[Ham-Mac] What are WSJT modes?

Bob Nielsen nielsen at oz.net
Fri Dec 30 20:36:16 EST 2005


There is some hope--source code is available and there is a version  
for Linux (linwsjt, which also is available as source code).  Of  
course, it would take someone with more computer skills than me to  
turn that into a usable mac app.

Bob N7XY

On Dec 30, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Dick Kriss, AA5VU wrote:

> Dana N1OFZ,
>
> Thanks.  Now the discussion seem to compute and I broke the code on  
> the
> acronym WSJT (Weak Signal plus the suffix of k1JT's call).   
> Interesting web
> page with no joy for Mac users.
>
> Dick AA5VU
>
>
> On 12/30/05 7:15 PM, "N1OFZ" <n1ofz at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>>  From the WSJT page at: http://pulsar.princeton.edu/~joe/K1JT/
>>
>> "WSJT is a computer program for VHF/UHF communication using state of
>> the art digital techniques.  It can decode fraction-of-a-second
>> signals reflected from ionized meteor trails, as well as steady
>> signals more than 10 dB weaker than those required for conventional
>> CW.  One of its operating modes is particularly well optimized for
>> amateur EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) communications.  WSJT is freely
>> available to radio amateurs for non-commercial purposes."
>>
>> WSJT is a software package that supports five principal operating  
>> modes:
>>       FSK441:  for meteor scatter
>>      JT65: for EME and extreme troposcatter
>>      JT6M: for meteor scatter (optimized for 50 MHz)
>>      EME Echo: for measuring your own echoes from the Moon
>>      CW: for EME QSOs using 15 WPM Morse code
>>
>> Dana
>> N1OFZ
>>
>>
>> On Dec 30, 2005, at 8:02 PM, Dick Kriss, AA5VU wrote:
>>
>>> The subject says it all.  I have seen discussions about WSJT modes
>>> but I
>>> have no idea what it stands for or what is meant by WSJT modes?
>>>
>>> Dick AA5VU
>>
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