[TVARC] I had FT8 for my Thanksgiving

[Rick Silverston]

Congratulations!  What a great looking antenna and for a fun Thanksgiving!
RICK
WD4JJI


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 29, 2022, at 9:55 AM, George Briggs <k2dm at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 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 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Nov 29, 2022, at 6:17 AM, KN9B <kn9bqrm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> 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!
>>  
>> <image001.jpg>
>>  
>> 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
>>  
>>  
>> 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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