Unfortunately this will not solve the proliferation of FT8 use / abuse in a
contest but rather it will enhance it and it's effects will turn the other
3 bottom 4 bands into the same wasteland as 6m.
Not for me....no thanks!
Fred
K1FMS
On Sat, Nov 9, 2024, 8:54 AM Roger Rehr via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting@contesting.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> The WSJT modes have been an exciting and revolutionary addition to our
> amateur radio armamentarium. They have allowed us to make contacts that
> would be impossible without them.
>
> An unfortunate side effect of their use in some contests (e.g. the ARRL
> January, June, and September VHF Contests) is that it has become
> difficult to pull folks away from FT8 on one band, particularly on 50
> MHz, to make digital or analog contacts on other bands.
>
> Because of the above, a new WSJT-X Message System is under development.
> The system is specially designed for VHF/UHF/SHF applications, but is
> now also suitable for general use. It is based on a messaging algorithm
> proposed by W4ZST in 2021 for the NA VHF Contest to invite your QSO
> partner to QSY to another QRG or mode.
>
> A first prototype is ready for testing now in the latest release of
> wjst-x_improved, and if the system proves successful, it will likely be
> introduced in plain WSJT-X with a future Release Candidate 8.
>
> With this new system, generating these request messages requires just a
> few mouse clicks and no typing. When WSJT-X-improved receives such a
> request message it generates a pop-up indicating the requested frequency
> and mode and gives the recipient the opportunity to reply "yes" or "no"
> to the request. When the requestor's instance of WSJT-X-improved
> receives an affirmative or negative reply it generates a pop-up
> indicating that response.
>
> A Windows installer and a pdf file describing how to use the messaging
> system are available on SourceForge at
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt-x-improved/files/WSJT-X_v2.7.1/Test%20versions%20%28WSJT-X%20Message%20System%29/
>
> as is a png image file that shows at a single glance how everything works.
>
> wsjt-x_improved is an enhanced version of the excellent WSJT-X software
> by Joe Taylor K1JT, Steve Franke K9AN, Bill Somerville G4WJS, Uwe Risse
> DG2YCB, and others. Uwe is the project leader for wsjt-x_improved as
> well as being one of the members of the core WSJT Development group.
>
> If you try this new version of wsjt-X_improved and have questions
> regarding the use of the messaging system, feel free to email me for
> help. If you have questions or comments that you feel would be of
> interest to / helpful to other users, please consider posting them to
> either the wsjt-x-improved-community mailing list or the WSJT GROUP
> forum. You can sign up for the former at:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt-x-improved/lists/wsjt-x-improved-community
> and for the latter at:
> https://groups.io/g/wsjtgroup
>
> Thanks to Dick Frey W2AAU and the N.E.W.S. Group club members, whose
> discussions spurred the development of this messaging system!
>
> 73,
>
> Roger Rehr
> W3SZ
>
>
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