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06/04/2026

Desperate times called for desperate measures. 😂 Waiting on my new Yaesu FT-710. This will have to work in the meantime. Surprisingly, it works very well. Monitoring my signal with an SDR hooked up to the ft8 program.

06/02/2026

So I broke down and bought a new radio today. I have not bought a new radio since the 818ND many years ago. In fact, I have never bought a new radio. The 897D I bought at a hamfest 20 years ago and the 818ND off eBay. I bought the FT-710 from Moonraker in the UK. I wanted to make sure it had 4 meters for my propagation work. I could not get straight answers if the US version would do it. It seems that Yaesu only makes one radio now that has HF / 50/ UHF / VHF, but it does not offer 4 meters and it is a $1000 more.

06/01/2026

I am back. I will be running my 8 meter schedule starting at 8am EDT today. I will let you know when I am back on the air with 4 meters.

05/25/2026

If there are any Florida operators with the capability of monitoring 4 meter FT8 , would you be willing to help with my propagation experiments? It seems so far that 4 meters seems to parallel 2 meters more than 6 meters, so distance is limited. I am in Central Florida. This is my 4 meter FT8 operating schedule for the next 2 days and then starting again on June 1st. I am running a TPO of about 4 watts into a 5/8 wave vertical antenna. Your signal reports would be greatly appreciated. I monitor via PSK Reporter.

05/23/2026

05/23/2026

Old School SDR!

05/22/2026

I am back. I will be back to my regular 8 meters FT8 TX schedule on 40.680 starting today @ 8am EDT. I am suspending my 4 meter experiments temporarily, till I get a better radio situation figured out.

05/13/2026

I will be off the air from today through the following Thursday. I'll return to my regular TX schedule for 4 and 8 meters when I return.

05/07/2026

Any of my followers in the Central Florida area? Leesburg, etc. capable of monitoring 4meters Ft8?? I need to see if everything is actually working right.