[50mhz] 6M ISCAT
Joe - WDØM
wd0m at wd0m.com
Wed Jun 30 20:45:36 EDT 2010
Thanks, Bill - appreciate the information....
73
Joe
WDØM
On 6/30/2010 6:15 PM, Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO wrote:
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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