Here in Sydney (on 27th/28th Nov) and probably most of east coast, it was solid wind and rain, so I did not venture out to do the contest.
The next WIA VHF UHF Summer Field Day contest to be held on 15th/16th January 2022, fingers crossed for better wx and no more lockdowns.
For those not familiar or not active in DMR or P25 modes, then here are some of the local activity on VK-DMR and also local P25 and some of the international P25 talk groups, as seen from my Pi-Star nodes.
VK-DMR :
P25:
vale Bill Somerville, G4WJS - Amateur Radio experimenter.
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WSJT-X 2.5.3 GA Release (Win64 only)
Dear WSJT-X Users:
As most of you know, we are mourning the recent death of our friend and
colleague Bill Somerville, G4WJS, who since 2013 has contributed so much
to the WSJT project.
One of Bill's many WSJT-related tasks was creating installation packages
for Win32, Win64, Linux (Debian, Fedora, Raspberry Pi, ...), and macOS
for each new program release. At present we have a straightforward
system for building the Win64 package -- the best choice for the
majority of WSJT-X users -- but no systems in place for building Win32,
Linux, and macOS packages.
WSJT-X 2.5.3 includes a feature of special interest to users who will
enter the ARRL January VHF Contest (January 15-17, 2022). For benefit of
those users, we have decided to release WSJT-X version 2.5.3 for Win64
even though we have not yet made prebuilt packages for the other
operating systems.
Differences between WSJT-X 2.5.2 and 2.5.3 are minimal and described in
the Release Notes:
https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt
The new feature for the ARRL VHF contests is an enhanced macro facility
for Tx messages, aimed at making it easier to ask another station to QSY
to a new band. The feature is described briefly here in the User Guide:
https://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.5.3.html#TXMACROS
Additional information will likely appear on VHF-contest-related forums.
A link for the Win64 installation package for WSJT-X 2.5.3 is now
available on the WSJT-X web page:
https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
Pre-built packages for Win32, Linux, and macOS will be added when we
have created new means for creating them.
-- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; and Nico, IV3NWV
