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Here are the toots from my Mastodon account. If you’re into ham radio and technology this is a great inclusive server with an awesome mascot called Alex.

It's Alex! A soft brown mastodon holding a handheld radio in their right hand and carrying a blue bag over their shoulder

Alex, the mastodon.radio mascot

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Great to see such a big influx of users!

I saw the site mentioned on Amateur Radio Weekly https://hamweekly.com/archive/issues/amateur-radio-weekly-issue-259.html and wondered what the effect might be :alex_grin:

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This “FT8 receiver with an RF chip designed using open source chip tools and fabrication” sounds interesting: https://www.crowdsupply.com/radiostack/maverick-603

#ft8 #hamradio

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📢 WSJT-X 2.6.0-rc4 was released on 2022-09-07 and provides further improvements to Echo

mode, a new File menu item, and several bug fixes.

I looks like people are having a bit of trouble with some debs and there’s no macOS installer yet.

Release notes: https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt

Announcement: https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37703744/

Downloads: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html

#hamradio #wsjt

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Update! my last toot should have said rc3, not 2. Blame the lack of sleep! Thanks @yvan for pointing this out.

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📢 WSJT-X 2.6.0-rc2 was released on the 22nd with improvements to Echo mode and several bug fixes. This toot is late because my 👶 Ash was born on the 19th :alex_grin:

Release notes: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt

Announcement: https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37696766/

and downloads: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html

Some people are reporting crashes, so maybe there will be another RC soon.

#hamradio #wsjt

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📢 WSJT-X 2.6.0-rc2 was released last night with improvements and bug fixes.

Release notes: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt

Announcement: https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37683856/

and downloads: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html

#hamradio #wsjt

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📢 WSJT-X 2.6.0-rc1was released last night.

“WSJT-X 2.6.0 Release Candidate 1 introduces support for the ARRL

International Digital Contest; performance enhancements for FT8, Q65,

and EME Echo mode; new controls and options on the GUI; and several

bug fixes.”

Announcement: https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37668555/

Release notes: https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt

Downloads: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html

#hamradio #wsjt

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Happy new year mastodonians!

📢 WSJT-X 2.5.4 was just released, with two new people stepping up to replace work done by the late G4WJS: https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37410894/

This looks like a small bug fix release to “Repair a defect that caused occasional crashes when in QSO with stations using nonstandard callsigns.”

URLs are unchanged:

🗒️ https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt

📁 https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html

#hamradio #wsjt

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For anyone after a QDX:

QDX batch 2 ordering opens at 1800Z on Friday 17-Dec-2021 at http://shop.qrp-labs.com/qdx

via https://groups.io/g/QRPLabs/message/76436

#hamradio

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Great to see that the GQRP convention videos are out: https://www.youtube.com/c/GQRPClub/videos

I really enjoyed Charlie ZLTCTM’s and Farhan VU2ESE’s as they gave a glimpse into the processes successful homebrewers use to get things done.

#gqrp homebrew

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