FT8 Frequencies

FT8 Frequencies on HF VHF UHF Ham Radio Bands

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FT8 Frequencies

FT8 “Franke-Taylor design, 8-FSK modulation” is an Amateur Radio Digital Mode that belongs to the family of weak-signals communication protocols, developed and promoted by K1JT Joe Taylor.

The FT8 protocol is implemented in several application programs including the popular weak signals software WSJT-X , JTDX and the Chat FT8-based software JS8Call that implement a different modulation and can be found in different ft8 frequencies

FT8 should be used in the following amateur radio frequencies:

BandFrequency MHzNotes
160m1.840
160m1.842JS8Call
80m3.573
60m5.357
40m7.056Region 1
40m7.071
40m7.074
40m7.078JS8Call
30m10.130JS8Call
30m10.132Region 1
30m10.133
30m10.136
20m14.071
20m14.074
20m14.078JS8Call
20m14.090Region 1
17m18.100
17m18.104JS8Call
15m21.074
15m21.078JS8Call
15m21.091
12m24.915
10m28.074
10m28.078JS8Call
6m50.310
6m50.313
6m50.328JS8Call
6m50.323Intercontinental DX
4m70.100
2m144.174
1.25m222.065
70cm432.065

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FT8 Software

With WSJT-X 2.2.0 rc2 has been introduced also 7.071, 10.133, 14.071, and 50.310 MHz.

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Simone Mannini IW5EDI
Simone Mannini IW5EDI is an Amateur Radio Operator licensed since 1996. He become interested in shortwave radio listening when he was very young, and soon he got into two-way radio communications and ham radio. IT system engineer, Simone is a regular DXZone contributor, he enjoys promoting amateur radio on the internet and among youngs, he enjoys playing with antenna home brewing and DXing.

3 COMMENTS

  1. Starting January 1st 2023, the 70MHz Band is open to HB9-Amateurs in Switzerland. Unfortunately, the frequency range is as follows: 70.0000-70.0375, 70.1125-70.5000. Meaning the FT8-frequency is not legal in Switzerland.
    Can we eventually change this to 70.1740? (proposal)
    Who could define it?
    How could we inform the community / the software developers?

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