Re: [wsjt-devel] Proposed FT8 Frequencies for ARRL Field Day

[Bill F. <ae...@ar...>]

On 5/30/19 at 11:17 AM, wsj...@li... (Tim 
Goeppinger via wsjt-devel) wrote:

>I would like to finalize my list of Field Day frequencies, 
>before I publish them in the "FT8 For Field Day"group on 
>Facebook, and elsewhere.  7080 seemed good during our first 
>practice.   These freqs were selected based on the fact that 
>RTTY usage in FD is almost non-existent.  Any major problems 
>with these?
>1840
>3580
>7080
>14080
>21080
>28080
>50318
>144174
>Tim N6GP

Here is the digital breakdown from WVARA (K6EI) last year:

Band   Mode  QSOs
3.5  FT8      2
3.5  PSK3    22
7  FT8     13
7  PSK3    58
14  FT8     11
14  PSK3    50
14  RTTY    17
21  PSK3    24
50  FT8      6
144  FT8      1

I think the RTTY ops will figure out a place to operate, 
probably about xx.084 on most bands. We expect that FT8 will 
almost completely take over from PSK31. With FT8, we won't see, 
"PLEASE COPY SEVEN ALPHA MISSISSIPPI" coming in in text.

73 Bill AE6JV

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