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# FT8 on 7 HF bands = Awesome (plus first Winlink email to another ham)
- URL: https://kb9v.com/ft8-on-7-hf-bands-awesome-plus-first-winlink-email-to-another-ham/
- Published: 2025-01-10T22:25:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-16T21:56:02.000Z
- Author: KB9V
- Tags: HAM Radio, DX, FT8, FT-991A, 20M, POTA Hunter, 12M, 15M, 17M, 10M, 30M, 40M, Winlink, 2M Simplex, #Import 2026-09-16 21:04

Three great things today: First of all, finally made a round trip email->reply->reply to another HAM in Arizona over Winlink. Super cool to send a message this way.

![250110-winlink](https://kb9v.com/content/images/2025-101-250110-winlink.jpg "250110-winlink")

Second, we had a local SIMPLEX test on 2M. Good to see how far 2M will go.

Third, it was FT8 mania today. It was a cold and rainy day, good day to work around the office. I found out earlier today that there is a World Wide Award 2025 contest going on, and I started making contacts with several stations, This led to trying to find more stations for the WWA on other bands. I watched the bands throughout the day switching between the 10M/12M/15M/17M/20M/30M/40M bands.

Here is the QSO map and results:

![250110-FT8-QSOs](https://kb9v.com/content/images/2025-102-250110-ft8-qsos.jpg "250110-FT8-QSOs")  
![250110-FT8-stats](https://kb9v.com/content/images/2025-103-250110-ft8-stats.jpg "250110-FT8-stats")