Anyone in CT, NH, or VT do any FT8?

[Flacht6]

Or even Hawaii or Alaska? I'm trying to do a Worked All States on FT8 and need a few more states.

I need CT, NH, VT, ID, UT, WY, HI, and AK.

 

[Boghog1]

I have an FT-7 but need an antenna although I have picked up a few with a basic wire. Only a tech so I only listen.

 

[Flacht6]

I have an FT-7 but need an antenna although I have picked up a few with a basic wire. Only a tech so I only listen.

Wow, the FT-7 is quite the vintage rig. I'm talking about the digital mode FT8 (I mistakenly wrote it as FT-8 originally).

 

[Boghog1]

Wow, the FT-7 is quite the vintage rig. I'm talking about the digital mode FT8 (I mistakenly wrote it as FT-8 originally).

it was dad's, he bought it in late 70s to early 80s

 

[Flacht6]

it was dad's, he bought it in late 70s to early 80s

You gotta get your general and start using it!

 

[Evtide]

Keep at it. Are you using GridTracker? Just hit my WAS a month or so ago and GT helped quite a bit.

 

[Flacht6]

Keep at it. Are you using GridTracker? Just hit my WAS a month or so ago and GT helped quite a bit.

I’m using RumLoggerNG, I do really like GridTracker but I like the way RumLogger logs just a bit more.

 

[UJay]

HamAlert

hamalert.org

Using this resource ^^ I was able to get the last few needed for WAS, WAZ, DXCC.... etc... I still have alerts for WAZ and 6m WAS spotted from New England.

Good luck!

UJay

 

[Flacht6]

HamAlert

hamalert.org

Using this resource ^^ I was able to get the last few needed for WAS, WAZ, DXCC.... etc... I still have alerts for WAZ and 6m WAS spotted from New England.

Good luck!

UJay

Thanks, I’ll give that a try

 

[Madball13]

Ham Alert works great. Got WAS on most bands with it

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I have the WAS FT8 but it is from all bands, 20M is where I am closest on WAS for a single band. I use WSJT-x and Grid Tracker works well.

I have decided rather than overpower FT-8 with a super 100w signal from my TS-590 and Hustler 7BTV, I am running 5w QRP all the time for the challenge.

In the last 2 weeks from Boston MA I have worked Australia (5x) New Zealand, Fiji, Japan (8x) it is a hoot to get the South Pacific on FT8 with 5w.

Here is a map of all my 5w contacts on FT8, I have been doing it for about 1 year.

 

[Flacht6]

I have the WAS FT8 but it is from all bands, 20M is where I am closest on WAS for a single band. I use WSJT-x and Grid Tracker works well.

I have decided rather than overpower FT-8 with a super 100w signal from my TS-590 and Hustler 7BTV, I am running 5w QRP all the time for the challenge.

In the last 2 weeks from Boston MA I have worked Australia (5x) New Zealand, Fiji, Japan (8x) it is a hoot to get the South Pacific on FT8 with 5w.

Here is a map of all my 5w contacts on FT8, I have been doing it for about 1 year.

That's pretty impressive. What's your setup? (especially your antenna)

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I use a Kenwood TS-590SG, no amp. It does 5w to 100w. I use a flat window feed through to the coax to my Hustler 5BTV with 17m and 12m add-ons. I started with 4 radials in the ground and now have 10 or 12. It is ground mounted in a corner of my yard near the property line. It is on a 5 foot steel pipe driven into the ground with the DX Engineering tilter plate.