I predict that it won't be long before there is an FT-8 robot, or
something similar, on the Moon! What better way to test a new antenna
than a long haul s/n report?
No one has mention Amateur satellites yet that in some cases have
allowed working thousands of miles with a handheld.
On 3/30/2018 3:54 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
I've "made a contact", if you want to call it that, with that robot
twice now. That's about the only use I have for FT8; making contacts
that shouldn't count for anything, although, I think ARRL accepts them
for the grid chase thingy.
Wes N7WS
ps. At least it didn't send me a text via JTAlert telling me what to
send next, as happened on a "QSO" with some west African station.
On 3/30/2018 12:23 PM, Jamie WW3S wrote:
actually happening as we speak ( or type)......Jupiter Research
Foundation has an unmanned boat type drone searching the pacific for
humpback whales, and the drone has a solar powered ham transceiver on
board, passing out FT8 contacts as it motors around the
pacific....last I looked made a little over 1100 qsos.....from some
pretty rare grid squares !!!!
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