I am pretty good at being wrong; I have lots of practice; hopefully the
other info about Fox/Hound mode on FT8 was helpful. I did go over there
and listen, and yes, that was what was going on...
73 de Dave, W5SV
On 10/12/2022 11:36 PM, JP Pritchard wrote:
you are so right about my frequency mistake. I'm pretty good a being
wrong.
JP
On 10/12/2022 6:27 PM David F. Reed via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
JP, a couple of thoughts...
28.085 MHz is not 1MHz higher than "normal"; it is about 10KHz higher
than the 28.074 +tone frequency "normal".
My theory on what you are seeing is indeed FT8, but not "normal" FT8
- I think it is a mode of operation referred to as Fox/Hound, where
the Fox is the sought after DX and the Hounds are those chasing him.
I think if you Google FT8 fox hound you will find a lot on it; the
exchange is a little different, and you have to change your settings
in WSJT-X to run it, and pay attention to the conventions if you want
to make contacts that way.
A lot of DXpeditions use it.
73 and good luck with it!
73 de Dave, W5SV
On 10/12/2022 11:08 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC wrote:
I've been working FT-8 on 10 meters today with great DX success. But
then I see activity that looks like FT-8 at 28.085 Mhz, 1 Mhz higher
than the normal FT8 Frequency. WSJT-X decodes a lot of stuff at that
frequency, but it's just really weird to me. Take a look and please
explain it to me. Much of it seems to be signal reports between
FS4WBS and many other calls, many of them appear to be Japanese call
signs. Huh?
JP, K5JPP
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