And....after Joe finished his presentation at this past weekend's VHF-UHF Super
Conference in Stearling, VA a lively discussion ensued during the Q&A session (
imagine that!) First functioning release of FT4 won't take place until sometime
after CQWW VHF contest now.RonWW8RRSent from my Samsung S4
-------- Original message --------
From: Sean Waite <waisean@gmail.com>
Date: 04/29/2019 2:09 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Brian Dickman <brian.dickman@gmail.com>
Cc: VHF Contesting <VHFcontesting@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] FT4 mode
One of the REALLY handy features for rovers is that it doesn't requireprecision
clock settings, there is no standard time cycle. That means ifI'm in an area
with no cell service I can still jump on even if I haveclock skew.Also, the
version being released soon has a kill switch for right beforethe June VHF
contest. They don't feel it will be ready to go for thiscontest season so it'll
cease to function at the beginning of June.Sean WA1TEOn Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at
1:47 PM Brian Dickman <brian.dickman@gmail.com>wrote:> Since the topic hasn't
appeared on this list yet, I figured it would be a> good idea to make folks
here aware of the pending WSJT FT4 mode in case> they hadn't seen it already.>>
The tl;dr:> * 2.5X faster than FT8> * Same contesting features as FT8> *
Automatic search and pounce mode> * 144.170MHz proposed 2m frequency>> To read
more, here's a couple links:>> *>>
http://www.arrl.org/news/faster-more-contest-friendly-ft4-digital-protocol-to-debut-in-a-week>
* http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT4_Protocol.pdf> *>>
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/april/video-of-ft4-talk-by-joe-taylor-k1jt.htm#.XMc36OhKhaQ>
(video> of a club talk Joe Taylor made about FT4)>> Notable dates:>> • April
29: Second announcement, with links to downloadable installation> packages> for
WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc5> • May 9, 0000 – 0100 UTC: FT4 practice session, 7.090 MHz> •
May 14, 0000 – 0100 UTC: FT4 practice session, 7.090 MHz> • June 5, 0000 – 0100
UTC: FT4 practice session, 7.090 MHz (if needed)> • July 15: General
Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X 2.1.0>> An RC version is already available
now for testing. In other words, you get> to juggle another new digital mode
for this summer's contest season!>> As I mentioned earlier, the proposed 2m
frequency is 144.170MHz (USB dial> frequency). It's inevitable that this
becomes as popular; if not more> popular than FT8 for contests. You would still
need FT8 to dig out really> weak signals, but for everyone that bangs into your
station at -10db and> higher, FT4 is a no brainer given the potentially higher
QSO/hr count.>> If you have direct feedback for the developers, especially
about the> frequency selection, I suggest you send that to the wsjt-devel
mailing list> rather than here.>> 73,> --> Brian AF7MD>
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