Very cool contact with a Japanese ham radio station today. Check out this video of the contact. Never mind my setbacks, working Japan on FT-8 in the shack is always fun. This is the Flex 6300 and the Maestro connected to my EFHW antenna. Japan is over 10,000 kilometers away so this is EPIC!
In this video, I show you how I was able to easily configure my Recent RS-918 to my Windows 10 PC. You will see the configuration steps and then a demo of the results. There may be many variants out there. This my experience with the specific radio linked below. #hamradio #SWL #scanning
The answer… Very very good. FT8 is a brand new digital mode that many hams are trying out. Is it worthy of the hype? The answer is a resounding – YES! I am testing out FT8 on my Flex 6300 SDR. Without going into all of the details, FT8 is similar to its elder siblings, … Read more
Here is a new digital mode that comes to you from the makers of JT-9 and JT-65.. Called FT-8 (Franke-Taylor design, 8FSK modulation), it’s a weak signal mode that is not as sensitive to JT-65/9 but definitely something that will work when voice and CW will not. The following video is an introduction to someone … Read more