[K4RY] March Meeting Heart of Dixie ARS

[Cheryl Whitlock]

The March meeting of the Heart of Dixie ARS-W4HOD will be on Tuesday, March
27, 2018 at 7 pm.

Location is in downtown Opelika at 930 Avenue A, across Avenue A from the
rear of the courthouse. This is the business location of John Rice Real
Estate and they have graciously granted use of their conference room for
our meeting.

Those interested, please join us for supper before the meeting at Niffers
On The Tracks at 6 pm. Niffers is a couple of blocks from the meeting room.

Niffers:
917 S Railroad Ave, Opelika, AL 36801
(334) 787-5989
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http://www.niffersplace.com/menu.html

Our program for the evening will be presented by Dick Jaeger, K4IQJ and
Dick will be discussing the digital mode FT8.

After the program, club member Dan Gunter, KK4ICE will speak briefly about
a new repeater frequency coordination system for the state of Alabama.
Repeater owners, trustees and sponsors will find it very informative and
interesting.

Overview of the Basic and DXpedition Versions of FT8

The adoption of FT8 Digital Communications Software (FT8 = “Frank-Taylor
8-FSK”)* on the HF bands by DXers has occurred with unprecedented
rapidity.   The band segments utilized by FT8 are now loaded with stations
communicating worldwide with low power and basic antennas.  K4IQJ will
discuss the structure and operation of both forms of FT8 and contrast them
with several of the other modes. Examples of both FT8 modes of operation
will also be presented.

*FT8 is one of many modes (MS, WSPR, JT65, JT9, FT8, etc.) available in the
latest WSJT-X software release.   All modes are for weak signal
communication.
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