<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">FT8 growing as DX mode in era of waning propagation</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">ARRL report on a survey by Club Log&#39;s <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Michael Wells G7VJR</strong> that shows significant growth in the use of WSJT FT8 during 2018 <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Wells reported that operators from some 270 DXCC entities were active on FT8 in 2018. “It’s quite a showing for FT8,” he allowed, pointing out that the figure is close to the computed 287 active DXCC entities.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Wells posits that FT8 may be the only way to stay in the hobby for operators living on small lots and confronting stringent zoning regulations.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the ARRL story at <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.arrl.org/news/view/survey-ft8-growing-as-dx-mode-in-an-era-of-waning-propagation" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.arrl.org/news/view/survey-ft8-growing-as-dx-mode-in-an-era-of-waning-propagation</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Proportion of modes used on the air – 2018 update G7VJR<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://g7vjr.org/2019/03/proportion-of-modes-used-on-the-air-2018-update/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://g7vjr.org/2019/03/proportion-of-modes-used-on-the-air-2018-update/</a></p></div>