Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X - E.O.L.?

[Takehiko T. <ja...@ou...>]

Joe,


Greeting from nice weather weekend just before rainy season here in Japan.


I am fine with your comment if you "WSJT developer team" has already 
being working for next generation format, such as sensitivity and fading 
performance of FT8 (15 Second format) to be compatible with WSPR (one 
minutes format).


Regards,


take


de JA5AEA


On 2025/06/07 0:42, Joseph Taylor via wsjt-devel wrote:
> Hi Jim, K9YC:
>
> You write here of "major errors," "massive failures," "developers 
> living in their own world," "failing to consult with other users of 
> the spectrum," etc., etc.
>
> You write: "The major error that developers made way back when, and 
> CONTINUE to make, is to chew up way too much spectrum by spacing 
> watering holes with excessive spacing, and by... "
>
> We (developers of the digital protocols in WSJT and its sister 
> programs) have never dictated any band usage plans or unilaterally set 
> any rules for particular frequencies.  On the contrary, we've always 
> emphasized that such plans must be community decisions. We have sought 
> wide input before making even tentative recommendations for a dial 
> frequency for exercising a potential new mode. I could be wrong, but I 
> don't recall that you ever responded to any of these requests for 
> input, when we made them.
>
> Chewing up "way too much spectrum" ???  The 3 kHz slices of spectrum 
> used for most FT8 and FT4 activity on the HF bands are on the order of 
> one percent of our allocated spectrum on most HF bands. WSPR uses an  
> order of magnitude less still.  The consensus "way back when" was that 
> something like 10 kHz spacing between (say) initially recommended 3 
> kHz slices for FT8 and FT4 made good sense because usage patterns 
> suggested increased future occupancy and a likely need for the 
> conventional sub-bands to grow somewhat.
>
> Suggestions for better band plans could be useful.  Why not produce 
> some, rather than  issuing broadside complaints with the implications 
> that you would have done it better?
>
>     -- 73, Joe, K1JT
>
>
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