Category Archives: FT4

Happy December!

Posted on December 1, 2019 by robert

So little time to complete my 2019 goals.  Only one remains unfinished, but several other things were accomplished.  We shall see. In any event the past couple of months have been nice for me with respect to Ham Radio.  I’ve … Continue reading →

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How rare is 5BDXCC – Part 2

Posted on October 8, 2019 by robert

I received a nice note from Sharon Taratula, the Awards Manager at the ARRL today.  She mentioned that the 5BDXCC award is so old that it predates computers, so all records are on paper.  She also indicated that the most … Continue reading →

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Seven to go on FT4 WAS

Posted on August 22, 2019 by robert

At this point, what remains is DE, ME, NE, NM, NY, SC, WV.  I have worked at least two stations from those states.  None have confirmed in LotW, or if they have, used “DATA” as the mode rather than “FT4”.  … Continue reading →

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FT4 WAS Underway

Posted on August 18, 2019 by robert

With the recent updates to WSJT-X and JTAlert, making FT-4 mainstream, I noticed a lot of activity on 14.080.  So I figured I would join in the fun and try to get WAS completed on FT-4.  I’m getting closer, having … Continue reading →

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11K QSOs in LotW

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Bob Beatty

I hit 11,000 QSOs entered into LotW today after spending the time to update to the latest versions of HRD, WSJT-X, and JTAlert. HRD still doesn’t deal with the way the ARRL chose to acknowledge FT4 QSOs (using a submode … Continue reading →

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First FT4 QSO

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Bob Beatty

I finally bit the bullet and installed WSJT-X version 2.1.0-rc5  I figured why let everyone else have all the fun!  (I can admit that debugging new software can be a huge time investment). Anyway, installation went fine, but you must … Continue reading →

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