Here's a quote from an ARRL note on digital modes as linked below. "Even if these practice sessions reveal no serious bugs or inadequacies, the WSJT-X Development Group believes FT4 is still too new to be used in the ARRL VHF Contest (June 8 – 10) and ARRL Field Day (June 22 – 23). For that reason, release candidateWSJT-X2.1.0-rc5 will “time out” on June 7."
http://www.arrl.org/news/faster-more-contest-friendly-ft4-digital-protocol-to-debut-in-a-week > On May 6, 2019 at 4:02 PM NIzar Mullani via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Regarding the use of FT4 during FD, here is the comment from Glenn > Anderson, WB5TUF, who is responsible for setting up the RTTY and FT8 digital > modes. > > > > Nizar > > > > From: Glenn Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 6, 2019 3:50 PM > To: NIzar Mullani; 'Robie Elms' > Subject: Re: FW: [tdxs-list] Performance of KK5W Mega Field Days over > five years > > > > As far as I know, ft4 will not be released for use in the June vhf or > field day contests. The rc5 software has a kill switch that executes in > early June. > > I am planning to use ft8 for this year's event. > > > > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: NIzar Mullani <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > Date: 5/6/19 15:34 (GMT-06:00) > > To: 'Robie Elms' <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] >, 'Glenn > Anderson' <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > Subject: FW: [tdxs-list] Performance of KK5W Mega Field Days over five > years > > > > Robie or Glenn, > > > > I am not an expert on FT8 or FT4. Can you please comment on Wes’s > comments regarding FT4? I was under the impression that Fox and Hounds mode > was not allowed for FD. > > > > Nizar > > > > From: Wes Whiddon [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 6, 2019 3:17 PM > To: NIzar Mullani > Cc: [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > Subject: RE: [tdxs-list] Performance of KK5W Mega Field Days over five > years > > > > At the risk of hijacking your post, Nizar, I’m wondering about a few > things. First, the upcoming FT4 “practice” session this Friday at 0000 UTC > is supposed to break in the mode for contesting. Actually, if you tune 14080 > there are already a ton of signals there and I’ve been working lots of > stations using that mode. So, I think the practice session has already > started. Second, does anyone know what the exchange will be during that > time? As it stands now, most everyone is just sending signal reports as per > FT8. Interestingly enough, if someone replies to your CQ with an RTTY > contest exchange i.e 589 TX, the software asks you if you want to jump into > the RTTY contest mode similar to FT8 Fox and Hounds. When you do, it’s > possible to work multiple stations as if you were the fox. Third, since the > final version of FT4 will be announced in June, I’m thinking this could be > the preferred digital mode for FD. That is assuming some type of FD exchange > is developed similar to FT8. Hopefully things will smooth out before the end > of next month. > > > > Wes, N5WW > > > > P.S. This is just my humble opinion but from what I have seen with FT4, > I think it might upstage FT8. Nowadays we all want instant gratification and > six seconds is a lot shorter than the interminable twelve you have to hold > your breath for with FT8. > > > > From: NIzar Mullani <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2019 14:58 > To: Wes Whiddon <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > Subject: [tdxs-list] Performance of KK5W Mega Field Days over five years > > > > I thought you may be interested in how the KK5W Mega Field Day has > performed during the last five years. These numbers were taken from the > 3830Scores web site. > > > > While FD has always been about community service and promotion of ham > radio, hams are encouraged to teach about ham radio, antennas and operation > of radios. ARRL specifically encourages ham radio operators to make as many > QSO’s as possible during the 24 hours of operation, almost like a fun > contest. The table below shows the QSO’s and Points for KK5W during the last > five years. KK5W has done well in the past. Let’s see if we can improve on > our score this year while having fun doing it. > > > > YEAR > > QSO’S > > POINTS > > 2014 (8A) > > 3763 > > 13,374 > > 2015 (8A) > > 4263 > > 17,502 > > 2016 (8A) > > 3173 > > 13,886 > > 2017 (8A) > > 3433 > > 14,058 > > 2018 (10A) > > 3003 > > 13,159 > > > > Nizar > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! > Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every > time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] >
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