Re: 5 signals simultaneously ???
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You're saying there are knuckleheads in our hobby ? Must be true I saw it on the internet. Jerry N9AVY 
From: Brian (N2MLP) <n2mlp@...> To: 070Club@groups.io Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [070Club] 5 signals simultaneously ??? Will see how many knuckleheads start using it every day From: 070Club@groups.io [mailto:070Club@groups.io] On Behalf Of Stephen Melachrinos Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 11:04 AM To: 070Club@groups.io Subject: Re: [070Club] 5 signals simultaneously ??? I saw that. As I understand it, FT8 QSOs are pretty much automated once the operator selects the callsign of the other station. This allows the DXped operator to run 5 QSOs in parallel, since s/he is pretty much an observer for most of the process. Where it gets interesting is that technically this means five signals on the band at one time. That's not a problem for DXing, but could violate some contest rules. Steve W3HF -----Original Message----- From: Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...> To: 070Club <070Club@groups.io> Sent: Sat, Feb 10, 2018 10:49 am Subject: [070Club] 5 signals simultaneously ??? Well this is just a bit weird and seems like we're just one step away from making operator obsolete.... from 425 DX Bulletin FT8 DXPEDITION MODE ---> A "Release Candidate" version (WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc1) of the WSJT-X digimode software is due to be released later this month. It will introduce a new "FT8 DXpedition Mode", whose basic goal is to enable DXpeditions to make FT8 QSOs at the highest possible rates. The DXpedition station (the "Fox") will be able to transmit up to five signals simultaneously, and contact multiple calling stations (the "hounds") at the same time. The new mode will permit contacts to be completed with as little as one Fox transmission per contact, and sustained rates of several hundred QSOs/hour are expected to be possible. Making FT8 QSOs with KH1/KH7Z (this summer's expedition to Baker Island) will require the DXpedition and everyone trying to work them to use the new version of WSJT-X. A draft of the "FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide" can be found at http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT8_DXpedition_Mode.pdf.
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