W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday December 11, 2018

W6TRW General Meeting

December 11, 2018 Tuesday @ 6:00pm
QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance 

Chris Wachs, WA2KDL, will present

What is FT-8 Digital Mode?

Chris will demonstrate and share his Field Day experience with FT-8 Digital Mode

FT8 stands for “Franke-Taylor design, 8-FSK modulation” and was created by Joe Taylor, K1JT and Steve Franke, K9AN. It is described as being designed for “multi-hop Es where signals may be weak and fading, openings may be short, and you want fast completion of reliable, confirm-able QSO’s.

WA2KDL, longtime member, Chris has held numerous club leadership positions. His Ham Radio resume includes DMR hot spots, IRLP software (what you need to use it on the internet), SDR use for HDSDR & Linux SDR software and AMSAT Life Member, talked to both the space shuttle & OSCAR 6,7,8 working GSE for AMSAT OSCAR 16,17,18-19 use FOX Satellite, Field Day Band Captain 80M and MORE!