08-03-2022, 03:25 PM
Digital contacts in contests - secrets revealed!
In the upcoming issue of Amateur Radio magazine, Issue 2 for 2022, our Meteor Scatter Report columnist, Dr Kevin Johnston VK4UH, reveals how to set up WSJT-X to make successful MS contacts during contests.
In the past, the most common digital modes employed ". . highly structured and very inflexible formats . . that were not directly compatible with contest reporting . . ", he says. While it was possible in MSK144 and FT8 to make the required exchange(s), it ". . was difficult, frustrating and slow . .", needing ". . a lot of manual entry . .", Kevin explains. Sound familiar?
With the latest WSJT-X, he details a step-by-step procedure to set up the software that overcomes the past drawbacks completely.
It's in Amateur Radio magazine, Issue 2 for 2022, in your mailbox or nearby newsagents from 17 March.
Cheers, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH
Editor in Chief, Amateur Radio magazine
In the upcoming issue of Amateur Radio magazine, Issue 2 for 2022, our Meteor Scatter Report columnist, Dr Kevin Johnston VK4UH, reveals how to set up WSJT-X to make successful MS contacts during contests.
In the past, the most common digital modes employed ". . highly structured and very inflexible formats . . that were not directly compatible with contest reporting . . ", he says. While it was possible in MSK144 and FT8 to make the required exchange(s), it ". . was difficult, frustrating and slow . .", needing ". . a lot of manual entry . .", Kevin explains. Sound familiar?
With the latest WSJT-X, he details a step-by-step procedure to set up the software that overcomes the past drawbacks completely.
It's in Amateur Radio magazine, Issue 2 for 2022, in your mailbox or nearby newsagents from 17 March.
Cheers, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH
Editor in Chief, Amateur Radio magazine