[TVARC] Using WSJT/FT8 for FT8WW

Fri Dec 30 08:31:23 EST 2022

Another hint from the Quad Cities.

He’s running MHSV because he has several contacts at one time like
Fox/Hound but I worked him with WSJT-X.  My contact was on 20M and had to
point the beam Long path to hear him.

DXNEWS.com has been updated with his latest data I found helpful.

Double click WSJT-X “TX-1” box to disable sending your gridsquare.

Only transmit when you see him coming back to other people.

Deselect TX even/1st box (the DX will be transmitting on the first)

Don’t call him on his frequency (he’s normally around 500, I got him at
2400)

Make sure your PC clock is accurate.

Oh man, just looked you up on qrz, I thought you were a new HAM and I was
trying to help. You’ve been at this much longer than I.

Good luck es 73

Mark N9EA

On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 12:01 PM Marty Santic <marty.santic at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From my DX club back up north.
>
> Please read
> If you’re try to work FT8WW
> No sense in calling him if you’re not decoding him.
>
> *From:* Tom - NY0V <tnvinson1 at gmail.com>
> *Date:* December 26, 2022 at 5:17:28 PM CST
> *To:* Eastern Iowa DX Association <
> eastern-iowa-dx-association at googlegroups.com>
> *Subject:* *[eastern-iowa-dx-association] Working FT8WW / Crozet*
>
> 
> FT8WW is now operating from Crozet, the #3 most needed entity. He has been
> coming up on 10131kHz FT8 in using the MSHV software and is Tx on the odd
> sequence, ie 15/45, not the even sequence of 00/30. Big deal? Kinda.
>
> The problem is that many of the chasers are setting up WSJT-X in the Fox
> and Hound mode. In that mode, you can only TX on the 15/45 odd sequence as
> the Hound. It is difficult to understand why guys continue to call FT8WW in
> this set up when they obviously are not copying him since he is also TX on
> the 15/45 odd sequence!
>
> For those not familiar with MSHV, you MUST NOT be in the F/H mode when the
> DX is TX during the odd 15/45 sequence. Switch to regular FT-8 and, in this
> case, make sure you check the "TX Even/ 1st" box on the main dashboard.
> Also, since MSHV is not F/H, you can indeed TX below 1000Hz. Just make
> certain you are not close to, or on top of, the DX. Of course, if the DX is
> in true F/H mode, then you MUST TX above 1000Hz or the DX will simply not
> even see you.
>
> Good Luck chasing FT8WW. For us in W0, when FT8WW is on 20m (14085) around
> 14 or 15z, you may find he is LP. He has been very workable both on 30 and
> 20m thus far.
>
> 73 Tom, NY0V
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 7:54 AM George Briggs <k2dm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Rusty.
>>
>> Way to go.
>>
>> What’s MSHV?
>>
>>
>>
>> George
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> *From: *w3us at casa-aloha.net
>> *Sent: *Monday, December 26, 2022 9:29 PM
>> *To: *Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Subject: *Re: [TVARC] Anyone Seeing FT8WW?
>>
>>
>>
>> He’s on 10.131 right now.  up to -15 with three decodes per cycle.  Go
>> for it!
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Dec 26, 2022, at 21:26, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > I haven't "heard" them either.  But props and congrats to Rusty!
>>
>> >
>>
>> > 73, Pete, K2PS
>>
>> >
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>>
>> > From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
>>
>> > Behalf Of w3us at casa-aloha.net
>>
>> > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2022 7:41 PM
>>
>> > To: <k2te at juno.com> <k2te at juno.com>
>>
>> > Cc: TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
>>
>> > Subject: Re: [TVARC] Anyone Seeing FT8WW?
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Yes, Ed, FT8WW has been on 10.131 FT8 the past three evenings with
>> really
>>
>> > good signals.  I worked him last night at 0309Z.   Thierry is working
>> MSHV,
>>
>> > NOT F/H.  Last night I copied as many as six transmissions in one cycle
>> as
>>
>> > he worked down the pile up.  Between 0200Z-0300Z he was exclusively
>> working
>>
>> > southern NA, northern SA, and the Caribbean, so I figured it was just a
>>
>> > matter of time.  Good luck!
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Rusty - W3US
>>
>> >
>>
>> >> On Dec 26, 2022, at 19:32, <k2te at juno.com> <k2te at juno.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> I'm wondering if anyone in TVARC has had any luck seeing FT8WW on FT8,
>>
>> >> let alone getting him.  The lidfests on 20 and 30 meters certainly
>>
>> >> don't help with all the RF clutter from stations transmitting the same
>>
>> >> time as FT8WW.  I have yet to see a random burp from him.
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> FT8W is the rarest DXCC I've ever worked in my pre-TV days.  I have
>>
>> >> one QSO on SSB and the almighty QSL.  Even P5 was easier, having
>>
>> >> worked it on SSB and RTTY - on the same day, no less, hi.
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> Good luck to all chasing him for a real Christmas present.
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> 73 de Ed
>>
>> >>
>>
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