{"id":124,"date":"2026-01-24T21:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T21:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/?p=124"},"modified":"2026-01-24T21:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T21:39:20","slug":"ft8-and-10m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/","title":{"rendered":"FT8 and 10m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 Meters has been on fire for the past couple of weeks. I cobbled together a dipole with a BNC to banana plug splitter. I fired up DigiPI and I was able to get WSJT-X going.  I am also using Gridtracker for easier logging. The great thing is that I have a VPN setup so I can connect to my VPN then connect to my Digipi. I was able to collect a few different rewards over the last 2 weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"142\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This may be one of the easiest ways to create a dipole. Just need some wire and some way to test the SWR. I just used CAT 5 wire and it works great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">73 Jeremy KQ4OYI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Meters has been on fire for the past couple of weeks. I cobbled together a dipole with a BNC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateur-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FT8 and 10m - Jeremy Ferrell<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FT8 and 10m - Jeremy Ferrell\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"10 Meters has been on fire for the past couple of weeks. I cobbled together a dipole with a BNC [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jeremy Ferrell\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ferrelljeremy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ferrelljeremy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-24T21:39:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-24T21:39:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"142\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeremy Ferrell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ferrelljeremy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ferrelljeremy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeremy Ferrell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeremy Ferrell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d62a84a03ef80a2508e57cdc5574247a\"},\"headline\":\"FT8 and 10m\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-24T21:39:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-24T21:39:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":116,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d62a84a03ef80a2508e57cdc5574247a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Amateur Radio\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/\",\"name\":\"FT8 and 10m - Jeremy Ferrell\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-24T21:39:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-24T21:39:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image.png\",\"width\":142,\"height\":101},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/ft8-and-10m\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FT8 and 10m\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jeremy Ferrell\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d62a84a03ef80a2508e57cdc5574247a\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d62a84a03ef80a2508e57cdc5574247a\",\"name\":\"Jeremy Ferrell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/cropped-jf-logo-no-bg-1.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/cropped-jf-logo-no-bg-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/cropped-jf-logo-no-bg-1.png\",\"width\":862,\"height\":636,\"caption\":\"Jeremy Ferrell\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/cropped-jf-logo-no-bg-1.png\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ferrelljeremy\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/jeremy-ferrell-649493106\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ferrelljeremy\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jeremyferrell.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/jeremyjeremyferrell-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FT8 and 10m - Jeremy Ferrell","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FT8 and 10m - Jeremy Ferrell","og_description":"10 Meters has been on fire for the past couple of weeks. I cobbled together a dipole with a BNC [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/","og_site_name":"Jeremy Ferrell","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ferrelljeremy","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ferrelljeremy","article_published_time":"2026-01-24T21:39:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-24T21:39:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":142,"height":101,"url":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jeremy Ferrell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ferrelljeremy","twitter_site":"@ferrelljeremy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeremy Ferrell","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeremy Ferrell","@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d62a84a03ef80a2508e57cdc5574247a"},"headline":"FT8 and 10m","datePublished":"2026-01-24T21:39:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-24T21:39:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/"},"wordCount":116,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d62a84a03ef80a2508e57cdc5574247a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png","articleSection":["Amateur Radio"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/","url":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/","name":"FT8 and 10m - Jeremy Ferrell","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png","datePublished":"2026-01-24T21:39:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-24T21:39:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png","width":142,"height":101},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/ft8-and-10m\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FT8 and 10m"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/","name":"Jeremy Ferrell","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d62a84a03ef80a2508e57cdc5574247a"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d62a84a03ef80a2508e57cdc5574247a","name":"Jeremy Ferrell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-jf-logo-no-bg-1.png","url":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-jf-logo-no-bg-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-jf-logo-no-bg-1.png","width":862,"height":636,"caption":"Jeremy Ferrell"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-jf-logo-no-bg-1.png"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/jeremyferrell.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ferrelljeremy","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeremy-ferrell-649493106\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ferrelljeremy"],"url":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/author\/jeremyjeremyferrell-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyferrell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}