[600MRG] Modes & Frequencies

[Gedas]

Thanks Eric. Excellent summary. For some reason I just cannot or have 
not fallen in love with slack but more and more groups are adopting it 
so I best get with it and start appreciating it more.

I wonder why we don't just decide to dedicate a small block of frequency 
for digital QSO use away from the stupid lid?  Seems like there is space 
and not being used. There could be a dedicated slice for beacons (WSPR 
etc) then a small section for just CW and then one for digital QSO's 
like FST4-60. I guess there must be some reason it has not happened. I 
just do not like the thought of possibly QRM'ing someone who is running 
WSPR as I try to make a QSO.

Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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On 1/26/2021 1:02 AM, Eric NO3M wrote:
> Current modes in use:
>
> Beaconing, mostly continues with WSPR.  FST4W has met with a lot of 
> resistance for various reasons, including some hardware platforms in 
> which the firmware still only supports WSPR and the majority of 
> receiving stations are still only monitoring WSPR. What stations have 
> used FST4W, the choice of T/R period is generally either 120 or 300.  
> Always hard to tell who is where when... running multiple instances to 
> watch the various modes/variants helps.
>
> For QSO modes, FST4-60 dominates for domestic activity, with some 
> FST4-120.  FST4-120 is the mode of choice for DX operation, ie. NA to 
> EU.  Same dial frequency (474.2 USB) as used for WSPR/FST4W but 
> between 1000 - 1400 Hz audio is typical for either 60 or 120 sec 
> modes.  JT9 is dead by all practical measures.  Most don't go below 
> 1000Hz because of the brain-dead beacon that runs just below 1000Hz.  
> Shorter modes (fst4-30) only seem to pop up when guys are bored.
>
> CW... anywhere below and including 474.5.  474.5 is a popular calling 
> frequency, but regardless of where you call CQ, you'll probably get 
> picked up if there are warm bodies near a receiver... someone will 
> mention your call/freq in slack chat and then a pileup like you're 
> some rare DX... well, not quite, but you get the idea!
>
> SSB also shows up periodically on 476.0 USB, mostly western stations 
> (CO, CA).
>
> Gedas, you already have a Slack chat user login.  No idea how you can 
> recover the login information / password if needed, try sending KB5NJD 
> an Email for assistance.
>
> 73 Eric NO3M
>
>
>
> On 1/26/21 12:10 AM, Gedas wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Mark. Did not know about the slack group. Will check it out.
>>
>> So are you saying that WSPR and the two FST4 variants all occupy the 
>> same frequencies centered around 474.2?
>>
>> I seem to remember several years ago when we operated JT9 (so make 
>> QSO's) we moved to a different frequency off to the side of the WSPR 
>> beacons so we did not interfere with their signals.
>>
>> Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT
>>
>> Gallery athttp://w8bya.com
>> Light travels faster than sound....
>> This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
>> On 1/25/2021 11:16 PM, Mark Lunday wrote:
>>> Gedas
>>>
>>> My latest info from the Slack group says (and I confirmed this by monitoring last fall)
>>>
>>> 474.2 dial frequency
>>>
>>> WSPR
>>> FST4 30 sec T/R (requires WSJTX 2.3.1 RC2)
>>> FST4W (replaced JT9 almost entirely) 300 sec T/R
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure about CW
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
>>> Greensboro, NC  FM06be
>>> wd4elg at arrl.net
>>> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
>>> SKCC #16439  FISTS #17972  QRP ARCI #16497
>>
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