FT8 — A weak-signal digital mode.
Your computer sends and decodes short structured messages. It works when signals are far too weak for voice, and it now accounts for a huge share of all HF activity.
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Related words
- Ionosphere — The layer that bounces HF signals back to earth.
- Band — A range of frequencies set aside for a purpose.
- Watts — Transmit power.
- RTTY — Radio Teletype.
- Wavelength — The physical length of one radio wave.
- Gray line — The band of twilight moving around the earth.
- SWR — Standing Wave Ratio.
- CW — Continuous Wave. Morse code.