FT-8 Getting Started - Sea-Pac · What is it •Weak signal communication mode invented by K1JT and...
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FT-8
What is it?
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Required Stuff (by the wife)
• KT7G Rick Smith (I have ID)
• First Licensed 1958
•Have been •ZK1TTG,ZK1MA,Cook Islands
• VP5W,Turks & Caicos•V31TB Belize
• K7GDN & Kn7GDN
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What is it • Weak signal communication mode invented by K1JT and friends
at Princeton.
• Joe Taylor, K1JT; Stan Franke, K9AN and Bill Somerville, G4WJS developed a new mode for WSJT-X, FT8 (Frankie-Taylor design, 8 FSK modulation) released on June 29, 2017
• Who is K1JT? • Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. is an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize in Physics
laureate for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation." Wikipedia
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Important characteristics of FT-8
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Error correcting mode
• The message includes 12 bits of CRC code. • Short story; a calculation is done on the message, if the receiving party’s calculation does not match, it is rejected.
FEC ; Forward Error Correction; The Result is that if it is not correct, You will not see it.
RTTY is not; Sometimes called “ Spray and Pray”. You may see some fiction with RTTY as various callers overlap and cancel each other.
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The ones that we care about
•T/r Sequence length = 15 seconds
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•4 time periods in each minute. •You are on 00 & 30•Or 15 & 45 • The program takes care of that, when you call or answer somebody.
T/R sequence length = 15 seconds
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The ones that we care about
• T/r Sequence length = 15 seconds
•Transmission duration = 13.48 seconds
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Transmission Duration:=13.48 seconds
• The decoding takes almost 14 of the 15 seconds allowed.
• Auto sequencing is important, you can’t push the mouse button fast enough to get it the first time.
• If you start a time period late, you may not be decoded on anything less than 14 seconds!
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The ones that we care about
• T/r Sequence length = 15 seconds
• Transmission duration = 13.48 seconds
•Occupied bandwidth= 47HZ
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BANDWIDTH
MY
TXMY
RX
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Occupied Bandwidth : 47hz
• IF You have picked 1850
• SAY YOU USE 1850 to 1897 for your transmission.• like the guy at 1804, Who is using 1804-1851 …
• Has the potential to prevent you from getting through.
4 hz away CQ starts
Calling cq on 1807
He is 4-6 db louder than the one I want to work…..
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Nobody WinsThe 4 digit number “Freq” is Hertz, not channels If someone shows up within 50 of the one you are trying to work, things get difficult, The stronger signal wipes out the weaker one!
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What is on the screens?
UTC TIME diff HZ ABOVE MAIN = 14076
Typical Contact
Signal strength in db
If your call is in the line, it will display
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Time Sync is very important
• I use Dimension 4.
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BIG PICTURE
THE WHOLE BANDWIDTH WINDOW
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Upper Left (full BW)
These 2 will interfere with each other!
Time period separator
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LOWER LEFTONCE = RIGHT SCREEN
TWICE= BOTH
NO!
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PRESET START FREQUENCIES
Pulldown menu also has 6 M,
not shown
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Actual frequency in Log
2500 was tx freq
7074 Plus 2500 hz is 7.0765
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LOWER RIGHT
Very important
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Turn the Radio on, before you start the program!
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Three programs for FT8 session
•Wsjt-x version 2 or better, open after the radio is on….
• JTALERTX: Facilitates logging to some logging programs, alerts, preset by you.
• Logging program: takes care of LOTW, EQSL, QRZ, CLUBLOG
• Time sync will start when you boot the computer
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VIP Very Important Points1. Keep your tx out of the crowd, Watch the
graph!
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VIP Very Important Points
2. Watch Green Rcv graph, keep it green!
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VIP Very Important Points
•3. Don’t over power, this is not a pileup!
• If you are getting (greater than +1) >+1 signal reports, it is too much.
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VIP Very Important Points
•4. Help your computer to keep time!
• The DT column should be 0.something.•
• I use Dimension 4 • http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/download.htm
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Links• https://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html
• http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/download.htm
• https://hamapps.com/ JTALERT-X
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5pcUNII68o Jtalertx
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MORE LINKS • Very good everything you might want to know document.
• https://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/FT8_Operating_Tips.pdf
W1JT’s Quick start guide.https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Quick_Start_WSJT-X_2.0.pdf
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Any Questions?
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