/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1446209
Messed with FT8 at field day this year. It was difficult. Might have been band conditions, but that software leaves a lot to be desired. Not very intuitive, and the documentation is next to worthless.

I'm not that impressed with it just yet. Maybe in a few years once it's more refined, i'll give it another shot.

20m was decent, it's where I racked up the majority of contacts.

>>1412649
Alpha-Delta makes good switches.

Decent HF antennas usually have traps on the elements allowing the one antenna to be used on several bands. Cushcraft A3S can do 20, 15, and 10 meters.
Can get a 6m antenna and bolt it to the same mast as your HF antenna. Buy an appropriately-sized rotator now so you don't have to buy another one later.

When you start getting into 40/80/160m, start looking at wire antennas. Inverted V works well for 80 and 160.

>this radio feeds an A3S