talking about satellites circular polarization 
can be a thing but that is a bit beyond the scope of this discussion. ;-)

You will see a rather high loss with mismatched polarization.  It is not 
100%, for example I can work FM repeaters with my horizontal yagi but I 
do have to crank up the power and make sure I am pointed in the correct 
direction.

This is a long way of saying that, yes, you can work FT8 on 2M with a 
vertical but you are going to be very limited in range as most folks 
will be using horizontal antennas.

I'm available most days if you want to do a sked on 2M FT8/FT4/SSB.

73.

Tim - K1DC


On 08/18/2024 3:28, Juan Jiménez wrote:
> I figured out why I am not seeing much activity on 2m FT8. I have a 
> j-pole antenna, vertical. Most people are using horizontal/directional 
> antennas. I did get a contact last night, but one other person on 
> gridtracker chatted with me and we figured out why I couldn't see him. 
> He's got a directional pointed SSW.
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