[50mhz] 6M ISCAT

Wed Jun 30 20:15:28 EDT 2010

Y'all must remember that the WSJT8 modes, as released, are EXPERIMENTAL 
modes released for Beta test purposes only. As Joe Taylor has already 
published a summary of the Beta test inputs he has received and the 
preliminary conclusions he has reached about the various new modes he 
created (including ISCAT), the Beta test period for release r1944 is now 
essentially over.

That doesn't mean you have to stop using the modes, but please realize that 
there are MANY bugs and limitations in the r1944 release, and this release 
cannot be relied upon for on-the-ground use as one would rely upon the 
production-level release of a communications product. If you're interested 
in WSJT8, please make sure you are subscribed to the WSJT Group Yahoo! 
board, which is where the most current information will show up first.

Most of the guys who participated in the Beta test have now gone back to 
using the WSJT7 modes, awaiting Joe's next iteration of any or all of these 
new modes. From what he wrote in his summary post, it looks like ISCAT is 
the most likely to see continued development work and eventual release, but 
even that isn't a foregone conclusion.

Bill W5WVO

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From: "Lowell White" <whiteld at usa.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 5:43 PM
To: <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [50mhz] 6M ISCAT

> OK. Thanks Lance & Joe, I appreciate your insights. I had indeed wondered 
> if I
> was picking up beacon activity... thrown a little by "RRR", "OO", an 
> d"OOO"
> prints plus some valid-loking "73 messages" ... though I was suspicious of
> some of the callsigns generated.
>
> I will chalk it up to gaining some experience and mistakenly picking up
> beacons.
>
> 73,
>
> Lowell
> K9LDW
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:22:24 PM CDT
> From: Joe - WDØM <wd0m at wd0m.com>
> To: w7gj at q.comCc: Lowell White <whiteld at usa.net>, 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [50mhz] 6M ISCAT
>
>> Hi Lance and Lowell,
>>
>> Thanks for the info.  I've run 50.260 with WSJT7 before and had good
>> luck on HSMS.  Don't want to step on toes by using that frequency since
>> - I believe - WSJT7 and WSJT8 modes are not compatible.  I'll be out of
>> town for a few days, and when I return I'll give it a try.  Ping Jockey
>> may be the place to go top set up QSOs.
>>
>> 73 all,
>>
>> Joe
>> WDØM
>>
>>
>> On 6/30/2010 3:17 PM, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote:
>> > I suspect those were false decodes caused by either local birdies, QRN
>> > or CW beacons. In the USA, the FCC has restricted 50.000 to 50.100 as
>> > "CW ONLY".  Most digital operation on 6m is currently above 50.230,
>> > and the meteor scatter calling frequency is 50.260.
>> >
>> > That having been said, it is my hope that as ISCAT develops into a
>> > more widely used mode for 6m DXing, it will find its way either into
>> > the existing accepted CW and SSB "DX window" from 50.100 to 50.125, or
>> > perhaps in a new "Digital DX Window" somewhere else (possibly
>> > something like 50.225 to 50.250).
>> >
>> > GL and VY 73, Lance
>> >
>> > On 6/30/2010 8:34 PM, Lowell White wrote:
>> >> Hello Joe&  the group,
>> >>
>> >> I am not sure about that... but it was the only freq where I seemed
>> >> to be
>> >> getting decoding prints to happen. Perhaps someone better versed in
>> >> it can
>> >> indicate if there are preferred frequencies.
>> >>
>> >> 73,
>> >>
>> >> Lowell
>> >> K9LDW
>> >>
>> >> ------ Original Message ------
>> >> Received: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:32:48 PM CDT
>> >> From: Joe - WDØM<wd0m at wd0m.com>
>> >> To: Lowell White<whiteld at usa.net>Cc: 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
>> >> Subject: Re: [50mhz] 6M ISCAT
>> >>
>> >>> I just downloaded the new WSJT program this morning, but haven't 
>> >>> tried
>> >>> ISCAT.  Is 50.012 the typical frequency for operations?  I haven't
>> >>> found
>> >>> that information in the manual or online.
>> >>>
>> >>> 73,
>> >>>
>> >>> Joe
>> >>> WDØM
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 6/30/2010 2:15 PM, Lowell White wrote:
>> >>>> I was quite pleased to try out ISCAT on 6M... seemed to
>> >>>> particularly find
>> >>>> activity on 50.012 (if memory serves) and appear to have copied a 
>> >>>> fair
>> >> number
>> >>>> of stations.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I have text snags of what was copied and some WAV captures (from my
>> >>>> SDR)
>> >>>> though no formal IQ files.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I'll toy with it more as time permits but my initial indications fo
>> >> rISCAT
>> >>>> mode are VERY positive.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Lowell
>> >>>> K9LDW
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
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