First 2m QSO with UK

After completing the prototype of the interface circuit I was able to operate with FT-8 using the almost 40 year old FT-480R transceiver. June 1 I made some FT-8 contacts of which the one with Mike, G3YPP (QTH loc. JO02rv) was quite interesting for me, since this was my first 2m QSO with UK on 144 MHz (using a modest discone antenna at 4 meters above sealevel and 5 Watts RF).

Protoype interface: