[VHFcontesting] FT4 Mode

[jon jones]

Some FT4 contacts made today on 50 MHz.  -- N0JK

KF8MY        2040Z  50318.0 FN07 MS EN84 TU FT4 qso         VE2XK
K0TPP        2039Z  50318.0 FN07 MS EM48 TU FT4 qso         VE2XK
KA9CFD       2039Z  50318.0 FN07 MS EN40 TU FT4 qso         VE2XK

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:47:01 -0700
From: Brian Dickman <brian.dickman at gmail.com>
To: VHFcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: [VHFcontesting] FT4 mode
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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)

73,
--
Brian AF7MD