[VHFcontesting] FT4 mode

[John Kludt]

Folks,

Someone please enlighten me.  I would like to see your *best *rate (q/hr)
by band and your region of the country.  I would also like to see your
*average * (q/hr) by band and your region of the country.   I am not so
interested in your *burst* rate: those three or four or five Q's you ripped
off in really quick succession that calculated out to a rate of "100 q/hr."

John



On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:07 PM ww8rr at charter.net <ww8rr at charter.net> wrote:

>
>
> 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 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>
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