[NLRS] 2m Is Up!

[Mary Brown]

Grab a mic during band openings, staying on FT8 means you miss q's! I 
can easily work small station at 150+ miles! I can hear the WD9BGA 
beacon 90+% of the time and it is ~350 miles away!


Mary

W0AAT

On 9/4/2022 4:25 PM, Marshall Pochay wrote:
>   Hello Leonardo. And everybody else. The 9700 is a great rig and once 
> you get it configured correctly for ft8 can be allot of fun. I run ft8 
> mobile using whips from en54 up through en57 and en67 with a 7300 and 
> 9700 and had a blast. I am in en54 this week end but didnt bring any 
> radios. IF you cant find anybody (a local) to run with you on ft8 this 
> week end a suggestion or reminder that next week end is the september 
> vhf contest there should be plenty of activity analog and digital on 
> for that contest. Also suggesting  that you try to dig up a 1296 
> antenna. The 10 watts from the 9700 and some kind of beam might be 
> enough to work some of the locals. I have done it with 20 feet of pipe 
> and some 1/2 hardline and a small end fed looper off the bumper of my 
> van as a rover. If by some chance you dont make your 1st ft8 contact 
> this week end hit me up with a email and we can go over the settings 
> and see if we can figure out what's going on.  73 good luck. Marshall 
> wd9exd
>> On 09/04/2022 10:42 AM Leonardo Vivas <lvivasluna at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Good morning, everyone!
>>
>> I am on 2m trying to make my very first FT8 contact ever. I am 
>> running an ICOM 9700 with an Elk 2m/440L5 antenna -and also using 
>> MacLoggerDX.
>>
>> All this is new to me (rig, antenna, logger, WSJT-X, FT8, etc.) so 
>> trying to learn while committing a few mistakes. I tried to contact 
>> WI0O and W0GHZ but was not able to complete the QSO due to some 
>> last-minute glitches on my side.
>>
>> I will be monitoring for another few hours trying to make my first 
>> FT8 QSO.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Leo Vivas
>>
>> KD0LIM
>>
>> *From: *nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net <nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net> 
>> on behalf of Rich <richn0hjz at gmail.com>
>> *Date: *Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 7:30 AM
>> *To: *NLRS Reflector <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Subject: *[NLRS] 2m Is Up!
>>
>> Hi All -
>>
>> Worked into NE and OK on 2m around 1200z. Good signals!
>>
>> Rich N0HJZ
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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