Comment Comment by jhallenworld W6LG made a lightbulb dipole and got 750 miles with FT8:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSy271C07b4FT8 is really something. I built a cobweb antenna and got Japan from Massachusetts on my new IC-7300:https://photos.app.goo.gl/ciefcobDkiTrawsB9So here's a funny thing: FT8 was written by a Nobel laureate in Fortran! parent jhallenworld 7 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSy271C07b4
FT8 is really something. I built a cobweb antenna and got Japan from Massachusetts on my new IC-7300:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ciefcobDkiTrawsB9
So here's a funny thing: FT8 was written by a Nobel laureate in Fortran!