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Work is in progress (possibly taking forever) to explore decoding options. On a fast 32-bit microcontroller decoding might be possible, perhaps with some tradeoffs. Work is in progress (possibly taking forever) to explore decoding options. On a fast 32-bit microcontroller decoding might be possible, perhaps with some tradeoffs.
# What works
So far only encoding is implemented. It should support the basic set of FT8 messages:
* CQ <call> <grid>, e.g. CQ CA0LL GG77
* CQ <xy> <call> <grid>, e.g. CQ JA CA0LL GG77
* <call> <call> <report>, e.g. CA0LL OT7ER R-07
* <call> <call> 73/RRR/RR73, e.g. OT7ER CA0LL 73
# What doesn't
* Encoding free-text messages
* Encoding contest mode messages
* Encoding compound callsigns with country prefixes and mode suffixes
* Decoding
# References and credits # References and credits
Thanks to Robert Morris, AB1HL, whose Python code (https://github.com/rtmrtmrtmrtm/weakmon) inspired this and helped to test various parts of the code. Thanks to Robert Morris, AB1HL, whose Python code (https://github.com/rtmrtmrtmrtm/weakmon) inspired this and helped to test various parts of the code.
This would not of course be possible without the original WSJT-X code, which is mostly written in Fortran (http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html). I believe that is the only 'documentation' of the FT8 protocol available, and the source code was used as such in this project. This would not of course be possible without the original WSJT-X code, which is mostly written in Fortran (http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html). I believe that is the only 'documentation' of the FT8 protocol available, and the source code was used as such in this project.
Karlis Goba,
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