{"id":1523,"date":"2023-04-10T04:28:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T22:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2024-02-08T07:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T02:25:57","slug":"wsjt-and-wsjt-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wsjt-and-wsjt-x\/","title":{"rendered":"WSJT and WSJT-X"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">WSJT and WSJT-X<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/what-is-wsjt-in-amateur-radio\/\">WSJT<\/a> stands for Weak Signal communication by K1JT, a computer program for amateur radio communication released in 2001. WSJT-X is an extended version with contribution from others. It is currently an open source program, which can be downloaded from <a href=\"https:\/\/wsjt.sourceforge.io\/wsjtx.html\">https:\/\/wsjt.sourceforge.io\/wsjtx.html<\/a> WSJT-X Version 2.6 has 11 protocols or modes: FST4, FT4, FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, Q65, MSK144, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wspr-whisper-in-amateur-radio-with-10-mw\/\">WSPR<\/a>, FST4W, and Echo. Of these, FT8 seems to be the most popular one for weak signal conditions on HF. JT5 was designed for <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/what-is-eme-earth-moon-earth-or-moonbounce-in-amateur-radio\/\">EME or moon bounce<\/a> on VHF and higher bands. Q65 is for <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/what-is-troposcatter-propagation\/\">tropospheric scatter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/transequatorial-radio-propagation\/\">transequatorial propagation<\/a> and other types of fast fading signals on VHF and higher bands. Echo is meant to detect and measure your own station&#8217;s echo from the moon and optimizing performance on EME.<\/p>\n<p>WSJT-X installation packages are available for\u00a0Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. An interesting feature in WSJT-X is that there are features supporting the\u00a0ARRL International Digital Contest and its distance based scoring. It can select the reply to your CQ call that yields the most contest points!<\/p>\n<p>For using WSJT-X, you need an SSB transceiver and antenna along with a computer. Monitor resolution should be at least 1024 x 780 pixels. Computer to radio interface is using a serial port or equivalent USB device. Audio input and output devices supported by the operating system are needed. There should be a means for synchronizing the computer clock to UTC within \u00b11 second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WSJT and WSJT-X WSJT stands for Weak Signal communication by K1JT, a computer program for amateur radio communication released in 2001. WSJT-X is an extended version with contribution from others. 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