You have probably heard something about recent efforts to develop a special “FT8 DXpedition Mode” in WSJT-X. This message aims to bring you up-to-date on our progress, and generally to make our plans more widely known.
It looks like some of the major DXpeditions are beginning to embrace FT8. This will certainly create a need to handle “pileups” in FT8 mode and to make it possible to make many contacts in the shortest period of time possible. It appears that Joe Taylor, K1JT is working on an update to WSJT-X to create a variation of FT8 tailored for DXpedition use. Also, we will also need to update our copies of WXJT-X to take advantage of the new FT8 DXpedition mode. The link above is an article by Joe which gives more information about his new FT8 DXpedition mode and the software which will support it.
It appears that the APRS packet digipeater on the International Space Station is down. The article talks about what is being done to try to correct the problem as well as plans for a more permanent solution.
I’ve been pretty active on the 6m band the past few years. The addition of the MSK144 mode for Meteor Scatter contacts has been a lot of fun and has added some new grid squares to my total.
6m Grids Worked Using MSK144 Meteor Scatter During the 2017 Orionids
I wanted to share a new post from our Stationproject Blog about our experiences with making 6m contacts using Meteor Scatter propagation and the MSK144 mode. You can read the article and see a video of a Meteor Scatter contact via the link below.
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