[VHFcontesting] FT4 mode

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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

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From: Sean Waite <waisean at gmail.com> 
Date: 04/29/2019  2:09 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Brian Dickman <brian.dickman at gmail.com> 
Cc: VHF Contesting <VHFcontesting at 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 at 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> _______________________________________________> VHFcontesting mailing list> VHFcontesting at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting>_______________________________________________VHFcontesting mailing listVHFcontesting at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting