Read the rules again. FT8 is a digital mode and can be used anywhere but CW-exclusive segments. DX stations (and their respondents) frequently operate on away fro busy "FT8" frequencies.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 9:51 PM Kori Rahman via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > FT8 only operates on a single frequency on each band,(some bands like 6m > etc have two defaults but only one is usually used). There are alternate > frequencies for a version of FT8, called JS8Call but that's limited too > For 40m FT8 takes place on 7.074MHz USB, and JS8Call is on 7.078 MHz USB). > > My only guess is that it's one person either with no idea what they're > doing, or with insufficient harmonic suppression... > > All that to say: Are you sure it's FT8? Because a lot of other modes sound > similar. Especially FSK modes like RTTY... Anything that uses Frequency > shifting. I guess packet is possible too. There are HF Winlink stations all > over the spectrum. But mostly the upper portion of CW or lower of voice, in > the vicinity of FT8 frequencies. If you have a waterfall display you can > compare the signal to those on this website: > https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/index.php/Signal_Identification > > Hope that helps! 73! > > > Kori Rahman, WX5KR > Houston POTA, President > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > - Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee > Cross Roads Ham Radio Club > Fort Bend County EMROG > District 14 SW Unit ARES > Texas State RACES > Cell: (770) 298 8516 > [email protected] > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 9:18 PM Jay Davidson via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Why are people running FT8 right in the middle of CW on 40? >> >> It’s horrible-overrunning swaths of the band. >> >> Trying to copy some DX and all I hear under the weak CW tone is someone’s >> sound card bleeding over. >> >> 7.0650 >> >> I don’t want to hop to FT8 to copy and get their call sign because I’d be >> just as bad. >> >> Idk >> >> 73, >> KJ5HMX >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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