[wsjt-devel] Release candidate: WSJT-X 2.4.0-rc1

[Joe T. <jo...@pr...>]

We are pleased to announce availability of a release candidate for 
WSJT-X 2.4.0, introducing a new digital mode called Q65.  Timing of this 
release is unusual as it follows so closely the General Availability 
(GA) release of WSJT-X 2.3.0.  This timing anomaly occurs because 
development of new modes FST4 and FST4W (in v2.3.0) and Q65 (in 2.4.0) 
took place in parallel.

Q65 is designed for making two-way QSOs over especially difficult 
propagation paths such as troposcatter, ionospheric scatter, rain 
scatter, EME, and other types fast-fading signals.  Full details about 
Q65 submodes and their capabilities are provided in the Quick-Start 
Guide to Q65, available here:

https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Q65_Quick_Start.pdf

The main User Guide has not yet been updated with documentation for Q65. 
  Use the Quick-Start Guide, in the meantime.

Links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh are 
available here:
http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
Scroll down to find "Candidate release:  WSJT-X 2.4.0-rc1".

You can also download the packages from our SourceForge site:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/files/
It may take a short time for the SourceForge site to be updated.

WSJT-X is licensed under the terms of Version 3 of the GNU General 
Public License (GPL).  Development of this software is a cooperative 
project to which many amateur radio operators have contributed.  If you 
use our code, please have the courtesy to let us know about it.  If you 
find bugs or make improvements to the code, please report them to us in 
a timely fashion.

We hope you will enjoy using this beta release of WSJT-X 2.4.0 and 
exercising the new mode Q65.  Please report on your Q65 experiences, 
successful and otherwise, on one of the WSJT forums.  Bugs should be 
reported by following instructions found here in the User Guide:

https://www.physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.4.0-rc1.html#_bug_reports

   -- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Bill, G4WJS; Steve, K9AN; and Nico, IV3NWV