FT8

A waterfall display showing FT8 in use on the 40-meter band.

FT8 (short for Franke-Taylor design, 8-FSK modulation) is a frequency shift keying digital mode of radio communication used by amateur radio operators worldwide. Following release on June 29, 2017, by its creators Joe Taylor, K1JT, and Steve Franke, K9AN, along with the software package WSJT,[1] FT8 was adopted rapidly, becoming the most popular digital mode recorded by automatic spotting networks such as PSK Reporter[2] within 2 years.

  1. ^ Burmester, Dale March 12, 2019. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Mode FT8. https://site.ieee.org/msn/files/2019/04/FT8-KA9SWE.pdf [1]
  2. ^ Barron, Robert (2020-02-08). "PSK Reporter". KA5WSS. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-10-06.