[TVARC] FT8 during ARRL Field Day

Sat Mar 17 15:17:37 EDT 2018

I agree with you John. With cooperation between ARRL and WSJT developer, this will be easily solved. It would be nice to add that mode to field day. Easy to use and prone to almost no errors. Plus, FT-8 gets through when most other modes fail. Sounds great. 

Frank KA1AF 

Have a Great Day

> On Mar 17, 2018, at 11:18 AM, John Ellis <john.np2b at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,   
> 
> With the explosive interest in FT-8, 
> I am sure the ARRL is going to come 
> out with a recommended format for 
> using FT-8 on Field Day! 
> 
> I am going to send Bart Jahnke, the 
> ARRL Contest Manager, an e-mail to 
> that effect - since some clubs are going 
> to want to start educating their members 
> on this!   
> 
> Should be fun!   
> 
> 73,   
> J / NP2B 
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>> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Cal Fuhrman <calfuhrman7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> One of the laptops is in use for the current General Licensing class. 
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>> Cal - WA3CTZ
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>> From: John Ellis
>> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:21 AM
>> To: Rich Erlichman
>> Cc: Villages Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [TVARC] FT8 during ARRL Field Day
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>> I have found that if the station initiating 
>> 
>> a CQ gives an unrecognizable grid square, 
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>> that the WSJT-X software does not want to 
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>> deal with it.  Thus, substituting 2A-NFL for 
>> 
>> EL98 might be a problem. However, I'll bet 
>> 
>> the software guru's could easily find a "work-
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>> around" for that. 
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>> I don't think we need to worry about the new 
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>> DXpedition mode however. While K4VRC is 
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>> a "desirable" station, I don't think we will be 
>> 
>> that "desirable." ☺   
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>> I have a extra Tarheel screwdriver antenna 
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>> with a base and controller which we could 
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>> easily set up somewhere. Also doesn't the 
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>> club have 2 laptop computers with Win 10 on 
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>> them? I know Education has one, I thought 
>> 
>> we had another. If so, we could put FT-8 on 
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>> that, set up one of the club's rigs and do a 
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>> "dry run" sometime well before Field Day and 
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>> have it ready to run at a moments notice.  
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>> Does anyone know if the Club owns a second 
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>> Win 10 laptop and if so, where it is? 
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>> 73,   
>> 
>> John, NP2B 
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>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 11:02 PM, Rich Erlichman <rich.erlichman at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The GOTA station does not cost us a Number of Transmitter category; it is a “freebee”. Since we may have enough interested FT8 operators, we may be able to justify the class 2A operation (as Pete suggested), with the additional GOTA station not being time shared.
>> 
>> I have read reports that N1MM+ already
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>> I am running v1.9 WSJT-X for FT8. When using the DXpedition mode, requires the other station to also be on v1.9. and as Ed stated, it is easy to edit the canned macro messages and change the report exchange to read as the FD exchange.
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>> 73,
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>> Rich, ND4G
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>> From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George Briggs
>> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 9:30 AM
>> To: 'Villages Reflector'
>> Subject: Re: [TVARC] FT8 during ARRL Field Day
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>>  
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>> Perhaps.
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>> We will have to decide whether we want a GOTA-like station available the whole time.
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>> For those of you new to Field Day, the GOTA station (Get On The Air) is intended for
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>> hams who are new to ham radio or who have never made a contact on the HF bands.
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>> It is very low stress, low pressure, and there will be an experienced ham helping the
>> 
>> newbie.  It gives you an opportunity to gain some on-the-air experience.
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>>  
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>> 73,
>> 
>> George K2DM
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>> From: K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com>
>> To: 'George Briggs' <k2dm at att.net>; 'Villages Reflector' <tvarc at mailman.qth.net> 
>> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 8:25 AM
>> Subject: RE: [TVARC] FT8 during ARRL Field Day
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>> Would be then contemplate going to class 2A?  Maybe splitting time between the FT8 station (which requires much less power) and GOTA?
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>> Pete, K2PS
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>> From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George Briggs
>> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 8:09 AM
>> To: Villages Reflector
>> Subject: [TVARC] FT8 during ARRL Field Day
>> 
>>  
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>> At last night's meeting I said I would find out if we could use FT8 during Field Day.
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>> The answer is yes!  All digital modes are allowed.
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>> All we have to do is figure out how to send and receive the Field Day exchange,
>> 
>> which is category and section.  OK all you FT8ers, how we gonna do that?
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>> 73,
>> 
>> George K2DM
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