Joe,
Any chance of coordinating a better time/band for testing? The times selected (0200 GMT) are the worst possible times for long-haul, cross-equatorial propagation from your parts on 40m under current solar conditions. 0500 on 20m may provide better results for both you and us south of the equator. Thanks and 73 Steve I VK3VM/VK3SIR Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 ________________________________ From: Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 2:48:55 AM To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Roundup practice session Hi all, I was on 40 meters for the FT8 Roundup practice session last evening (NA time). Operating time: 0200 to 0259 UTC Program: WSJT-X 2.0 RC5 Dial frequency 7.080 Power: 100 Watts Antenna: Dipole at 50 ft I operated as a Run station, calling CQ at audio Tx frequency 1000 Hz. There are 240 15-second intervals in an hour, and I transmitted in half of them, using "Tx First/even". In the 120 Rx intervals I decoded 1766 transmissions: an average of 14.7 decodes per Rx interval. These transmissions came from 73 different stations. This was reasonably good turnout for a weekday evening, especially given the very short notice. I logged 38 QSOs, including 2 dupes. I made notes of various things that can be made better in the WSJT-X user interface for contesting. We'll get to these as time permits -- but for most of them probably not in time for the GA release of WSJT-X 2.0 planned for December 10. The current interface requires careful operator attention and some practice. I'll plan to be on again for the next practice session: Saturday, December 1, 0200-0300 UTC (that's Friday evening, Nov 30, NA time). Also for the first FT8 Roundup, starting the next day. Contest rules are posted at https://www.rttycontesting.com/ft8-roundup/ . -- 73, Joe, K1JT _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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