{"id":4169,"date":"2026-02-13T08:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2026-02-15T07:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:08:11","slug":"ft-8-work-the-same-park-again-and-again-or-qrt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/?p=4169","title":{"rendered":"FT-8, work the same Park again and again or QRT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With my working conditions (CW; low power; attic antenna), the apparent non-contest reduced CW activity and the waning sunspot cycle a hard choice is here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FT-8 is an unbelievable mode and I from time to time look for DX with the mode. \u00a0However, there is no joy in contacting a station four states away on FT-8.<\/li>\n<li>At first WWFF then POTA were fun. \u00a0But how many times can you work the same park? \u00a0Not fun anymore.<\/li>\n<li>QRT? \u00a0Ham radio has been such a part of my life for so many years. \u00a0I hate to hang up may keys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following is being done to delay the shutdown (Looking for the spark &#8211; not spark gap)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An FTx-1F was purchased to kindle the fire. \u00a0It is a fun little radio, but it does not change the stations I can work with my working conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Operate from our back deck with a portable antenna &#8211; WX permitting.<\/li>\n<li>Operating the activities run by SKCC and next in line are those run by NAQCC.<\/li>\n<li>Work a few state QSO Parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With my working conditions (CW; low power; attic antenna), the apparent non-contest reduced CW activity and the waning sunspot cycle a hard choice is here. FT-8 is an unbelievable mode and I from time to time look for DX with the mode. \u00a0However, there is no joy in contacting a station four states away on\u2026 <a class='read-more' href='https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/?p=4169'>Continue Reading &lsquo;FT-8, work the same Park again and again or QRT?&rsquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,13,28,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-modes","category-operating","category-pota","category-yaesu-ftx-1-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4169"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4176,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169\/revisions\/4176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}