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=== New in Version 2.0
For quick reference, here's a short list of features and capabilities
added to _WSJT-X_ since Version 1.9.1:
- New FT8 and MSK144 protocols with 77-bit payloads permit these enhancements:
* Optimized contest messages for NA VHF, EU VHF, Field Day, RTTY Roundup
* Full support for "/R" and "/P" calls in relevant contests
* New logging features for contesting
* Integration with N1MM+ and WriteLog for contesting
* Improved support for compound and nonstandard callsigns
* Nearly equal (or better) sensitivity compared to old protocols
* Lower false decode rates
- Improved color highlighting of received messages
- Improved WSPR sensitivity
- Expanded and improved UDP messages sent to companion programs
- Bug fixes and other minor tweaks to user interface
IMPORTANT: Note that for FT8 and MSK144 there is no backward
compatibility with WSJT-X 1.9.1 and earlier. Everyone using these
modes should upgrade to WSJT-X 2.0 by January 1, 2019.
=== Documentation Conventions
In this manual the following icons call attention to particular types
of information:
NOTE: *Notes* containing information that may be of interest to
particuar classes of users.
TIP: *Tips* on program features or capabilities that might otherwise be
overlooked.
IMPORTANT: *Warnings* about usage that could lead to undesired
consequences.
=== How You Can Contribute
_WSJT-X_ is part of an open-source project released under the
{gnu_gpl} (GPL). If you have programming or documentation skills or
would like to contribute to the project in other ways, please make
your interests known to the development team. The project's
source-code repository can be found at {devsvn}, and communication
among the developers takes place on the email reflector {devmail}.
Bug reports and suggestions for new features, improvements to the
_WSJT-X_ User Guide, etc., may also be sent to the {wsjt_yahoo_group}
email reflector. You must join the relevant group before posting to
either email list.