Not sure I've ever even HEARD Sri Lanka before, but managed to log 4S7AB on #FT8 moments ago. Adding new entities to my logbook has become somewhat rare at this point... But 9,000 miles (~14,500km) and a -15db report? I'll take that.

It's not often that a day when I can use the AX Prefix, my motivation, and the readiness of my radio equipment all coalesce.

So far I have made over 100 contacts as AX7BEN today and still going strong.

Probably in the last 3 days I have made almost as many contacts as I have done in the previous 20 years of having a license.

Loads of fun getting five 10 meter #FT8 QSOs on lunch break with a <$200 rig. On top of an #NCState parking deck. I have to remember my portable table next time!

Australia. #QSL #FT8 #20m #hamradio #amateurradio

Looks like 40m is hopping this morning, and I'm on #FT8 for the final day of #PolioOnTheAir operations, as W7I, if anyone would like to pop on and add this special event station to your logbook. Will be operating for the next hour plus, from Colorado. I'll be on 40m, and will be trying 60m, 30m, and likely 20m as well as conditions evolve.

Pop Quiz: How much power do you transmit when using FT8?

Fun fun fun #FT8

whoa, I made my first contact on #160m

my antenna is only an #EFHW8010 but I turned down to 160m and tried to see if the beast of the Icom 746 could tune it, and surprisingly it got the SWR less than 2:1, heh

though, I don't think the radio likes it, because after transmitting the tuner feature turns of

anyways, enough of that, at least I was able to make one #FT8 contact on 160m

(also, I'm awake way too early, lol)

My Mac running WSJ-TX is annoying in that every time I reboot, there is a high chance (but not 100%) that the Serial Port has changed name, and so needs to be manually re-selected in the WSJTX prefs in order to work. Why it randomly switches names I don't know, and why WSJTX can't figure it out I don't know either, but it's something I have to deal with every day that I wish I didn't.

@simai #meshcom #meshtastic für günstigsten Einstieg oder gleich richtig mit #FT8 auf KW aber dafür deutlich teurer.

What a lousy morning for Parks on the Air. However, I’m glad to report that it only took about three kilometers’ worth of power to make twenty contacts spanning tens of thousands of kilometers. How’s _that_ for efficiency?

I even got one park-to-park contact with a guy in Texas!

If you worked me, my logs have been uploaded to POTA, QRZ, and Logbook of the World.

I'm brushing up on using the #FT8cn app on my #Pixel9Pro with my QRP Labs QMX to do ultra portable #FT8. It's been a while since I used this app and tbh, I don't find it super intuitive so I need to practice.

It took a few resets to get here, but I'm so happy to have access to #SDRControl from my iPad again. It's the best #FT8 / #FT4 #hamradio experience I've seen yet.

I realized that I earned the WAS award on QRZ (second after POTA) but that was due to contacting the last 2 states I needed via FT8, so it feels like "cheating." :) I'll wait until I complete the last ones on SSB and earn the voice endorsement before I consider a certificate.

Still having fun with FT8 though, making contacts all around the planet. Last night I worked RSA which pushed my furthest contact out another 400 miles.

Good day of ham radio progress! I just got my first FT8 QSO confirmation on QRZ (of 8), and also picked up MS on SSB towards QRZ WAS, leaving just 2 states for that goal... And hopefully I'll have my first POTA FT8 contact confirmed as well.

I'm having more fun with FT8 than I thought I would too, so big bonus points there.

Hey, does the Mastodon Ham Radio braintrust have a recommendation for a good introductory guide for operating on FT8? I have a radio and laptop set up for it for the first time, and now need to understand how to use FT8 and operate. I know just a basic overview about how it all works, but have zero experiencing getting on the air with it.

Any suggestions on a good guide would be most welcome. Preferably in old-fashioned text and images and not YouTube, because YouTubers.

Worked Norway #FT8 on #40m this morning, but bad #condx. Minor magnetic storm.