My first radioamateur contacts with the new FT8 mode

Today I installed the new WSJT-X 1.8.0-rc1 software and I tried (and successfully made my first QSOs with) the new FT8 mode!

I made my very first QSO with FT8 mode today 15:07:45 UTC on 7074 kHz.
I made a QSO with EA4DBS from Madrid, Spain.
The distance is approximately 2074 km.
About the signal reports: I sent -16 dB and I received -15 dB.
My second QSO in this mode was with LZ1UBO at 15:21 UTC from Razliv, Bulgaria. The distance is approximately 563 km. The frequency is the same (7074 kHz). I sent -02 dB and I received -09 dB.

I have made a lot of JT65 and JT9 QSOs before but this mode is really faster (but a bit less sensitive) than these modes. The mode is narrower than JT65 but a bit wider than JT9.

Thank you for reading!

Enjoy Steemit!
Have a nice day!