[LCC] FW: [wsjt-devel] Mock "FT8 Roundup" Contest

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Anyone interesting in helping test the new 2.0 version of WSJT-X which includes a new payload for FT8, please come join us.

The test will be simulating the RTTY Roundup but using FT8 instead.

73, Don AA5AU

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Taylor [mailto:joe at princeton.edu] 
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 12:01 PM
To: WSJT software development
Subject: [wsjt-devel] Mock "FT8 Roundup" Contest

A one-hour "practice contest" will be held next week using the FT8 mode 
and the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules.

Thursday, 27 September 0200-0259 UTC (Wednesday evening, NA time)

Dial frequencies 7.078 and 14.078, everyone works everyone.

To participate you must use WSJT-X 2.0. The Windows installation package 
is linked at the bottom of this web page:
https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
(Note that this is a temporary release candidate, not the final full 
release of WSJT-X 2.0.)

The Quick-Start Guide to WSJT-X 2.0 is here:
https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Quick_Start_WSJT-X_2.0.pdf

IMPORTANT:
1. On the *Settings | Advanced* tab, be sure to check the boxes *Always 
generate 77-bit messages*, *Decode only 77-bit messages*, and *ARRL RTTY 
Roundup*.  In the field labeled "Exch" enter the 2- or 3-letter 
abbreviation for your state or province (US/Canadian stations) or DX if 
you are not in the US or Canada.

2. Be sure that 7.078 and 14.078 appear in your selectable frequency 
list when for FT8 mode.  You might need to do a *Reset* on the *Settings 
| Frequencies* tab.

3. We do not recommend using a compound or nonstandard callsign in this 
event.


Post results and comments here so we can all learn from an actual FT8 
contest-like experience. Note that planning is underway for at least two 
dedicated FT8 contests to be potentially held in the next few months. 
Next week’s practice run will help to inform those plans.

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Development Group.

	-- 73, Joe, K1JT



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