"Beyond FT8" - That would be FT4
#K1JT #FT8 #FT4
AS RELEASED by Dr JH Taylor K1JT and Team, Steve (K9AN), and Bill (G4WJS)

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"Soon after the "FT8 Roundup" held on December 1-2, 2018, we started serious work on a faster, more contest-friendly digital mode that can compete with RTTY-contesting QSO rates while preserving many of the benefits of FT8. The result is FT4 -- a new digital mode specifically designed for radio contesting.

Over the past month a small group of volunteers have been conducting on-the-air tests of FT4. The early tests were very successful and helped us to make a number of important design decisions. We believe FT4 has considerable promise for its intended purpose.
We'll soon be ready for testing by a larger group. If you might be interested in participating and offering your considered feedback, please read the descriptive document "The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting", posted here:

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We plan to post downloadable installation packages for WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc5
on April 29, one week from today. The document linked above includes
- Instructions for installing WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc5 and FT4 configuration
- Operating instructions for FT4
- Basic description of the FT4 protocol, modulation, and waveform
- Detailed sensitivity measurements for FT4 under a wide variety of simulated propagation
conditions
- Schedule for upcoming test sessions

Please consider helping us to make FT4 a successful mode for digital contesting

With best wishes and 73,
-- Joe (K1JT), Steve (K9AN), and Bill (G4WJS)"

Joe Taylor was first licensed as KN2ITP in 1954, and has since held call
signs K2ITP, WA1LXQ, W1HFV, VK2BJX and K1JT. He was Professor of
Astronomy at the University of Massachusetts from 1969 to 1981 and since
then Professor of Physics at Princeton University, serving there also as
Dean of the Faculty for six years and retiring in 2006.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993 for discovery of the
first orbiting pulsar, leading to observations that established the
existence of gravitational waves. After retirement he has been busy
developing and enhancing digital protocols for weak - signal communication
by Amateur Radio, including JT65, WSPR, and FT8. He chases DX from 160
meters through the microwave bands.

Joe's full autobiographical statement is on the Nobel Foundation website:

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