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.”
We have two great member activities coming up on August 25th and August 19th.
Family Picnic
We will hold our annual family picnic on Saturday, August 15th at Greeley Park in Nashua. All club members and their family members are invited. This is the same day as the Greeley Park Art Show.
The picnic will be a potluck lunch. To sign up to bring a dish, see the forum post https://www.n1fd.org/forums/topic/family-picnic-sign-up/
Fox on the Loose
We will start to gather around 10:00 am and lunch will be served at noon. Rumor has it that some foxes may be on the loose around Greeley Park during the picnic! Directions can be found on the club event calendar.
ARRL Rookie Roundup RTTY
We will be hosting a multi-op entry for the ARRL Rookie RoundupRTTY on Sunday, August 19th. The contest starts at 18:00z (2:00 pm local time) and ends at 00:00z on Monday (8:00 pm local time Sunday). To be eligible for the rookie roundup, you must have received your first license in 2016, 2017 or 2018 OR have never made a RTTY mode QSO.
We will hold an elmering session before the contest starting at 1:00 pm on Sunday, August 12th at AB1QB/AB1OC’s QTH. Please plan to attend the elmering session if you want to operate in the contest and have never operated from our station or never operated RTTY. We will also help the newly licensed Hams to program their HTs at this time.
You can sign up by sending an email to Anita at[email protected]. Please let me know what times you are available and whether you plan to attend the elmering session on August 12th.
Operating slots are first come, first serve so be sure to sign up soon!
We hope to see you at one or both of the member activities in August!
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If you are interested in trying the 6m Band, plan on attending our August Tech Night. We’ve changed our plans and will be talking about getting started with the FT8 mode and how it can be used on the 6m and HF bands. The preceding link is an excellent source of information on how to get started with FT8.
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