WSJT-X co-developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, has announced that major changes are coming to the FT8 and MSK144 digital protocols when WSJT-X 2.0 arrives in a few months. Taylor said version 2.0 should be ready for prime time by January.
“Much of the necessary programming is finished,” Taylor said in a post to the Packrats reflector. “Many of the new features have been tested on the air, and we find them to work well.”
Source: Significant Changes in Store for FT8 and MSK144 with WSJT-X Version 2.0
Some of the more interesting additions planned include:
- Support for Field Day Exchanges
- Support for the ARRL RTTY Roundup
- Support for user-defined telemetry messages
Support for Telemetry messages (could be useful for a future long-range HF HAB radio system). See Joe’s whitepaper here for more details.
Looks like we’ll see a beta in October…
Fred, AB1OC