[TVARC] I had FT8 for my Thanksgiving

[George Briggs]

Brad,
Welcome back to the air, and to the fun & frustrations of FT8. I am in the Bahamas this week, doing a little FT8 as C6ADM, but I see that you already have the Bahamas.
73,
George K2DM 

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> On Nov 29, 2022, at 6:17 AM, KN9B <kn9bqrm at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 
> Living in apartments for the past six years I haven’t been on the air very much. When I did operate it was portable mainly at the Eisenhower Recreation Center picnic shelter getting only a few hours air time and subject to weather. To get more air time and reward myself, I decided to try a Magnetic Loop in my living room. Just think of it as modern art!
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> My 41 Inch square loop, 3/4 Copper Pipe with a slide trombone capacitor and a GAMMA match.
>  
> My brag is in the past days on FT8 I have worked 76 countries with my little loop. I believe it helps that the loop is quieter and 15M seemed to be better than I recalled.
>  
> 73
> Brad KN9B
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>  
> KN9B DXCC Progress 29-Nov-2022
>           Band = ANY, Mode = FT8, DXCC Status = 76 QSOs / 52 Confirmed              
>                   
> 11/18 Friday (setup and testing, first timer on FT8)                
> 1        EA8     Canary Is
> 2        K        United States
>                   
> 11/20 Sunday         
> 3        OE      Austria
> 4        CU      Azores
> 5        VE      Canada
> 6        HH      Haiti
> 7        I         Italy
> 8        KP4     Puerto Rico
> 9        IS       Sardinia
> 10      PZ      Surinam
>                   
> 11/21 Monday                  
> 11      CO      Cuba
> 12      HI       Dominican Rep
> 13      OH      Finland
> 14      XE      Mexico
> 15      OM     Slovakia
>                   
> 11/22 Tuesday                 
> 16      LU      Argentina
> 17      HC      Ecuador
> 18      DL      Germany
> 19      JA       Japan
> 20      HP      Panama
> 21      CX      Uruguay
>                   
> 11/23 Wednesday (15M was wide open)            
> 22      EA      Spain
> 23      CT      Portugal
> 24      ON      Belgium
> 25      F        France
> 26      HA      Hungary
> 27      PA      Netherlands
> 28      G        England
> 29      HK      Colombia
> 30      OA      Peru
> 31      YV      Venezuela
> 32      GM     Scotland
> 33      ZF      Cayman Is
> 34      PY      Brazil
> 35      CP      Bolivia
> 36      PJ2     Curacao
> 37      TI       Costa Rica
>                   
> 11/24 Thursday (Thanksgiving, cooking with radio action)                 
> 38      KL      Alaska
> 39      E7      Bosnia-Hercegovina
> 40      OK      Czech Republic
> 41      ES      Estonia
> 42      GJ      Jersey
> 43      YL       Latvia
> 44      V5      Namibia
> 45      GI       No Ireland
> 46      SP      Poland
> 47      UA9    Russia (AS)
> 48      UA      Russia (EU)
> 49      S5      Slovenia
> 50      J6       St Lucia
> 51      SM      Sweden
> 52      HB      Switzerland
> 53      KP2     Virgin Is
> 54      GW     Wales
>                   
> 11/25 Friday (no shopping but a great 15M day)           
> 55      OZ      Denmark
> 56      9A      Croatia
> 57      EI       Ireland
> 58      LZ      Bulgaria
> 59      YU      Serbia
> 60      EV      Belarus
> 61      EA9     Ceuta & Melilla
> 62      VP2E   Anguilla
> 63      ZS      So Africa
> 64      V3      Belize
> 65      CT3     Madeira Is
> 66      C6      Bahamas
> 67      8P      Barbados
> 68      VK      Australia
> 69      T7      San Marino
>                   
> 11/26 Saturday (lost a day for Radio on the Square)               
> 70      CE      Chile
> 71      FG      Guadeloupe
>                   
> 11/27 Sunday (long day chasing weak signals)             
> 72      LA      Norway
> 73      HR      Honduras
> 74      UA2    Kaliningrad
> 75      9K      Kuwait
>                   
> 11/28 Monday (chased Romania & Greece for hours & failed, got Luxembourg on first call @ -26 dB)                  
> 76      LX      Luxembourg
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