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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ok I'm trying FT8 on 6m

Posted: 7/21/2017 5:05:14 PM EDT

Anybody around? Stuck my small beam on a 12' pole.

Got a few TX & OK so far, starting to die off already it seems. Unlike JT65, I can't surf at the same time.

Posted: 7/21/2017 5:33:04 PM EDT

[#1]

Have been on this afternoon, it's pretty dead.

W3UTD

Posted: 7/21/2017 5:44:22 PM EDT

[#2]

I made 4 QSO's & that's all she wrote, pretty much dead now. I tried 5 times for than ND guy, never heard me. I had to add the mode to the HRD logbook modes. I'm guessing that LoTW doesn't recognize FT8 yet, will have to wait before uploading QSO's.

Posted: 7/21/2017 10:56:46 PM EDT

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I made 4 QSO's & that's all she wrote, pretty much dead now. I tried 5 times for than ND guy, never heard me. I had to add the mode to the HRD logbook modes. I'm guessing that LoTW doesn't recognize FT8 yet, will have to wait before uploading QSO's.

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Change the mode to "DATA" and they will upload to LOTW and get matched. I have about 12 confirmation in the last week, plus I nabbed Bermuda and Cuba.

Posted: 7/22/2017 9:57:12 AM EDT

[#4]

It seems like everybody is on 20 40 and 6. I made 17 contacts yesterday and 5 so far this morning.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ok I'm trying FT8 on 6m

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