On 30/01/2019 12:53, Tom Melvin wrote:
All
Region 1 - UK
While in the freq area - 70 Mhz - it’s set as 70.100 for FT8
However as this is not in the German allocation 99.9% of the FT8 4m
activity is centred around 70.154. Also 70.100 is right on the
boundary of the RSGB band Plan for ‘Personal Beacons’.
I see MSHV (which is popular over here due to the extra modes and is
aimed more at 50Mhz and above) has 4m FT8 preset at 70.154. Googling
70.100 and 70.154 all the web pages refer to 70.154 as FT8 freq - yes
the odd proviso that varying countries have different allocations so
may never have one freq that fits all on 70.
I would seem (IMHO) to have all the FT8 supported packages to have the
same frequency to save confusion once the Es session starts up.
Yes I know any one can edit the frequency table but half the users
don’t seem to know what the ‘Settings’ option actually does and where
it is.
73’s
Tom
GM8MJV (IO85)
Tom,
I consulted with some regular users of WSJT modes on 4m and was promised
that they would get back to me with a best option for a 4m working
frequency in IARU Region 1. They did not get back to me and I am still
waiting. If 70.154 is the de facto working frequency in Region 1 then I
will happily change the default in WSJT-X.
One thing that should be considered is compatibility with the South
African band plan which appears to have 70.150 - 70.200 allocated to
digital FM modes that would not interact well with FT8.
Comments from regular 4m digi-mode operators welcome.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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