Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>Typical programms for <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FT8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FT8</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> both have an ALL.TXT feature. When activated, any text your computer ever decodes and anything ever sent will be written to that file.</p><p>Personally, I find that quite useful for certain research, so I activate it. Yes, over the years, this file can get somewhat large, but not too large for modern hard drives IMHO.</p><p>Asking the FT8 and/or JS8 users among you: How do you handle this?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@va3db" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>va3db</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@croyle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>croyle</span></a></span></p>
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Bud Talbot<p>Anyone know what the callsign group "HERC" is on <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a>? It seems to be a widely used group on 40m.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
K3LOE Mike<p>The waitlist for assembled units from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/qrplabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>qrplabs</span></a></span> has gotten shorter since I put in an order end of January. Then it was 3 months long, but now it's less than two. Looking forward to trying <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> with my <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/QDX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QDX</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/DigitalModes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalModes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/QRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QRP</span></a></p>
michaistinie<p>Ok, so <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> works, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reticulum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reticulum</span></a> works, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/js8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>js8</span></a> call works... and then just found :<br><a href="https://github.com/lxmfy/js8call-bot/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/lxmfy/js8call-bot/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
michaistinie<p>Finally got all my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> devices up and running and set up a mesh BBS. Amazing, feels like 1987! Now I just have to somehow combine this with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/js8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>js8</span></a></p>
PE1PUX<p>Playing around with FreeDATA (<a href="https://freedata.app/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">freedata.app/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) app on 40 meters. What a nice modern application, can operate keyboard-to-keyboard QSO's and leave messages from a remote PC using a webbrowser. Seems like a nice modern alternative to <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8CALL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8CALL</span></a>. It's based on the open source <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Codec2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Codec2</span></a> which is also used for <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FreeDV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDV</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/M17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>M17</span></a>. No need for proprietary software modems like <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/VARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VARA</span></a> anymore. If you like stuff like <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/VarAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VarAC</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> give this a try! <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ham</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/freedata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedata</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p>On <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> 20m this morning. I haven't played with JS8 in quite a while so I thought I would see what is going on.</p><p>Pretty quiet aside from HBs at the moment.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@N3VEM" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>N3VEM</span></a></span> you could do <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a>. It is slow enough that typing with one hand would probably be fine.</p>
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>I've done <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> on and off for more than 4 years (wasn't yet called "JS8" then). Great mode for inner city QRP! I think the crowd is still small, but slowly growing.</p><p>I routinely check <a href="https://www.pskreporter.info/pskmap.html?preset&callsign=ZZZZZ&what=all&txrx=tx&mode=JS8&timerange=1800&hideunrec=1&blankifnone=1&showlines=1&mapCenter=52.01337806920458,-37.27930184045637,3.2675143267716225" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pskreporter.info/pskmap.html?p</span><span class="invisible">reset&callsign=ZZZZZ&what=all&txrx=tx&mode=JS8&timerange=1800&hideunrec=1&blankifnone=1&showlines=1&mapCenter=52.01337806920458,-37.27930184045637,3.2675143267716225</span></a> to choose band, mostly 20 and 40.</p><p>I enjoy ragchew QSOs often exceeding an hour. Easiest to reach during (but not restricted to) the monthly party <a href="https://js8call.groups.io/g/main/viewevent?repeatid=12902&eventid=1597230&calstart=2024-12-14" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">js8call.groups.io/g/main/viewe</span><span class="invisible">vent?repeatid=12902&eventid=1597230&calstart=2024-12-14</span></a> .</p><p>I use the message/mailbox feature for friendly exchange with absent folks.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.mkv.farted.net/@oh2cil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>oh2cil</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@bud_t" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bud_t</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@AF0AJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AF0AJ</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@va3db" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>va3db</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@k3fnb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>k3fnb</span></a></span></p>
Bud Talbot<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@dj3ei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dj3ei</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@AF0AJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AF0AJ</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@va3db" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>va3db</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@k3fnb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>k3fnb</span></a></span> </p><p>I enjoy using <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a>, but it has become clear to me in the past 1+ years that it is dead as a project*. Development has stopped, no one documents anything, and it just is what it is at this point. There are active groups (some quite unsavory imho) but is not likely to change or improve at all.</p><p>One day last year a number of us locally in N Colorado used it during a severe weather event, and it was fun, but not much since then.</p><p>*last time (1 yr ago) I posted something here about JS8 being "dead" I got really flamed in groups.io and Telegram. But since that time, what has changed? Nothing.</p>
