Well I'm getting ready to do some POTA activations this month, I am not a CW guy due to hearing issues, but I do enjoy doing digital contacts via FT8 / FT4. Now I have done a few POTA activations with various radios, thr Icom IC-7300 and Yaesu FT-891, and my Elecraft KX2. And just about everyone is using WSJT-X, the standard program used by everyone. But I wanted to ditch the tablet or laptop, so I found this software program FT8CN by BG7YOZ. It works on Android phones, and using my Digirig I can hook my cellphone to the radio through the USB-C charging port of the phone, control the Elecraft KX2 and send / receive the audio through the soundcard of the Digirig. Only issue I found so far is downloading the logs. You need to go to a separate laptop or computer and connect to the IP address the phone is using for the app to download the log for uploading to Logbook of the World,? QRZ, and eQSL.
Only other complaint is it is the help is written in Chinese, so it's sort of guessing game on how to do things at first. It took me about 10 minutes to figure out how to start sending CQ, and another 15 to figure out how to download the logs. But once you get it, it is a worthwhile tool to add to the hamshack arsenal.
Website for FT8CN is:
Website for the Digirig:
73 Matt NA1Q
