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FST4W is used in the same way as WSPR, but FST4W has significant
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advantages for use on the 2200 m and 630 m bands. By default the
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central *Rx Freq* is 1500 Hz and *F Tol* is 100 Hz, so the active
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decoding range is 1400 to 1600 Hz. However, for added flexibility you
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can select different center frequencies and *F Tol* values. We expect
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that usage conventions will soon be established for FST4W activity on
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2200 and 630 m.
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A new drop-down control below *F Tol* offers a round-robin mode for
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scheduling FST4W transmissions:
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image::FST4W_RoundRobin.png[align="center"]
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If three operators agree in advance to select the options *1/3*,
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*2/3*, and *3/3*, for example, their FST4W transmissions will occur in
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a fixed sequence with no two stations transmitting simultaneously.
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Sequence 1 is the first sequence after 00:00 UTC. For WSPR-like
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scheduling behavior, you should select *Random* with this control.
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.Open a Wave File:
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- Select *FST4W* on the *Mode* menu. Set *T/R* to 1800 s and *Decode | Deep*.
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- Set *NB* to 0%.
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- Select appropriate wide graph settings. For example, try *Bins/Pixel* 1,
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*Start* 1200 Hz and *N Avg* 150.
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- Open a sample Wave file using *File | Open* and select the file
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...\save\samples\FST4+FST4W\201230_0300.wav.
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When it is finished you should see a single decode as shown in the
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screenshot:
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image::FST4W-1.png[align="left"]
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Note that the weak signal associated with the single decode is all but invisible on the
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widegraph spectrogram.
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