diff --git a/doc/user_guide/en/vhf-features.adoc b/doc/user_guide/en/vhf-features.adoc index 754f0462b..785ddcaf7 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/en/vhf-features.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/en/vhf-features.adoc @@ -154,32 +154,38 @@ image::JT65B.png[align="center",alt="JT65B"] === QRA64 -QRA64 is an experimental mode in the Version 1.7 alpha release of -_WSJT-X_. The mode is designed especially for EME on VHF and higher -bands; operation is generally similar to JT65. The following screen -shot shows an example of a QRA64C transmission from DL7YC recorded at -G3WDG over the EME path at 24 GHz. Doppler spread on the path was 78 -Hz, so although the signal is reasonably strong its tones are -broadened enough to make them hard to see on the waterfall. The red -curve shows that the decoder has achieved synchronization with a -signal at approximately 967 Hz. +QRA64 is an experimental mode in Version 1.7 of _WSJT-X_. The mode is +designed especially for EME on VHF and higher bands; its operation is +generally similar to JT65. The following screen shot shows an example +of a QRA64C transmission from DL7YC recorded at G3WDG over the EME +path at 24 GHz. Doppler spread on the path was 78 Hz, so although the +signal is reasonably strong its tones are broadened enough to make +them hard to see on the waterfall. The red curve shows that the +decoder has achieved synchronization with a signal at approximately +967 Hz. image::QRA64.png[align="center",alt="QRA64"] The QRA64 decoder makes no use of a callsign database. Instead, it -takes advantage of _a priori_ (already known) information such as the -one's own callsign and the encoded form of message word `CQ`. In -normal usage, as a QSO progresses the available _a priori_ (AP) -information increases to include the callsign of the station being -worked and perhaps also his/her 4-digit grid locator. The decoder -always begins by attempting to decode the full message using no AP -information. If this attempt fails, additional attempts are made -using available AP information to provide initial hypotheses about the -message content. At the end of each iteration the decoder computes -the extrinsic probability of the most likely value for each of the -message's 12 six-bit information symbols. A decode is declared only -when the total probability for all 12 symbols has converged to an -unambiguous value very close to 1. +takes advantage of _a priori_ (AP) information such as the one's own +callsign and the encoded form of message word `CQ`. In normal usage, +as a QSO progresses the available AP information increases to include +the callsign of the station being worked and perhaps also his/her +4-digit grid locator. The decoder always begins by attempting to +decode the full message using no AP information. If this attempt +fails, additional attempts are made using available AP information to +provide initial hypotheses about the message content. At the end of +each iteration the decoder computes the extrinsic probability of the +most likely value for each of the message's 12 six-bit information +symbols. A decode is declared only when the total probability for all +12 symbols has converged to an unambiguous value very close to 1. + +TIP: In _WSJT-X_ Version 1.7 QRA64 is different from JT65 in that the +decoder attempts to find and decode only a single signal in the +receiver passband. If many signals are present you may be able to +decode them by double-clicking on the lowest tone of each one in the +waterfall. A multi-decoder like those for JT65 and JT9 has not +yet been written. === ISCAT