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>Hello, Wesley <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@AF0AJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AF0AJ</span></a></span> , if you have a specific <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> question not answered in the official <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> guide, feel free to try out what happens if you ask the Fediverse and put me in the recipient list.</p><p>(For my own list of "15 fun things to try out with JS8", see <a href="https://www.delta25.de/JS8/#english-version" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">delta25.de/JS8/#english-versio</span><span class="invisible">n</span></a> . But that may not be your 🍵 of tea.)</p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@va3db" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>va3db</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@k3fnb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>k3fnb</span></a></span></p>
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>In a(n imho otherwise quite unfair) toot 🧵 , Wesley <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@AF0AJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AF0AJ</span></a></span> justly criticized available <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> documentation.</p><p>A long time ago, I asked* what the license of the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> - guide <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/159S4wqMUVdMA7qBgaSWmU-iDI4C9wd4CuWnetN68O9U/edit?tab=t.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/159</span><span class="invisible">S4wqMUVdMA7qBgaSWmU-iDI4C9wd4CuWnetN68O9U/edit?tab=t.0</span></a> was and how to contribute. I hoped as the software is open source, so might be the JS8 guide.</p><p>No answer.</p><p>🤷</p><p>No pull request from me.</p><p>3 years later, "TODO: We’ll eventually add an example here :)" at "first QSO" still not fixed.</p><p>* For JS8 mailing list members: <a href="https://js8call.groups.io/g/main/message/17493" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">js8call.groups.io/g/main/messa</span><span class="invisible">ge/17493</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@va3db" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>va3db</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@k3fnb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>k3fnb</span></a></span></p>
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>What a treat!</p><p>I've been dabbling with <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> since 2018 or so (the name was still different then) and only today completed my first JS8 QSO ever on the 10 m band.</p><p>And whom did I reach on that occasion?</p><p>Hans Summers TA4/G0UPL himself of QRP Labs fame, for a friendly ragchew (although condx were not too favorable).</p><p>😀</p>
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>It is activity weekend for the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamRadio</span></a> community.</p><p>There IS a lot of activity - on the 11m CB band: 108 stations 👍 on air (including receive-only ones) that send data to <a href="https://www.pskreporter.info/pskmap.html?preset&callsign=ZZZZZ&what=all&txrx=tx&mode=JS8&timerange=1800&hideunrec=1&blankifnone=1&showlines=1&mapCenter=23.26321234362446,24.886276528031463,2.5909757800997393" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pskreporter.info/pskmap.html?p</span><span class="invisible">reset&callsign=ZZZZZ&what=all&txrx=tx&mode=JS8&timerange=1800&hideunrec=1&blankifnone=1&showlines=1&mapCenter=23.26321234362446,24.886276528031463,2.5909757800997393</span></a> .</p><p>Alas - we radio amateur stations must not communicate with them over the air. A legal thing. CB is legally a different radio service.</p><p>At the same time, 215 hams on air with JS8. A lot of activity on our 40 m band, USA-Australia connectivity.</p><p>Ham JS8 10 m? Wide open, too. We are 9 of us.</p><p>Welp.</p>
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>Today 19 UTC until tomorrow 19 UTC, it's again the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8QSOParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8QSOParty</span></a> for all who are enthusiastic or plain interested in the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/JS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamRadio</span></a> digital mode. In short, it is just an appointment when particularly many people from the (still small) community try to be on air. See <a href="https://js8call.groups.io/g/main/viewevent?repeatid=12902&eventid=1597228&calstart=2024-10-12" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">js8call.groups.io/g/main/viewe</span><span class="invisible">vent?repeatid=12902&eventid=1597228&calstart=2024-10-12</span></a> for details.</p><p>It looks like the MUF might climb beyond 28 MHz tomorrow, so maybe there will be some activity in the 10 m band this weekend. <a href="https://www.pskreporter.info/pskmap.html?preset&callsign=ZZZZZ&what=all&txrx=tx&mode=JS8&timerange=1800&hideunrec=1&blankifnone=1&showlines=1&mapCenter=45.2329888096794,-34.15753914497496,2.978743147788139" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pskreporter.info/pskmap.html?p</span><span class="invisible">reset&callsign=ZZZZZ&what=all&txrx=tx&mode=JS8&timerange=1800&hideunrec=1&blankifnone=1&showlines=1&mapCenter=45.2329888096794,-34.15753914497496,2.978743147788139</span></a> will know.</p>
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>A station transmitting in the 20m <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> band via <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/js8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>js8</span></a> has been sending "50rc101" where an radio amateur callsign is expected. According to what they say, they're in KO84, so Russia.</p><p>As far as I can tell, that is not a radio amateur callsign. In most jurisdictions, radio contact between radio amateur and other stations is forbidden.</p><p>There is an exclusion blacklist in the JS8call program. If a call (or a "call") is on that blacklist, you station will not answer its heartbeats.</p>
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>If you are listening to an ongoing <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/js8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>js8</span></a> conversation and put yourself on its frequency to make the listening more convenient, that's fine. As always in <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a>, listening in is "you're welcome".</p><p>When you're a ham yourself and decide you're bored and start a conversation of your own, all of that is also completely fine.</p><p>But if you transmit on top of the still ongoing conversation, that's not.</p>
Paul GW0NGA<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@dj3ei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dj3ei</span></a></span> was it a special event or just a normal weekend? I have been on <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/js8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>js8</span></a> a couple of times but not really found anyone to chat to.</p>
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him<p>This <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/js8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>js8</span></a> activity weekend was fun! I reestablished contact with some nice person in Finland, had a friendly chat with someone in France, found a greeting that had been waiting for me since early August down in Australia, managed to post a reply to that Australian station, and finally had the honor to help along someone in Spain who was fairly new to JS8.</p><p>Now its high time to go to bed - happily!</p><p><a href="https://js8call.groups.io/g/main/viewevent?eventid=1597227" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">js8call.groups.io/g/main/viewe</span><span class="invisible">vent?eventid=1597227</span></a></p>
Muro deGrizeco<p>JS8 on QDX works better with autotuner and big Butternut vertical on roof. </p><p>And without desktop computer that forgets USB soundcard on every TX. </p><p>And without rig control having hamlib knocked over by RF into serial cables on transmit. </p><p>And, oh yeah, not on a system without ntpd, so I was calling out of sync with everyone's listen cycle, 'cause my clock was off.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/qrp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qrp</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/qdx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qdx</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/js8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>js8</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
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