[Fourlanders] Wsjt 2.0 testing

[Bill Pence]

All,
John W4SQC and I completed some wsjt 2.0 testing yesterday.

We set the new message formats and some contest modes, specifically the vhf
contest modes and field day exchange.

*AND*

we tested the very important contest versus non contest mode operation that
broke the current version of wsjt.

we found that calling a contest station from non contest mode had a
perfectly sequenced qso as well as a CQ in contest mode working a
non-contest mode responder worked perfectly as well.
As most of you know this has been a problem for previous contests when a
station was inadvertently not in contest mode.  this would cause delays in
completing a contact or even  not completing a contact at all.

so the good news here is that stations in contest mode are able to work
stations that are not in contest mode seamlessly.  The wrong grid
indications as well as the failure to sequence the QSO have been resolved.

Please be aware that for the January contest it will be very important for
people to be on wsjt  2.0. as the new software will be doing 77 bit
payloads for ft 8 and the msk144 protocol is  different and not backwards
compatible.

The wsjt 2.0 General release should be available around the middle of
December.  the current release date is planned to be December 10th 2018.

I would encourage you to get the current release candidate then do some
experimenting with the new message formats.

Regard,
Bill Pence
KI4US
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