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FT8 Roundup Rules
1. Objective: Amateurs worldwide contact and exchange QSO information with other amateurs using FT8 on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands. Any station may work any other station. Stations may be worked once per band. Participants must use WSJT-X version 2.0, release candidate RC4 or later, to ensure they are able to transmit and receive the exchange messages the event requires. See Rule 7 for more details.

2. Date and Contest Period: First full weekend of December. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 2359 UTC Sunday (December 1-2, 2018).

2.1. No entrant may operate more than 24 hours out of the 30-hour contest period.

2.2. The six hours of off time must be taken in no more than two blocks.

3. Entry Categories:

3.1. Single Operator: 100 watts transmitter output or less.

3.1.1. All entrants are allowed only one transmitted signal at any given time. (SO2R is allowed but you cannot transmit on both radios during the same cycle.) Anyone found to be transmitting two signals at the same time will be reclassified as Checklog.

3.2. Multioperator: 100 watts transmitter output or less.

3.2.1 Includes those that receive assistance with logging or relief operators, etc.

3.2.2 Multioperator stations are limited to 6 band changes (maximum) in any clock hour.

3.2.3 The clock hour is from zero through 59 minutes.

3.2.4 Band changes are defined so that, for example, a change from 20 meters 15 meters and then back to 20 meters constitutes two band changes.

3.2.5. All entrants are allowed only one transmitted signal at any given time.

4. Exchange:

4.1. United States: Signal report and State.

4.2. Canada: Signal report and Province.

4.3. DX: Signal report and consecutive serial number, starting with 001.

5. Scoring:

5.1. QSO Points: Count one point for each completed QSO.

5.2. Multipliers: Each US state (except KH6 and KL7) plus the District of Columbia (DC), Canadian provinces/territories: NB (VE1, 9), NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT (VE8), NF (VO1), LB (VO2), NU (VYØ), YT (VY1), PEI (VY2) and each DXCC country. KH6 and KL7 count only as separate DXCC entities.

5.2.1. Multipliers count only once (not once per band).

5.2.2. The US and Canada do not count as DXCC entities.

6. Reporting:

6.1. 7-Day Deadline: All entries must be postmarked or uploaded by 2359 UTC December 9, 2018.

6.2. Logs in Cabrillo format format must be emailed to ft8-ru@cqww.com.

6.3. The Cabrillo entries include the header and the complete QSO list.

7. Miscellaneous: Participants must use WSJT-X version 2.0 RC4 or later to ensure they are able to transmit and receive the exchange messages the event requires. Unattended operation is not permitted. Utilizing QSO/macro automations is not permitted. Fox-and-Hounds mode is not permitted (each contact must be carried out in a one-to-one mode.)

It is highly recommended that you read the WSJT-X 2.0 Quick Start Guide before operating the contest.

Suggested frequencies are 3.590-3.600, 7.080-7.100, 14.130-14.150, 21.130-21.150 and 28.160-28.200 MHz. Set the WSJT-X dial frequency to a multiple of 2 kHz, for example 7.082 MHz.

Note: The WSJT-X development team proposes that run stations should select integral multiples of 200 Hz as their audio transmit frequencies and check the TX EVEN/1ST box. Search and-pounce (S+P) stations should call at frequencies 0, 60, or 120 Hz above the run frequency. The WSJT-X user interface has tools to make these settings easy. Tap your
F3 or F5 keyboard keys to see concise lists of relevant keyboard and mouse shortcuts.

8. Awards: Certificates will be awarded to all participants and can be downloaded online when available.

Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc4

ついに!

 WSJTXがrc4になってしまいました。

 とにかく大きく変わったのは

 - Remove all support for the legacy FT8 protocol

 と言う事で以前の?1.9の?FT8は消えたと言う事です。

 散々楽しませてくれたJoeさんへのお礼に一刻でも早く古いFT8をなくすことでしょう。

 今日からは2000Hzより上でrc4で出ていますのでお会いしましょう。

田村文史郎/JA5FNX

Forwarded by Bunshiro Tamura
———————– Original Message ———————–
From: Joe Taylor
To: WSJT software development
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:17:06 -0500
Subject: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc4
—-

A fourth candidate release (“RC4”) of WSJT-X 2.0 is now available for
download and use by beta testers.

Changes in RC4 relative to RC3 include the following:

– Fix the “cannot open file fort.81” bug
– Avoid too many redirect loops related to openSSL support
– Fix the auto-generated messages for nonstandard callsigns
– Remove all support for the legacy FT8 protocol
– Disallow selecting MSK144 with RTTY or Field Day messages active
– Correct and expand support for color highlighting decoded messages
– ESC key aborts a QSO, clears DX Call, and selects Tx6
– Disable “nextCall” procedure for RTTY contest; it still needs work
– Correct a flaw in handling MSK144 Sh messages
– Prevent Fox from inadvertently toggling Tx 1st/Even
– Re-organize the Fox/Hound/Contest selection boxes
– Improve the validators for contest exchange boxes
– Disable Tx after 5 minutes of no mouse movement
– Remove end-of-line AP info when using contest messages
– Fix the Sent and Rcvd exchanges sent to N1MM+ and ADIF log
– Don’t auto-log a QSO with incomplete exchange info
– Fix two sequencing flaws after double-clicks on a decoded msg
– New facilities for Contest and Fox-mode logging

Be sure to invoke “Settings | General | Colors | Reset Highlighting”
on your first program start with this version.

The “Quick-Start Guide to WSJT-X 2.0” has been revised and extended. If
Be sure to read this entire guide before using RC4:
http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Quick_Start_WSJT-X_2.0.pdf

As described in the Quick-Start Guide, at this time we recommend moving
MSK144 activity back to the standard 6-meter working frequencies: 50.360
MHz in IARU Region 1, 50.260 in Regions 2 and 3. We recommend also
starting to use the v2.0 FT8 protocol in the conventional FT8 sub-bands
— for example, dial frequencies 7.074 and 14.074 MHz on 40 and 20
meters. Inevitably this will cause some initial confusion: users of
v1.9.1 and earlier will be unable to decode transmissions from users of
v2.0.0-rc4, and vice-versa. To minimize this cross-protocol interference
we suggest initially using the RC4 release at audio Tx frequencies 2000
Hz and higher. As more users upgrade their software to RC4 or later,
activity can gradually move downward in audio frequency. By December 10
or very soon afterward, everyone should upgrade to the full WSJT-X 2.0
general availability (GA) release.

Download links for RC4 on Windows, Linux, and macOS can be found on the
WSJT-X web page http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html

A one-hour “FT8 mock contest” will be held next week: November 20,
0200-0300 UTC (that’s Monday evening, Nov 19, NA time). Watch for a
separate announcement with more details.

We look forward to your feedback on WSJT-X 2.0-rc4. Reports should be
sent to the wsjt-devel email list, wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. You
must subscribe to the list in order to post there.

— 73, Joe, K1JT (for the WSJT Development Group)

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