[TVARC] I had FT8 for my Thanksgiving

Paul Parker paul.a.parker at outlook.com
Tue Nov 29 18:02:12 EST 2022


Encouraging Brad,
Thanks for sharing, K3ALP, (Paul)

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

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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!

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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


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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