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personal distance record with FT8 #ft8 #ubitx

 

Reach is a function of antenna, and the weirdness of the heavens, etc. etc. etc.? All of 10w.? And so many of you have gone really far. I am but a grasshopper.

But it might be fun to get other distance records?? I was pleasantly surprised to see this.
 

Cool! What¡¯s your setup like? Antenna configuration?

On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 22:20 Don - KM4UDX <dontAy155@...> wrote:
Reach is a function of antenna, and the weirdness of the heavens, etc. etc. etc.? All of 10w.? And so many of you have gone really far. I am but a grasshopper.

But it might be fun to get other distance records?? I was pleasantly surprised to see this.

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Come on, it's FT8, 10w and a wire antenna on the roof are more than enough for 13Kmiles SSB/CW contacts, although not everyday . Try that on the upcoming wwssbdx contest.


Il 30/ago/2018 04:20, "Don - KM4UDX" <dontAy155@...> ha scritto:
Reach is a function of antenna, and the weirdness of the heavens, etc. etc. etc.? All of 10w.? And so many of you have gone really far. I am but a grasshopper.

But it might be fun to get other distance records?? I was pleasantly surprised to see this.

 

The K1JT modes sure do give you a high action to watt ratio.? I have FT8 QSO's between USA and ZL on just over 4w which is 13,176.51km (8,235.318 miles). On my raspberry pi WSPR rig I have reports from ZL as well and that is on .1w.
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Yes, but their ?throughput is very low, and in emergencies, I¡¯m not sure how much vital messaging you can get done with them.....

Communications protocols are a trade off


Gordon




On Aug 30, 2018, at 10:19, Doug W <dougwilner@...> wrote:

The K1JT modes sure do give you a high action to watt ratio.? I have FT8 QSO's between USA and ZL on just over 4w which is 13,176.51km (8,235.318 miles). On my raspberry pi WSPR rig I have reports from ZL as well and that is on .1w.
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 09:31 AM, Gordon Gibby wrote:
Yes, but their ?throughput is very low, and in emergencies, I¡¯m not sure how much vital messaging you can get done with them.....
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Communications protocols are a trade off
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Gordon
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Horses for courses.? My wire antenna would make a horrible climbing rope.? Assuming your emergency set up covers multiple bands and includes digital modes I would think getting a quick low power look at propagation would be useful.? That aside, you might be interested in FT8call.? I don't know much about it other than what I've read but it might be useful for your needs
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I can't comment on ft8, but I managed southern Ontario to northern Brazil with my bitx40 on 40cw and end fed wire

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