<div dir="auto"><div>Make a sked with someone to see how it goes.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Are you using a horizontally or vertically polarized antenna? Omnidirectional or directional? How high?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You probably want a horizontally polarized antenna to be compatible with other stations on the band.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Good luck! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">73 Jim K1IR</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 08:26 John Flood via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">No i don't use Ft8. I wonder if you are just out of range for the signals that are there.<br><br><div id="m_4237747287545409200ymail_android_signature"><a id="m_4237747287545409200ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static_" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin:0 0 20px 0"> <div style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#6d00f6"> <div>On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 5:05 AM, Juan Jiménez</div><div><<a href="mailto:k1cpr@bd5.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">k1cpr@bd5.com</a>> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding:10px 0 0 20px;margin:10px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #6d00f6"> <div id="m_4237747287545409200yiv0449852656"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Do I have to do anything special on the radio or the software to get this to work?</div><div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Juan</div><div>K1CPR</div></div>
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