Topband: Straws in the Wind ....A 160m Dx'ing Sea Change is Upon us!

[Brian Pease]

I predict that it won't be long before there is an FT-8 robot, or 
something similar, on the Moon!  What better way to test a new antenna 
than a long haul s/n report?
No one has mention Amateur satellites yet that in some cases have 
allowed working thousands of miles with a handheld.

On 3/30/2018 3:54 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> I've "made a contact", if you want to call it that, with that robot 
> twice now.  That's about the only use I have for FT8; making contacts 
> that shouldn't count for anything, although, I think ARRL accepts them 
> for the grid chase thingy.
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
> ps. At least it didn't send me a text via JTAlert telling me what to 
> send next, as happened on a "QSO" with some west African station.
>
> On 3/30/2018 12:23 PM, Jamie WW3S wrote:
>> actually happening as we speak ( or type)......Jupiter Research 
>> Foundation has an unmanned boat type drone searching the pacific for 
>> humpback whales, and the drone has a solar powered ham transceiver on 
>> board, passing out FT8 contacts as it motors around the 
>> pacific....last I looked made a little over 1100 qsos.....from some 
>> pretty rare grid squares !!!! 
>
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