Hi Tom, GM8MJV. My thoughts exactly.
However of course it's not just UK contesting it's the EU and most of Region 1 where 6 character locators are needed to be exchanged. 73's all Dave, M0HJS. On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 16:43, Tom Melvin <t...@tkrh.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi All > > I don’t want to assume so will ask - FT4 aimed at ‘Contest Friendly > digital modes’ - cool - BUT will it cater for the pile of weird contest > rules that are out there. The abundance of requests for QSO Parties, Field > Days where non-standards messages. Heck for us UK VHF types - 6 character > Locator squares etc. > > Or … is this aimed specifically at the 'RTTY Contest types’ > > The docs on the web site for the RC does just refer to the RTTY contest - > are other types in the pipeline? > If not then perhaps a subtle change to the description now before release > may stop the multitude region/country contest requests hitting the > reflector. > > Tom > > -- > 73’s > > Tom > GM8MJV (IO85) > > > > > > On 22 Apr 2019, at 16:34, Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> wrote: > > > To: WSJT-X users interested in testing FT4 > > From: K1JT, K9AN, and G4WJS > > > > Soon after the "FT8 Roundup" held on December 1-2, 2018, we started > serious work on a faster, more contest-friendly digital mode that can > compete with RTTY-contesting QSO rates while preserving many of the > benefits of FT8. The result is FT4 -- a new digital mode specifically > designed for radio contesting. > > > > Over the past month a small group of volunteers have been conducting > on-the-air tests of FT4. The early tests were very successful and helped > us to make a number of important design decisions. We believe FT4 has > considerable promise for its intended purpose. > > > > We'll soon be ready for testing by a larger group. If you might be > interested in participating and offering your considered feedback, please > read the descriptive document "The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting", > posted here: > > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT4_Protocol.pdf > > > > We plan to post downloadable installation packages for WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc5 > on April 29, one week from today. The document linked above includes > > > > - Instructions for installing WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc5 and FT4 configuration > > > > - Operating instructions for FT4 > > > > - Basic description of the FT4 protocol, modulation, and waveform > > > > - Detailed sensitivity measurements for FT4 under a wide variety of > > simulated propagation conditions > > > > - Schedule for upcoming test sessions > > > > Please consider helping us to make FT4 a successful mode for digital > contesting > > > > With best wishes and 73, > > > > -- Joe (K1JT), Steve (K9AN), and Bill (G4WJS) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wsjt-devel mailing list > > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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