Is every list on ham radio now about FT8?
I just left a list because of that!
Make is STOP!
Thanks
73
Jim W7RY
On 11/28/2018 2:23 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
This is off-topic, and is simply information for FT8 users. Please do
not start a discussion here about it.
Users of FT8 should be aware that K1JT's WSJT-X development team has
been busy with version 2.0. The new version makes changes in the
digital format of FT8 and MSK144 that make it INCOMPATIBLE with older
versions.
The changes have been made to allow a few more characters to be
transmitted, to allow for /R to indicate Rovers, to allow for contest
exchanges for Field Day, RTTY Roundup, and VHF contests, and to allow
for more complex and non-standard callsigns. V 2.0 also includes
better error checking, resulting in fewer false decodes, and it
eliminates the grid wierdness that occurred in V 1.9 when one station
was using Contest Mode and the other was not..
While V 2.0 is currently in Beta, it's well-advanced beta, and works
very well. Those using 1.9 cannot copy or transmit to stations using V
2.0 and those using the latest V 2.0 betas cannot copy stations using
V 1.9. The non-beta release of 2.0 is scheduled for Dec 10. (Early 2.0
beta versions DID allow 1.9 and 2.0 users to communicate, but this
capability has been removed to allow the final version to work better.)
Users are encouraged to switch to the new version as soon as possible.
The only downside is that most users are still using V 1.9, so you
won't be able to work them, but this will gradually change as more
users upgrade, and the transition will happen more quickly as more
users upgrade. K1JT's Quick-Start Guide is here.
https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Quick_Start_WSJT-X_2.0.pdf
Links to installation packages are here.
https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
73, Jim K9YC
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