Hi Joe and team, So far so good. Testing remote with my Flex-6700 and using remote DAX, under Parallels in Windows. You definitely notice the sensitivity drop. But I made some QSOs on 80m. So far so good. I see PSKReporter is taking and parsing the reports as well without issue.
73 Ria, N2RJ On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 14:09, Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> wrote: > > To: Users of WSJT-X -- especially those interested in radio contesting > From: WSJT Development Group > > By now most of you know about the FT4 protocol under development for > eventual release in WSJT-X 2.1.0. The new mode is particularly > optimized for use in radio contesting. > > FT4 is mostly like FT8, but is 2.5 x faster, uses 1.8 x the bandwidth, > and is 4.6 dB less sensitive. Many other details are summarized in "The > FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting", available here: > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT4_Protocol.pdf > Links to translations in other languages are available on the WSJT-X web > page: > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html > > Release candidate WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc5 is intended for beta-testing through > June 7, 2019. Please note that the FT4 mode should NOT be used in the > ARRL June VHF QSO Party (June 8-10) or ARRL Field Day (June 22-23). > > We have done our best to provide suggested operating frequencies for the > test period consistent as far as possible with world-wide band plans and > existing usage. Please note that thanks to good user feedback, some of > these frequencies are different from those suggested in the document > linked above. > > Default frequencies currently recommended for FT4 are as follows: > > Band MHz Notes > ------------------------------------- > 80 3.575 (3.568 MHz in Region 3) > 40 7.047 > 30 10.140 > 20 14.080 > 17 18.104 > 15 21.140 > 12 24.919 > 10 28.180 > 6 50.318 > 2 144.170 > > FT4 is designed for contesting, but it will likely find some use for > normal QSOs as well, especially during the beta test period. In the > coming month we hope to receive useful feedback on the user interface, > message sequencing, interaction with logging programs, etc. Probably > it's best to use "normal" (non-contest) messages except during the > mock-contest practice sessions scheduled for 0000 - 0100 UTC on May 9 > and May 14, and (if needed) June 5. > > Downloadable installation packages for WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc5 under Windows, > Linux, and macOS are available on the WSJT-X web page: > > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html > > Windows users will discover that WSJT-X v2.1.0 has been made available > as a 64-bit MS Windows build for 64-bit versions of Windows since Vista. > This veraion has one known defect. The audio input device level will be > reset to 100% when WSJT-X is started, when the input audio device is > changed, and when switching to a new configuration. This is a Qt > framework defect that we have reported and is being fixed in a future > release; until then users should take care to set the device audio level > back to 0dB or lower depending on requirements. Note that many sound > cards and chips have real gain ahead of the ADC, as much as 14dB, which > will be turned to the maximum due to this defect and is usually > undesirable when using WSJT-X. > > Despite this annoying defect, we recommend the 64-bit version of WSJT-X > on MS Windows as it has significant advantages in decoding speed. > > -- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; and Bill, G4WJS > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel -- Ria Jairam, N2RJ Director, Hudson Division ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™ +1.973.594.6275 https://hudson.arrl.org n...@arrl.org _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
