Tag: ft8call
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JS8Call JS8 On Air Party
Hello Operators I just wanted to share with you an upcoming event, organised by Jordan KN4CRD, the genius behind the Magnificent app JS8Call. first if you haven’t already done so please subscribe to the JS8Call channel on Youtube. JS8 QSO Party When: Friday, 19 October 2018 10:00pm to Monday, 22 October 2018 12:00am (GMT+01:00) Europe/London…
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Global JS8Call Network
Hello Operators Sometimes I wonder if it’s obvious to other operators, why I’m so interested in JS8Call. Certainly I am no fan boy, but I think credit should be given where credit is due. Jordan KN4CRD has done an an amazing job, bringing us this magnificent “new” way of communicating in Amateur radio. This is…
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Importance of a Clean Digital Signal
Hello Operators Todays topic is overdriving our digital modes audio, and the effects it has on other operators trying to use the same band. I don’t want to spend a lot of time on this, but it’s important to point out a few things. Each digital mode has a certain amount of bandwidth. For example,…
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40 Meters JS8Call FT8Call
Hello Operators Operating at higher latitudes can be a unique experience. Certainly the best way to get one signal out into the world is with an array of yagis on a big tower, but that’s not the only way. Today I reconfigured the end fed from Inverted Lazy L, to end fed sloping vee. The…
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JS8Call FT8Call for Grid Down Communications?
Hello Operators Recently my buddy Gil F4WBY the Radio Prepper, sent a text letting me know he could hear my station on 20m. Although it was an impromtu QSO, I wanted to take the opportunity to open the discussion regarding FT8Call for Grid Down communications, after a disaster. Even if this post isn’t what you…
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JS8Call FT8CALL News 19 September 2018
Hello Operators This message was posted by Jordan KN4CRD in the groups.io forum. I thought it was incredibly important to get this message read, by as many operators as possible, so I’m reposting it here. Howdy folks! We’ve just surpassed 5000 testers of FT8Call! I’ve heard of some really great QSOs happening and hope there…
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JS8Call FT8CALL update for eye strain/relief
Amateur radio developers often develop from a functional perspective, but sometimes forget the user perspective. For some of us, staring into the typical white background of apps is like staring into a powerful light bulb. Personally this means having to wear sunglasses or other dampeners to attenuate the pain caused by apps having no facilities…
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New version of JS8Call FT8CALL released
Hello Operators Jordan has published new builds for FT8CALL to the main group. Here are the details for this release. Alright. Enough jib-jab. Here are the notable changes in 0.6: * Version 0.6 is not backwards compatible with 0.5 so you should upgrade ASAP. * FT8Call has a new icon! * Retransmit (|) and Alert…
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APRS OVER JS8Call FT8CALL?
Hello Operators FT8CALL 0.5.2 was released a couple of days ago and there’s a magnificent new feature I want to tell you all about. A tutorial was just published on the FT8Call YouTube channel, providing instructions on how to send your GPS position, to the APRS network, using FT8Call. Many of us were involved in…
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QRP Experiment with JS8Call FT8Call
Hello operators. We all understand how efficient FT8 is. I believe no one says anything to the contrary. At least from my perspective not being able to have a full-on keyboard to keyboard chat with someone using FT8, was sometimes frustrating. Even more frustrating is being told no one would ever want to do more…
