Category Archives: JT65

Playing with (exotic) modes Part #4 JT65 & JT9

Posted on 08/01/2015 by ON4VT Danny

I’ve been QRT for more than 10 years. In my previous radio life I worked RTTY, SSTV, PSK, HELL and some PACKET. Nowadays the amount of (digital) modes is endless. So lately I started to play with as much as … Continue reading →

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40m ups and downs

Posted on 27/11/2014 by ON4VT Danny

I have been daily on 40 meters JT65 from about 1 hour before my sunrise untill about 1 hour after … nice to see the band going up and down … one day good, the other day poor, one moment … Continue reading →

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Yes we can !

Posted on 13/11/2014 by ON4VT Danny

Have been doing some nice experiments on 40m lately. With the nice group of friends we have on FB (K0TAZ Kansas, N7ORY Idaho, NV6R Nevada, W5TMP Louisiana) we’ve been trying to make a 2 way JT65 QSO. With the 6 … Continue reading →

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Worked 6 band ON4VT award

Posted on 05/11/2014 by ON4VT Danny

Being QRV a lot in the JT modes I’m meeting very often the same stations on different bands. I started up a little competition among a few US stations to work me on 6 bands …. but of course the … Continue reading →

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AJD All Japan Districts in JT65

Posted on 18/10/2014 by ON4VT Danny

A QSL from the 10 Japanese districts worked in JT65 mode Below some nice looking Japanes eQSL cards …     ©2014 ON4VT

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WAS in JT65 mode

Posted on 09/10/2014 by ON4VT Danny

I made my first JT65 QSO on the 9th of June 2014, exactly 4 months ago. Immediately I was impressed by the performance of this “under the noise”-mode. And about the activity from USA hams, is it because JT65 is … Continue reading →

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VK ZL via longpath

Posted on 30/09/2014 by ON4VT Danny

Nice longpath conditions on 20 meters to VK-ZL this morning … worked a bunch of stations in my favourite JT65 mode … ©2014 ON4VT

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CQ WW RTTY contest and more

Posted on 28/09/2014 by ON4VT Danny

RTTY all around … worked some nice DX with PJ5/OL8R as an all time new one … This evening (sunday) 10m band opened als very well to the USA and Central America. Calling CQ in JT65 on 12 meter gave … Continue reading →

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Some goodies from the last days …

Posted on 24/09/2014 by ON4VT Danny
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The first “HEX” QSO’s

Posted on 21/09/2014 by ON4VT Danny

Of course the best way to test an antenna is making QSO’s … And the first test was a big success … DV1VHK has the honnor of being my first “HEX-QSO“. Followed by YD4IRS and VU3DJQ All 3 stations  no … Continue reading →

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