Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Backyards on the Air: FT8 & JS8 activity

Backyards On the Air is a local activity intended to substitute for portable operating during these shut in times. The last one also coincided with ANZAC Day (26 April). Here I've set up a temporary station (FT817ND & 1/2 wavelength wire end-fed) to make some 40m FT8 and JS8 contacts. 



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