Thanks for looking Bill OK on SA bandplan - looking at 4m allocations - I _doubt_ will get a freq that suits all.
Lets see if there is any feedback from other 4m users. 73’s Tom GM8MJV (IO85) On 30 Jan 2019, at 13:12, Bill Somerville <g4...@classdesign.com> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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