Friday, September 14, 2018

FT8CALL Version 0.6

Here's the latest news on FT8Call.  Not that the newest version is not backward compatible with the earlier version.


Another week down and another release of FT8Call on the books. I'm excited to bring you the next development version of FT8Call, version 0.6. Version 0.5 expires on Monday, and 0.6 is backwards incompatible, so you'll need to upgrade as soon as possible. If you want to cut to the chase, head over to the download page to grab the new version: https://groups.io/g/ft8call/wiki/FT8Call-Latest-Release-Download-Links

If you forgot what FT8Call is...not a problem. It's an experimental amateur radio application to test the feasibility of a digital mode with the robustness of FT8, combined with a messaging and network protocol layer for weak signal communication on HF, using keyboard-to-keyboard style interface. And...the experiment is working! There are operators all over the world trying out FT8Call and having success when other modes have not worked for them. I like to say...it's better to communicate slowly than to not be able to communicate at all. 

There's some new stuff included in 0.6 so don't forget to read up on the documentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/159S4wqMUVdMA7qBgaSWmU-iDI4C9wd4CuWnetN68O9U/edit?usp=sharing

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