I'm not so sure it would be that easy. All of the WSJT-X modes require
some pretty rigid rules, not the least of which is fixed time frames
closely locked to the same reference. They also require some pretty
narrowly constrained message formats. I really doubt that very many
current RTTY users would be willing to give up their current
flexibility. If they were, they'd be a whole lot better off just to
migrate to FT8 or FT4.
Besides, the RTTY protocol by definition has some rather severe
limitations, only two tones being one of them.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 1/14/2020 5:21 PM, Frank Kirschner wrote:
Dwayne,
That's what I suggested some time ago. Not only would it put all the
digital modes I use together in one program, but it would provide an
opportunity to implement a really good RTTY detection algorithm. Some
of the current programs require a very high S/N, and with the signal
processing know-how of the originators of WSJT-X, I'm sure that could
be improved upon.
73,
Frank
KF6E
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 2:28 PM Dwayne Sinclair <nna...@gmail.com
<mailto:nna...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hey all,
My background is IT infrastructure with some code development and
I although I have been active in the amateur radio community for
less than a year, given my software, IT infrastructure background,
and electronics background I have been assisting my local amateur
radio community in all aspects of computer interfacing to radios.
First off, I am really impressed with what has been accomplished
with WSJT-X and I am an avid user of all digital protocols
including FT8, FT8 WSPR and others. I recently attended a DX Club
meeting and got to see first hand the resentment towards FT8 in
the context of DXCC awards. I never got to speak in defense of FT8
but what I do believe is there is a basic misunderstanding on the
fact that WSJT-X’s success is much about the interface that WSJT-X
provides to managing QSO’s. “Ease of digital use” is completely
missed on much of our older amateur radio community yet the same
operators have fully embraced RTTY as a digital protocol.
I would like to propose adding RTTY to WSJT-X for two reasons 1.
As a means to reframe the DXCC discussion away from FT8 itself to
“it’s just a UI for managing QSO’s”, and 2. I believe WSJT-X would
be a great tool for RTTY. From an implementation perspective it
may be possible to run interval and interval less with RTTY with
the WSJT-X UI.
Regards Dwayne Sinclair NA6US
Redondo Beach, CA
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