Re: [wsjt-devel] New FT8 Frequencies?

[Randall H. <rha...@gm...>]

How about using the JT 9 space since there is almost no one using it



Thanks so

On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 14:19 Rich - K1HTV <k1...@co...> wrote:

> *As we all know, when bands are open, it is not unusual to find the
> standard FT8 frequencies packed, end-to-end with stations. The waterfall is
> full of dozens of QSOs and many more dozens of stations calling others.
> There is no doubt that with the super success of the FT8 mode, it is
> imperative that additional frequency “Channels” within each HF band be
> identified for not only the new DXpedition mode, but more importantly for
> normal day to day FT8 operations. Although the number of JT65 users has
> greatly dwindled, there are still many of them using the mode on HF, so
> these frequencies and their JT65 users should be left alone.*
>
>
> *The same holds for PSK31 and its army of Hams who like its rag chew
> capabilities that the FT8 and JT65 modes can’t provide. Then there is, on a
> normal weekday, a vast wasteland of the 14.080 to 14.099 RTTY band. When
> you tune across that frequency range during the week, rarely do you hear
> more than a few RTTY signals, while at the same time, packed into 2 KHz,
> many dozens of FT8 stations can be heard working each other. The only times
> that the RTTY band comes alive is during weekend RTTY contests and during
> DXpeditions to countries that RTTY users need to work for digital DXCC.
> DXpeditions usually operate around the upper 10 KHz of the RTTY
> frequencies. There are around a dozen major RTTY contests spaced throughout
> the year, all scheduled over weekend days.*
>
>
> *A proposal needs to be made to the community of RTTY operators, most of
> whom probably already use FT8, to see if there would be a serious problem
> if some of the present RTTY frequencies could be shared with FT8. These
> might consist of the 4 KHz at the low end of each of the presently used HF
> RTTY bands. Floating the idea on the ‘rttycontesting.com
> <http://rttycontesting.com>’website would be a good place to start.*
>
>
> *The frequencies above the NCDXF HF beacons flagged for digital use, but
> as ‘Packet’ where you probably will find Winlink transmissions, so those
> frequencies probably should be left alone.*
>
>
> *Of course, the final additional FT8 frequencies chosen must adhere to
> Regions 1, 2 & 3 band plans.*
>
>
> *So, where do we start? Time is flying by and the number of FT8 users are
> quickly growing.*
>
>
> *Comments?*
>
> *73,*
>
> *Rich – K1HTV*
>
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