diff --git a/doc/common/links.adoc b/doc/common/links.adoc index d000c1a02..d9b84fbe5 100644 --- a/doc/common/links.adoc +++ b/doc/common/links.adoc @@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ d). Edit lines as needed. Keeping them in alphabetic order help see dupes. :nh6z: http://www.nh6z.net/Amatuer_Radio_Station_NH6Z/Other_Peoples_Software.html[here] :omnirig: http://www.dxatlas.com/OmniRig/Files/OmniRig.zip[Download] :osx: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-{VERSION}-Darwin.dmg[wsjtx-{VERSION}-Darwin.dmg] +:QRA64_EME: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/QRA64_EME.pdf[QRA64 for microwave EME] :svn: http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html#windows[Subversion] :win32: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-{VERSION}-win32.exe[wsjtx-{VERSION}-win32.exe] :wsjt_svn: http://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/wsjt/HEAD/tree/[WSJT Source Repository] diff --git a/doc/user_guide/en/protocols.adoc b/doc/user_guide/en/protocols.adoc index 101ad476e..a25df3f22 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/en/protocols.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/en/protocols.adoc @@ -149,13 +149,12 @@ separation is 110250/4096 = 26.92 Hz multiplied by n for JT65A, with n [[QRA64_PROTOCOL]] ==== QRA64 -QRA64 is an experimental mode intended for EME and other extreme -weak-signal applications. Its internal code was designed by IV3NWV. -The protocol uses a (63,12) **Q**-ary **R**epeat **A**ccumulate code -that is inherently better than the Reed Solomon (63,12) code used in -JT65, yielding a 1.3 dB advantage. A new synchronizing scheme is based -on three 7 x 7 Costas arrays. This change yields another 1.9 dB -advantage. +QRA64 is intended for EME and other extreme weak-signal applications. +Its internal code was designed by IV3NWV. The protocol uses a (63,12) +**Q**-ary **R**epeat **A**ccumulate code that is inherently better +than the Reed Solomon (63,12) code used in JT65, yielding a 1.3 dB +advantage. A new synchronizing scheme is based on three 7 x 7 Costas +arrays. This change yields another 1.9 dB advantage. In most respects the current implementation of QRA64 is operationally similar to JT65. QRA64 does not use two-tone shorthand messages, and diff --git a/doc/user_guide/en/vhf-features.adoc b/doc/user_guide/en/vhf-features.adoc index 4a595daaa..635da5dc7 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/en/vhf-features.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/en/vhf-features.adoc @@ -158,15 +158,14 @@ image::JT65B.png[align="center",alt="JT65B"] === QRA64 -QRA64 is an experimental mode in Version 1.8 of _WSJT-X_. The mode is -designed especially for EME on VHF and higher bands; its operation is -generally similar to JT4 and 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 triangular red marker below -the frequency scale shows that the decoder has achieved -synchronization with a signal at approximately 967 Hz. +QRA64 is designed for EME on VHF and higher bands; its +operation is generally similar to JT4 and 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 +triangular red marker below the frequency scale shows that the decoder +has achieved synchronization with a signal at approximately 967 Hz. image::QRA64.png[align="center",alt="QRA64"] @@ -192,11 +191,12 @@ initially, as the QRA64 tones are often not visible on the waterfall. The box labeled *Tx6* switches the Tx6 message from 1000Hz to 1250Hz to indicate to the other station that you are ready to receive messages. - TIP: 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. +on the lowest tone of each one in the waterfall. + +TIP: G3WDG has prepared a more detailed tutorial on using {QRA64_EME}. === ISCAT