Gentlemen: Bandwidth and weak signal performance are important considerations when comparing the relative merits of FT8 and FT4. Perhaps an even more important consideration is which of these is the most fun to operate.
I have been using FT4 since the release of 2.1.0 and find that I like it a lot better than FT8. It is twice as fast and features such as Best S+P are great. I have abandoned FT8 in favor of FT4. I anticipate that others will come to the same conclusion and eventually FT4 will replace FT8. I do not like having FT4 on the same frequency as W1AW (7.0475 MHz). I often copy the code practice and the bulletins from W1AW. I do not usually copy these CW broadcasts by ear. I use them for code practice for CW programs such as Fldigi and CW Decoder. I have these programs copy the bulletins for me as if this was a digital mode signal. I would like to be able to receive W1AW without interference from any other nearby signals. It does not seem to me that there is any reason that FT4 and FT8 cannot operate together in the same channel. If this is so, then why have separate channels for them? Therefore, I propose that the default 40-m frequency for FT4 be 7.074 MHz. What do you think? 73, Roy, W7IDM
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