For those of you using FT8, you may have noticed that sometimes you’re trying to work a station whose time offsets (DT) are much more than the typical 0.1 or 0.2. 

Well, I had that situation in trying to work 3B7M, whose offset was 1.2.  So I dug into possible solutions and came up with a little program by W9MDB called TimeFudge.

Look up W9MDB on QRZ.com and somewhere down his detailed page you’ll find the link to TimeFudge where you can download the latest.  I would suggest not going to other download links you may come across.

Windows may give you a caution against the download, but you can override by asking for “More info,” I think it said.  Then you can “Run Anyway.”

A little window will pop up that allows you to specify exactly what offset to your system clock you want.  Just click on the Fudge button, and it will immediately change the DT you view in the WSJT program. 

Good luck all!

73, Pete, K2PS

Don’t forget to change it back after you’ve worked the guy!