Received from Ray WR5AY:<\/p>\n
FT-8 Monday’s<\/em><\/p>\n The North Texas Microwave Society is holding an FT-8 informal net on<\/em> This does require a radio setup that can do FT-8 on 2 meters. A<\/em> It is on a push up pole near 30 foot AGL. 200 plus mile long contacts are not<\/em> Their web site is: http:\/\/ntms.org\/<\/a><\/em> I just wanted to get this information out to more folks to se if anybody else<\/em> A great place to check FT-8 propogation is:<\/em> Fill in the blanks: 2M, signals, sent\/rcvd, anyone, blank, ft8, 15 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n Last week there were two guys, one in Austin and one in Houston, that made<\/em> 73’s<\/em><\/p>\n See you on the bands.<\/em><\/p>\n WR5AY<\/em> Here’s the PDF file Ray distributed: FT-8-Mondays<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Received from Ray WR5AY: FT-8 Monday’s The North Texas Microwave Society is holding an FT-8 informal net on 2 meters (144.174 USB) starting about 7:30 p.m on all Monday’s. There are some folks on the air prior to that for … Continue reading
\n2 meters (144.174 USB) starting about 7:30 p.m on all Monday’s. There are<\/em>
\nsome folks on the air prior to that for tuning and band condition checking.<\/em>
\nThis is all done to hopefully increase traffic on 2 meters. I have used it for the<\/em>
\nstart to my VUCC for 2 meters.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nhorizontal antenna is preferred but any antenna can be used to get on the air. I<\/em>
\nuse a home made horizontal loop like this: <\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/www.sharkclub.org\/links\/antennas\/2m-ssb-loop\/2m-loop.htm<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n
\nhard with it. Some others use beams. Beams are great but not a requirement.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMore information on other informal nets for 222 and 432 is there.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nwants to do or can do FT-8 on 2 meters.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/pskreporter.info\/pskmap.html<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n
\ncontact with Florida during our net time. I tried but propagation did not make <\/em>
\nit for me.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWR5AY@yahoo.com<\/em><\/p>\n