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<font face="Verdana">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. ;-)<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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I'm available most days if you want to do a sked on 2M
FT8/FT4/SSB.<br>
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73.<br>
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Tim - K1DC<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/18/2024 3:28, Juan Jiménez wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">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.</div>
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