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RE: Beacons - VK4AQJ - 28-11-2018
Actually I can see one problem, and that is the JT modes go obsolete very quickly. I was trying to find something that would decode JT65A on the VK4RTT beacon, and the WSJT-x suite has long abandoned that mode. Of course you could find a really old version of the software.
WSPR is great, but a new version is coming out in December that is not backwards compatible. Unless you have people keeping the software updated, you'll end up with a series of tones that nobody can decode.
What seemed like a great idea in 2015 may well be defunct in 2018.
RE: Beacons - OZ2M - 28-11-2018
Hi
Well, the PI-RX program has been able to decode PI4 since March 2013: http://rudius.net/oz2m/ngnb/pi4.htm Since a couple of years MSHV has had a PI4 decoder too. More than half of all digital beacons in Europe use the PI4 + CW + carrier sequence.
Bo
RE: Beacons - VK7HH - 28-11-2018
(28-11-2018, 07:15 AM)VK4AQJ Wrote: WSPR is great, but a new version is coming out in December that is not backwards compatible.
Actually if you read this post -
https://ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=684&pid=2878#pid2878
and the WSPR version 2.0 as Peter suggests you do in that post, you will notice that the new version affects FT8 and MSK144 operation.
"WSJT-X 2.0 introduces no significant changes to any of the modes JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, Echo, or FreqCal"
RE: Beacons - OZ2M - 04-12-2018
Hello
If you happen to be a member of the RSGB you can watch a video of my presentation at the RSGB 2018 Convention here: https://rsgb.org/main/publications-archives/video/rsgb-convention-lectures/rsgb-2018-convention-lectures/ among other videos.
RE: Beacons - OZ2M - 25-05-2019
Hi
The before-mentioned presentation is now available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFcCncceSN4
Bo