Afternoon Took part in 1st test - after 30 odd mins Fox found me, would rather the 2 min timeout was a little longer (4 mins or so - at least long enough to double check docs or look at Ping thingy on another screen) - Fox moved me to below 1000 as expected - back and forward, Red Watchdog timeout kicked in - restarted - then some W1xx :-) started calling below 1000 - then all went to pot - lost the Fox, another TX Watchdog timeout - had to give up.
On the 2nd test - could not hear the fox at all. Lot of time spent making sure was TX’ing :-( de Tom GM8MJV On 5 Apr 2018, at 15:49, Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > I write to remind you of the second public test of *FT8 DXpedition Mode* > scheduled for Saturday, April 7, 1400-1600 UTC. You are cordially invited to > participate -- the more participants, the better! > > Our main goal is to simulate pileups in which many "Hounds" call and attempt > to work a desirable rare DX station, the "Fox". The test will help us to > improve our software so as to maximize the practical QSO rate in such > situations. We hope you can be there and try to work both Foxes. > > Here's the detailed schedule: > > Date UTC Frequency Fox Callsign Operator > --------------------------------------------------- > April 7 1400 14.105 MHz W1/KH7Z N1DG > April 7 1500 14.105 W7/KH7Z AA7A > > All participating stations must use program version WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc3. If you > don't yet have it, download links are available near the bottom of the page > here: > https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html > > [If you are compiling the program for yourself, be sure to use code revision > r8576 or later, taken from the repository's WSJT-X development branch. All > revisions since r8576 will perform identically in FT8 DXpedition Mode.] > > Detailed instructions for both Fox and Hound are posted here: > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT8_DXpedition_Mode.pdf > Some details in these instructions have changed, so be sure to read and > follow the latest instructions carefully! Don't just try to wing it. > > As you will know after reading the instructions, Fox can conduct up to 5 QSOs > simultaneously, using frequency slots spaced by 60 Hz. Fox transmissions > always occur in the frequency range 300-900 Hz above dial frequency. > > If you (as a Hound) can legitimately use more than one callsign -- your > spouse's call, club call, etc. -- feel free to work each Fox multiple times. > No dupe QSOs with the same call, though. > > Real-time liaison will be available on the "Ping Jockey Relief" chat page > (PJB), https://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalkB . Everyone should > monitor this page for possible last-minute announcements of a frequency > change, etc. To ensure that announcements from Fox stations are easily > visible, Hounds should monitor PJB but not post messages there during the > test. > > The deepest pileups will help us tune the final-release software version for > optimum performance on both Fox and Hound sides. After the test, please post > any comments you feel will be helpful to one of our two email forums, > wsjtgr...@yahoogroups.com or wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net . You will > need to be subscribed to the list in order to post there. > > We sincerely hope you can join us for this test, and that you will work both > Foxes! > > -- 73, Joe, K1JT (for the WSJT Development Group) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
