FT8 activity on 40m 2024-10-20 |
Using my Xiegu G90 and the mobile whip antenna I was pleased to see just how much activity there was on 40m. Granted it was pretty much all local to me but I did see several signals from north American stations, although I was unable to work any of these DX stations.
I did however work plenty of the closer-in stations over a brief period of operation and was pleased to receive some decent signal reports for my 12w output.
40m spots 2024-10-20 |
I also checked on PSKReporter to see where I'd been spotted and this confirmed my operating experience - lots of fairly local spots with a few outliers into eastern Europe, the Baltic states and Scandinavia.
All things considered I was pleased to see that the mobile whip antenna did allow me to get out on 40m and I will look forward to seeing what DX I might be able to work during the CW contest in November.
I fully recognise that this is a compromise antenna but in my circumstances it's about the best I can do and I will enjoy being able to work some late night CW on 40m with it.
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