{"id":3902,"date":"2018-07-16T20:20:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T19:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/?p=3902"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:29:51","slug":"so-how-far-will-ft8-go-on-144-mhz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/so-how-far-will-ft8-go-on-144-mhz\/","title":{"rendered":"So how far will FT8 go on 144 MHz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of LEFARS, George M1GEO, Chris G8OCV and Dave M0TAZ played some portable radio with Suffolk RED last weekend, as the temperatures soared to 30 C<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180714_184115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/so-how-far-will-ft8-go-on-144-mhz\/img_20180714_184115\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180714_184115.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531593675&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.67&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;57&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004427&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20180714_184115\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180714_184115-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180714_184115-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3905\" src=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180714_184115-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180714_184115-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180714_184115-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180714_184115-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180714_184115.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suffolk RED had organised a field day from their operating site at the Suffolk Aviation Heritage museum near Ipswich.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to try something different and operated on 144 MHz FT8 trying to work as many EU stations as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180715_103412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/so-how-far-will-ft8-go-on-144-mhz\/img_20180715_103412\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180715_103412.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531650852&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.67&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000451&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20180715_103412\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180715_103412-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180715_103412-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3906\" src=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180715_103412-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180715_103412-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180715_103412-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180715_103412-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180715_103412.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So how far will 144 MHz propagate?<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/m0taz.co.uk\/2018\/07\/suffolk-red-field-weekend\/\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/144_red_ft8_m0taz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3907\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/so-how-far-will-ft8-go-on-144-mhz\/144_red_ft8_m0taz\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/144_red_ft8_m0taz.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1098,816\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"144_red_ft8_m0taz\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/144_red_ft8_m0taz-300x223.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/144_red_ft8_m0taz-1024x761.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3907\" src=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/144_red_ft8_m0taz-1024x761.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/144_red_ft8_m0taz-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/144_red_ft8_m0taz-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/144_red_ft8_m0taz-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/144_red_ft8_m0taz.jpg 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of LEFARS, George M1GEO, Chris G8OCV and Dave M0TAZ played 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