Antenna Work & FT8

3/7/2018 -- A good week to work on antennas. 75m band has been weak to missing and the shameful Chinese RADAR has been all over the DX Window.  I have the 160m vertical working at HP3AK and I have been on FT8 a bit.  I like to talk with people, even if briefly, so for me FT8 is the "joyless" mode.  It proves that my computer can talk to your computer, via radio.  Wouldn't the Internet be easier?  My new, 70 ft. crank-up tower is ready to tilt up as soon as coax, control cables, and the SteppIR beam are installed.  I would be waiting one more week anyway for a full 30 day cure on the base, so no rush.