Friday, 21 July 2017

WSJT-X 1.8 Release Candidate

I've just downloaded the release candidate for WSJT-X from https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html and installed it.
This version has the new FT8 mode and I was eager to try it out.

It seems to be able to automatically establish communications after calling CQ and initiate a full QSO. I have yet to make my first contact with it despite being on 20m for a couple of hours.

There isn't much information available about FT8 (that I have found) but from what I have seen so far it looks like a useful mode for quick QSO's normally associated with fading signals.

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