[NLRS] FT-8 Version 2 General Release is now available

[Lloyd - N9LB]

WSJT-X Version 2.0.0 General Release is now available.  

(This includes FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, MSK144, and WSPR.)

 

The new FT8 has several new features; EU VHF Contest, NA VHF Contest, ARRL
Field Day, ARRL RTTY Roundup and RTTY RU.

 

Version 2 is NOT backward compatible with the original 1.x versions of FT8
!!!

Checking the HF bands, about 75% of FT8 stations have already upgraded to
version 2.

 

https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html

 

Also, an updated, after market, FT8 User Guide by Gary Hinson ZL2IFB is
available.  Very graphical, very helpful, to new FT8 operators.

 

http://www.g4ifb.com/FT8_Hinson_tips_for_HF_DXers.pdf

 

73

 

Lloyd - N9LB  EN52hv