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Wow. Can you link to the antenna you use? Could you achieve those distances transmitting with the same antenna, assuming you renewed your license?
by nvy 3y ago
Wow. Can you link to the antenna you use?
Could you achieve those distances transmitting with the same antenna, assuming you renewed your license?
- amatecha 3y agoFor listening, you can pretty much just throw some wire up and you'll hear stuff. When I first started, I got an RTL-SDR, and with alligator clips, added some random wire I had to the dipole antenna that came with the RTL-SDR. I was able to hear some FT8 signals from overseas. Helped that I lived in a top-floor apartment, but still :)
- kunwon1 3y agoThis is the antenna: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LVYTL5V https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LVYTL5V I doubt that I could transmit with this, but I could be wrong. It's not something I've investigated.
- wkat4242 3y agoIt says maximum power 250mW so it looks like you could do really low QRP with it. I do wonder if you'd get a signal out from your apartment though.
- kunwon1 3y agoWow! That surprises me, and I probably never would have checked, so thanks. I think of FT8 as deep magic at this point, so it wouldn't surprise me if that's enough to reach pretty far
- bmitch2112 3y agoYou basically just need any sort of wire to receive. FT8 is a very weak signal mode so I wouldn't be surprised if you string up some speaker wire inside and still hear signals.