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    OJ0BH - OJ0JR - Market Reef - FT8

    For Immediate Release
    Aland Islands, August, 9th, 2017
    RADIO ARCALA SALUTES JOE TAYLOR, K1JT AND THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF FT8 MODE ON HF PLUS ACTIVATE 4M MS FSK441 AND 60M
    MARKET REEF, OJ0BH/OJ0JR QRV: 12th–19th August 2017
    Tuning the poor 20m band month after month represents a major frustration nowadays. Particularly on SSB, only the occasional DX signal breaks the sea of noise, consequently reducing activity levels even further. However, that very noise could be a new lease of life, if one were to copy signals below it. They are there every day. Indeed, with their huge antennas and state-of-the art receivers, DXers can dig even deeper into the noise and log plenty of good DX faster than one can think.
    Martti, OH2BH/OJ0BH, and Henri, OH3JR/OJ0JR, will attempt to land on Market Reef this Saturday PM, weather permitting, and will immediately break the noise floor by getting FT8 QSOs underway. They will also hand out the OJ0 multiplier in the Worked All Europe DX Contest (WAEDC) and appear on a variety of traditional modes in the event of any available audible propagation. This is the week originally dedicated to a youth expedition to Market Reef, and to releasing options for selected 2018 DXpeditions, involving both youth and seasoned DX groups.
    Demonstrating Amateur Radio to today’s youth thus sports a new booster shot, raising their potential interest to new heights.
    A beta release of WSJT-X, version 1.8.0-rc1, included a new FT8 mode, featuring a faster turnaround, and it’s already a major breakthrough on the HF bands. FT8 offers “sensitivity down to –20 dB on the AWGN channel,” and contacts 4 times faster than JT65 or JT9. An auto-sequencing feature offers the option to respond automatically to the first decoded reply to your CQ.
    https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar...otes_1.8.0.txt
    OJ0BH OJ0JR Market Reef FT8 Digital Modes
    73 Al 4L5A
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    Martti, OJ0BH on 14034.7 now
    73 Al 4L5A

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      OJ0BH on 24895.1 now
      73 Al 4L5A

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        Here is news from The First Exclusive FT8 DXpedition in motion....... at Market Reef

        We eat a real stuff -- it all taste and smell real! It is HF after all!

        1: People pile up in the transmitting frequency and the traffic slow down. We just simply jump to clear spot and start all over again. Just like K8CW at Heard Island some few years ago.

        2: Same countries/ same behavior make them say digital HOLA - and traffic get halted. You cannot tell them what you think of them but are left calm by FT8 design. Reduced QSO rate make you dream for better days to come.

        3: They say less can be beautiful - but it is contrary - bigger antennas are better! We started to get better rates when we hoisted our antennas higher. It also makes you think how you can improve your signal if you cannot improve your antenna. You start thinking an amplifier and/or receiving antennas. And those you already have?

        Haven't we heard all this before? But not all this said under the spectrum or city noise without our hearing aid turned
        South-East. And that makes it all different.

        Our target remain at 500 QSOs. We are at it until Saturday!

        Martti, OJ0BH & Henri, OJ0JR
        73 Al 4L5A

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