diff --git a/doc/common/links.adoc b/doc/common/links.adoc index 9a7044bf7..5f9e23769 100644 --- a/doc/common/links.adoc +++ b/doc/common/links.adoc @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ d). Edit lines as needed. Keeping them in alphabetic order help see dupes. :bill_somerville: mailto:g4wjs -at- c l a s s d e s i g n -dot- com [G4WJS] :dev_mail_list: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=wsjt-devel[WSJT Developers Email List] :dev_mail_svn: https://sourceforge.net/auth/subscriptions/[WSJT SVN Archives] -:devmail: mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net[wsjt-devel] +:devmail: mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net[wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net] :devmail1: mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net[Post Message] :wsjtgroup_mail: mailto:wsjtgroup@yahoogroups.com[Post Message] :greg_beam: mailto:ki7mt@yahoo.com[KI7MT] diff --git a/doc/user_guide/en/introduction.adoc b/doc/user_guide/en/introduction.adoc index a2a8986ac..e30ef1b81 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/en/introduction.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/en/introduction.adoc @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ _WSJT-X_ is a computer program designed to facilitate basic amateur radio communication using very weak signals. The first four letters in -the program name stand for "`Weak Signal communication by K1JT,`" while -the suffix "`-X`" indicates that _WSJT-X_ started as an extended (and -experimental) branch of the program _WSJT_. +the program name stand for "`Weak Signal communication by K1JT,`" +while the suffix "`-X`" indicates that _WSJT-X_ started as an extended +(and originally experimental) branch of the program _WSJT_. _WSJT-X_ Version 1.7 offers eight protocols or "`modes`": *JT4*, *JT9*, *JT65*, *QRA64*, *WSPR*, *Echo*, *ISCAT*, and *MSK144*. The @@ -15,29 +15,29 @@ and source encoding. JT65 and QRA64 were designed for EME effective for worldwide QRP communication on the HF bands. QRA64 has a number of advantages over JT65, including better performance on the very weakest signals. We imagine that over time it will replace JT65 -for EME use. JT9 is optimized for the LF, MF, and lower HF bands. It -is 2 dB more sensitive than JT65 while using less than 10% of the -bandwidth. JT4 offers a wide variety of tone spacings and has proved -very effective for EME on microwave bands up to 24 GHz. All of these -"`slow`" modes use one-minute timed sequences of alternating -transmission and reception, so a minimal QSO takes four to six minutes -— two or three transmissions by each station, one sending in odd UTC -minutes and the other even. On the HF bands, world-wide QSOs are -possible using power levels of a few watts (or even milliwatts) and -compromise antennas. On VHF bands and higher, QSOs are possible (by -EME and other propagation types) at signal levels 10 to 15 dB below -those required for CW. +for EME use. JT9 was designed for the LF, MF, and lower HF bands. +Its submode JT9A is 2 dB more sensitive than JT65 while using less +than 10% of the bandwidth. JT4 offers a wide variety of tone spacings +and has proved very effective for EME on microwave bands up to 24 GHz. +All of these "`slow`" modes use one-minute timed sequences of +alternating transmission and reception, so a minimal QSO takes four to +six minutes — two or three transmissions by each station, one sending +in odd UTC minutes and the other even. On the HF bands, world-wide +QSOs are possible using power levels of a few watts (or even +milliwatts) and compromise antennas. On VHF bands and higher, QSOs +are possible (by EME and other propagation types) at signal levels 10 +to 15 dB below those required for CW. -*ISCAT*, *MSK144*, and optionally *JT9E-H* are "`fast`" modes designed -to take advantage of brief signal enhancements from ionized meteor -trails and other types of scatter propagation. These modes use timed -sequences of 5, 10, 15, or 30 s duration. User messages are -transmitted repeatedly at high rate (up to 250 characters per second, -for MSK144) to make good use of the shortest meteor "`pings`". ISCAT -uses free-form messages up to 28 characters long, while MSK144 uses -the same structured messages as the slow modes together with an -abbreviated format with hashed callsigns for messages sent after -initial contact has been established. +*ISCAT*, *MSK144*, and optionally submodes *JT9E-H* are "`fast`" +protocols designed to take advantage of brief signal enhancements from +ionized meteor trails and other types of scatter propagation. These +modes use timed sequences of 5, 10, 15, or 30 s duration. User +messages are transmitted repeatedly at high rate (up to 250 characters +per second, for MSK144) to make good use of the shortest meteor +"`pings`". ISCAT uses free-form messages up to 28 characters long, +while MSK144 uses the same structured messages as the slow modes +together with an abbreviated format with hashed callsigns for messages +sent after initial contact has been established between two stations. *WSPR* (pronounced "`whisper`") stands for Weak Signal Propagation Reporter. The WSPR protocol was designed for probing potential