Just to double check, you mean December 2018 right? On Wed, Nov 14, 2018, 21:53 Ed Muns <e...@w0yk.com wrote:
> Don AA5AU and I are pleased to announce the FT8 Roundup to be held on 1-2 > December 2019. Rules, tutorials and other information can be found at: > > https://www.rttycontesting.com/ft8-roundup/ > > This is the weekend of the Ten-Meter RTTY Contest that we've sponsored for > the past 8 years. Given the state of 10 meters and the explosive adoption > of FT8, we decided to use the 2018 contest weekend for the first full-blown > FT8-only contest. The contest format in 2019 and beyond is yet to be > determined, but will surely be influenced by the results of the 2018 FT8 > Roundup. > > The rules are the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules with the following changes: > > 1. FT8 mode only. Must use WSJT-X 2.0, rc4 > 2. 100 watts maximum power. > 3. Logs submitted to ft8...@cqww.com. > 4. Single-Operator Unlimited only (no Single-Operator non-assisted). > 5. All entry classes may use "multi-streaming" within the same receiver > audio passband, whereby multiple QSOs are run in parallel. In the DX world > an example of multi-streaming is the DXpedition mode with "Fox and Hound" > capability. (CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO WSJT-X, OR OTHER, SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR > MULTI-STREAMING IN THE ARRL RTTY ROUNDUP CONTEST MODE. THEREFORE, IT IS > NOT > EXPECTED TO EXIST IN THIS YEAR'S CONTEST. THE PURPOSE OF THE RULE AT THIS > TIME IS TO ENCOURAGE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS TO DEVISE AN APPROPRIATE > MULTI-STREAMING CAPABILITY FOR FT8 CONTESTING.) > > Note, however, that rc4 does support the classic "TU, NW" technique whereby > rolling QSOs can be achieved with only two transmission cycles (30 seconds) > per QSO. In theory, an SO2R station could achieve 240 QSOs/hour, though > this is extremely difficult to obtain in practice. It requires the running > station, and its 240 QSO partners, to operate in perfect harmony for a full > hour! > > WSJT-X 2.0, rc4 creates a proper Cabrillo format file for log submission > following the ARRL RTTY Roundup Cabrillo 3.0 specification. The contest > name in the header is CONTEST: ARRL-RTTY, same as for the RTTY Roundup. > Therefore, logging programs can use the existing ARRL RTTY Roundup contest > configuration, though WSJT-X 2.0, rc4 is the recommended software. N1MM+ > now has some WSJT-X integration for those users. Hopefully, other > mainstream logging software will follow suit. > > Please carefully study the WSJT-X 2.0, rc4 Quick-Start Guide: > > https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Quick_Start_WSJT-X_2.0.pdf > > Practices: The next FT8 Roundup mock contest will be Tuesday, 20 November, > 0200-0300 UTC (Monday evening, NA time). Please see Joe Taylor's > announcement posted on the [wsjt-devel] mail list on Wednesday, 14 > November. > > Don and I will schedule at least one other practice prior to the actual > contest on 1-2 December. > > Ed W0YK > Don AA5AU > > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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