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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Another good way to test your 2M setup is to join the local 2M net at 8 PM on Mondays on 144.195 USB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> 73 de ws1m<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bammi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Idelson<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 14, 2024 10:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> John Flood <kb1fqg@yahoo.com><br><b>Cc:</b> mmra@groups.io; w1hh <bars@w1hh.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bars] [mmra] FT8 on VHF?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Make a sked with someone to see how it goes.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Are you using a horizontally or vertically polarized antenna? Omnidirectional or directional? How high?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You probably want a horizontally polarized antenna to be compatible with other stations on the band.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>73 Jim K1IR<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 08:26 John Flood via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>No i don't use Ft8. I wonder if you are just out of range for the signals that are there.<o:p></o:p></p><div id="m_4237747287545409200ymail_android_signature"><p class=MsoNormal><a 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">Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#6D00F6'>On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 5:05 AM, Juan Jiménez<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#6D00F6'><<a href="mailto:k1cpr@bd5.com" target="_blank">k1cpr@bd5.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #6D00F6 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 15.0pt;margin-top:7.5pt'><div id="m_4237747287545409200yiv0449852656"><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do I have to do anything special on the radio or the software to get this to work?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>73,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Juan<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>K1CPR<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>_._,_._,_<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal>Groups.io Links:<o:p></o:p></p><p>You receive all messages sent to this group. <o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://groups.io/g/mmra/message/423" target="_blank">View/Reply Online (#423)</a> | <a href="mailto:mmra@groups.io?subject=Re:%20%5Bmmra%5D%20FT8%20on%20VHF%3F" target="_blank">Reply To Group</a> | <a href="mailto:k1cpr@bd5.com?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5Bmmra%5D%20FT8%20on%20VHF%3F" target="_blank">Reply To Sender</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/mt/107891785/1134000" target="_blank">Mute This Topic</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/g/mmra/post" target="_blank">New Topic</a> <br><a href="https://groups.io/g/mmra/editsub/1134000" target="_blank">Your Subscription</a> | <a href="mailto:mmra+owner@groups.io" target="_blank">Contact Group Owner</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/g/mmra/leave/8980637/1134000/313052793/xyzzy" target="_blank">Unsubscribe</a> [<a href="mailto:kb1fqg@yahoo.com" target="_blank">kb1fqg@yahoo.com</a>]<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>_._,_._,_<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>bars mailing list<br><a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank">bars@w1hh.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org" target="_blank">http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>