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To hark back to posts of a few days ago.

Question answered, wsjtx FT8 v2.0.0-rc3 which the launch pop-up
indicates cannot be used after 30 Nov is correct. It has ceased to run,
blown up!

Now the question is do I bite the bullet and install v2.0.0-rc5 and
emulate my neighbour who spends a lot of time calling CQ and getting
very little action with 77-bit messages or do I revert to v1.9.1 and
continue to have plenty of action? For now v1.9.1 wins. I don't have the
time to waste unnecessarily achieving so little.

My beam is currently stuck pointing up the Americas, South, Central,
North including VE and KL. Consequently I've been working on FT8
mode/band WAS as well as handing out grid GD18 which I confirm
immediately via LoTW after I QRT from a run.

December is a new month in the ARRL Grid Challenge and it seems a
bizarre thing to do to try and force fundamental mode changes at this
late stage of the activity.

FWIW I have made WAS FT8 mixed band and 17m single band pending a
confirmation of HI. 15m and 12m are not too far behind.

In this quest my much upgraded K3 #00345 has performed flawlessly and
continues to do so whilst running the current pre Beta 5.66 test firmware.

Regards,

Mike (a.k.a. sludge) VP8NO
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The FT8 Roundup starts later today. If you wish to participate in it, you must use the v2.0.0-rc4 or 5 software. The older code simply won’t work for the contest operation.
Think of it as an opportunity to collect more grid squares.
Also, you can certainly have both applications installed side by side and run whichever you need at the time.

73!
Jack, W6FB

> On Dec 1, 2018, at 5:53 AM, Mike Harris via Elecraft <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> To hark back to posts of a few days ago.
>
> Question answered, wsjtx FT8 v2.0.0-rc3 which the launch pop-up indicates cannot be used after 30 Nov is correct. It has ceased to run, blown up!
>
> Now the question is do I bite the bullet and install v2.0.0-rc5 and emulate my neighbour who spends a lot of time calling CQ and getting very little action with 77-bit messages or do I revert to v1.9.1 and continue to have plenty of action? For now v1.9.1 wins. I don't have the time to waste unnecessarily achieving so little.
>
> My beam is currently stuck pointing up the Americas, South, Central, North including VE and KL. Consequently I've been working on FT8 mode/band WAS as well as handing out grid GD18 which I confirm immediately via LoTW after I QRT from a run.
>
> December is a new month in the ARRL Grid Challenge and it seems a bizarre thing to do to try and force fundamental mode changes at this late stage of the activity.
>
> FWIW I have made WAS FT8 mixed band and 17m single band pending a confirmation of HI. 15m and 12m are not too far behind.
>
> In this quest my much upgraded K3 #00345 has performed flawlessly and continues to do so whilst running the current pre Beta 5.66 test firmware.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike (a.k.a. sludge) VP8NO
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