I was a ‘late starter’ to the FT8 mode. I only made my first FT8 contact on the 13th day of January this year (2023).
Since then I have made a total of (as I type this blog) 2,064 QSOs into 108 different DXCC entities.
The map below shows my FT8 contacts around the world.
DXCC worked on FT8
Below is a list of the DXCC entities I have worked on FT8
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Antarctica
- Argentina
- Asiatic Russia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azores
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Canary Islands
- Chile
- China
- Cocos Keeling Islands
- Colombia
- Corsica
- Crete
- Croatia
- Crozet Island
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Malaysia
- Ecuador
- England
- Estonia
- European Russia
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guernsey
- Haiti
- Hawaii
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Kaliningrad
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxumbourg
- Madeira Islands
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Motenegro
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of Korea
- Reunion Island
- Romania
- Sardinia
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wales
- West Malaysia
Bands worked on FT8.
The majority of my contacts have been on the 20m band (619), followed by 40m (495) and closely following in third position is 15m (485). The graph below shows the number of FT8 contacts I have made per band.
Top 10 DXCC worked.
As far as countries (DXCC) worked, the majority has been with Japan (562), followed by USA (460), and then Indonesia _130). The graph below shows the Top 10 countries worked and the number of QSOs made into that country
Thank you.
I am having a lot of fun on FT8.
I would like to thank the following people who have either help me set up FT8, or have provided assistance re Ultimate AAC (software) re FT8 awards:
- John VK5BJE
- Peter VK3ZPF
- Ian VK1DI
- Keith VK2PKT
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