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• FT8 Explained: How the 15-Second Weak-Signal Mode Actually Works
  2026-10-18 · Digital Modes

  FT8 packs a complete contact into 15-second cycles and decodes signals about 20 dB below the noise floor. Here is how the protocol works, what it is genuinely good at, and where the criticism lands.