My observations. I was only able to participate during the first 20 minutes of the 20 meter test at 2300z. Joe was decoding around -18 during the time and I was calling using barefoot power. According to pskreporter, Joe heard me but I was never called.
So my question is why I was never called? Does my callsign get pushed down the list when new calls are decoded? What sort order was Joe using at the time? Is there a "first come, first serve" sort order to the queue of hounds to be called? Judging by comments I have seen, the lack of RR73 message being sent causing hounds to send R-report over and over, there is still work to be done before it is dxpedition ready. I hope there are more tests and I will be able to participate fully. Thank you to the developers for putting this all together. It is very interesting! 73 Jay KA9CFD -----Original Message----- From: Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> Sent: March 4, 2018 23:44 To: WSJT software development <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [wsjt-devel] Public test of FT8 DXpedition mode March 6-7 Hi all, I write to remind you of the public test of *FT8 DXpedition Mode* scheduled for March 6-7. The more participants, the better! The main goal is to simulate pileups in which many "Hounds" call and attempt to work a desirable rare DX station, the "Fox", and to maximize the resulting QSO rate. We hope you can be there and work each of our Foxes on each band. All participating stations must use program version WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc2. If you don't yet have it, download links are available here: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html Detailed instructions for Fox and Hound stations are posted here: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT8_DXpedition_Mode.pdf It's important to read and follow these instructions carefully! Don't just try to wing it. Each hour during the test has a designated frequency and Fox callsign, "Fox_A" in the following table. Date UTC Freq Fox_A Fox_B NSlots ------------------------------------------- Mar 6 2300 14.080 K1JT W7/KH7Z 3 Mar 7 0000 10.141 W1/KH7Z K9AN 5 Mar 7 0100 7.080 W7/KH7Z K1JT 4 Mar 7 0200 3.585 K9AN W1/KH7Z 3 As you will know after reading the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide, Fox can conduct up to "NSlots" QSOs simultaneously. W7/KH7Z will be operated by AA7A, and W1/KH7Z by N1DG. Fox_A will operate for the full hour if plenty of Hounds keep calling. Fox_B is on standby reserve. If the QSO rate for Fox_A approaches zero at the half-hour mark, Fox_A will stop transmitting and Fox_B will call CQ. If you (as a Hound) can legitimately use more than one callsign -- your spouse's call, club call, etc. -- please try to work each Fox multiple times. No dupe QSOs with the same call and same band, though. Real-time liaison will be available via the "Ping Jockey Relief" chat page (PJB), https://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalkB . Everyone should monitor this page for possible announcements of frequency changes or switch-overs from Fox_A to Fox_B. To ensure that announcements from Fox stations are easily visible, Hounds should monitor PJB but not post messages there during the test. The deepest pileups will help us to tune the final-release software version for optimum performance on both Fox and Hound sides. After the test, please post any comments you feel will be helpful to one of our two email forums, wsjtgr...@yahoogroups.com or wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net . You will need to be subscribed to the list in order to post there. We sincerely hope you can join us for this test, working each Fox on each band! -- 73, Joe, K1JT (for the WSJT Development Group) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
