[SFDXA] NEWS - CROZET 2022 - update

[Eric Spero]

Hi All,
Want to make a slight correction, FT8WW is using MSHV, which is a cloned 
version of WSJT-X, but with some changes, like it can be run fully 
automated, which is against the FCC rules, we licensed by the FCC have 
to be at the controls of our stations when making a contact.

When trying to make a contact with FT8WW.....
You do *not* want to be in Hound mode while calling FT8WW, if you are in 
hound mode it force you to TX on the ODD cycle, and  that will be on the 
same TX cycle as FT8WW. You need to be in Normal FT8 mode. Insure you 
have TX on*Even *Checked for TX for a contact with FT8WW.  He has always 
been TX on ODD cycle since he started.

I made a ATNO with him within the 1st hour he want active and saw he was 
TX on the odd cycle. I asked Thierry on Crozet IS and his manager Paul 
in France if he could change his TX cycle to Even, just a click of one 
check box in MSHV, and he would then be on the same cycle  like a Fox 
does in Fox/ Hound mode in WSJT-x Doing this would prevent lots of hams 
in hound mode TX on the wrong cycle. FT8WW refused to make this change, 
I was told: Hams should know how to operate FT8! 🙁  Oh well, I tried, 
....You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.

We have told hams to use hound mode to make DX contacts in a DX 
expedition, but this DX expedition to Crozet happens to be an exception 
to the rules that we started with FT8 mode with Joe Taylor's defaults in 
WSJT-x.

3YOJ Bouvet IS, Dx expedition, will be using Fox and Hound with WSJT-x, 
We have been in contact with them to insure they have the newest 
released Version to operate with,  so all should be normal FT8 Fox/Hound 
operations when they are on the air.

Happy NEW YEAR
Best of 73s

Eric/wa1sxk
Beta tester WSJT-X

Eric S.
cfogri1 at aol.com

On 12/30/2022 3:17 PM, Fred Lindeman via SFDXA wrote:
> Anybody going to the club station to chase this DX? If so who and when?
> Fred
> Kb4ee
> 954-214-3061
>
>> On Dec 30, 2022, at 11:11 AM, Randy Shirley <wil9926 at bellsouth.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Bill for the news update.
>>
>> For those who need Crozet.. (I'm sure there are a few) FT8WW has been 
>> spotted pretty regularly on 30 meters FT8 on 10131.0.  He is also now 
>> being spotted on 20 meters.
>>
>> He is running MSHV software (not sure what that is) not WSJT.  For a 
>> while he was transmitting in the ODD sequence which created a 
>> problem.  It looked like he is running Fox and Hound mode, since he 
>> has 3 streams running, and many folks were using F&H mode which 
>> forced them to transmit in the ODD sequence.  This was causing many 
>> guys to call and call on his sequence which has been a problem.  He 
>> is now (according to QRZ) transmitting on EVEN sequence which should 
>> help that problem.
>>
>> Be patient.. this is a one man operation and operating time is 
>> limited.  He is workable in the evenings on 30 meters.  If you want 
>> to get a feel for his operating habits, go to DXSummit and search his 
>> call for spots.
>>
>> Good luck guys!
>>
>> Very 73,
>> Randy N4QV
>>
>>
>> On 12/29/2022 2:07 PM, Bill wrote:
>>> English in blue.
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