Credit where it's due.

As any regular readers will know, I'm not a big fan of FT8, although I accept it has been very useful in maintaining contact as the Sun sleeps.

Good conditions for 2m today.

Where FT8 is having a very positive impact is at 144MHz, where there is always plenty of activity whenever conditions look reasonable.

A modest 'lift' today, under a high pressure system, brought out plenty of operators across the UK, with a few French stations also making it across.  It's nice to see the 2m waterfall with plenty of signals...

Plenty of signals, even if my receive volume is too low (lines on screen!)