Put yer hands on the radio now...
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:10 amAn event of major geekitude at the radio station tonite...finally bagged that last contact for JT65 WAS!!!
JT65 is a computer communications mode developed by Joe Taylor K1JT, an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation."
In addition, he wrote several computer programs and communications protocols, including WSJT ("Weak Signal/Joe Taylor"), a software package and protocol suite that utilizes computer-generated messages in conjunction with radio transceivers to communicate over long distances with other amateur radio operators. WSJT is useful for passing short messages via non-traditional radio communications methods, such as moonbounce and meteor scatter and other low signal-to-noise ratio paths. It is also useful for extremely long-distance contacts using very low power transmissions.
I've been crankin' on these modes for several years on and off now.
Finally bagged K3MQ in Delaware for the last contact for WAS (Worked All States). At least one confirmed contact in each of the 50 states under a certain category (a particular mode, a specific frequency band, a power limit, stuff like that). Doesn't sound like much, but hey, it's a geek thing.
The station manager is filing the electro-paperwork for all this tomorrow. Once we get the pretty certificate to hang on the wall, I'll get a pic of it and post it here.
Like I said, it's a geek thing. I revel in and we celebrate our electrogeekitude!!!!!
JT65 is a computer communications mode developed by Joe Taylor K1JT, an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation."
In addition, he wrote several computer programs and communications protocols, including WSJT ("Weak Signal/Joe Taylor"), a software package and protocol suite that utilizes computer-generated messages in conjunction with radio transceivers to communicate over long distances with other amateur radio operators. WSJT is useful for passing short messages via non-traditional radio communications methods, such as moonbounce and meteor scatter and other low signal-to-noise ratio paths. It is also useful for extremely long-distance contacts using very low power transmissions.
I've been crankin' on these modes for several years on and off now.
Finally bagged K3MQ in Delaware for the last contact for WAS (Worked All States). At least one confirmed contact in each of the 50 states under a certain category (a particular mode, a specific frequency band, a power limit, stuff like that). Doesn't sound like much, but hey, it's a geek thing.
The station manager is filing the electro-paperwork for all this tomorrow. Once we get the pretty certificate to hang on the wall, I'll get a pic of it and post it here.
Like I said, it's a geek thing. I revel in and we celebrate our electrogeekitude!!!!!
