[Fourlanders] Wsjt 2.0 testing

[Bill Pence]

I know, right?
I guess psk31 is too old.

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 7:41 PM Scott Spencer <scott at nn4w.com> wrote:

> And to throw yet another monkey wrench into the works, (at least this one
> isn’t contest related yet), FT8Call is gone and has been replaced by
> JS8Call.  Yet another new protocol. They seem to be coming out every month…
>
> http://www.k0pir.us/js8call/
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 7:30 PM Bill Pence <pence.bill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yep, sorry, I mix the 2.  This is wsjt-x 2.0
>> The ft8 and msk441 messages are changing.
>>
>> More info here:
>> https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/New_Features_WSJT-X_2.0.txt
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 4:52 PM Ron Rogers <ww8rr at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Just for clarity, this is V 2.0 of *WSJT-X* Bill is referring to…..not
>>> WSJT (WSJT is currently at version 10.0)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> WSJT-X is the program that contains the MSK144 and FT8 capabilities Bill
>>> is referencing. Some on the reflector may not understand the difference.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>> WW8RR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Fourlanders [mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Bill Pence
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 09, 2018 11:31 AM
>>> *To:* Fourlanders
>>> *Subject:* [Fourlanders] Wsjt 2.0 testing
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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