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OPERATING PROCEDURES · Operating methods: digital modes and procedures for VHF and UHF; APRS; EME procedures; meteor scatter procedures

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What is the characteristic of the JT65 mode?

  1. AUses only a 65 Hz bandwidth
  2. BDecodes signals with a very low signal-to-noise ratio
  3. CSymbol rate is 65 baud
  4. DPermits fast-scan TV transmissions over narrow bandwidth
Why JT65 is one of the WSJT family of weak-signal modes Joe Taylor developed for EME and other marginal paths. It sends a very slow 65-tone MFSK signal (about 2.7 symbols per second) in fixed one-minute transmissions with heavy Reed-Solomon forward error correction and rigid, compressed message formats. That combination lets the software pull a callsign, grid and report out of a signal roughly 25 dB below the noise in a 2500 Hz bandwidth, far weaker than the ear can hear.
Watch out The tempting picks read the 65 as a bandwidth or baud figure, but it is the number of tones; JT65 occupies only about 178 Hz and its symbol rate is under 3 baud.
The 65 in JT65 counts tones, not hertz or baud. What it buys you is decoding way down in the noise.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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The rest of E2D

  1. E2D01 Which of the following digital modes is designed for meteor scatter communications?
  2. E2D02 What information replaces signal-to-noise ratio when using the FT8 or FT4 modes in a VHF contest?
  3. E2D03 Which of the following digital modes is designed for EME communications?
  4. E2D04 What technology is used for real-time tracking of balloons carrying amateur radio transmitters?
  5. E2D05 What is the characteristic of the JT65 mode?
  6. E2D06 Which of the following is a method for establishing EME contacts?
  7. E2D07 What digital protocol is used by APRS?
  8. E2D08 What type of packet frame is used to transmit APRS beacon data?
  9. E2D09 What type of modulation is used by JT65?
  10. E2D10 What does the packet path WIDE3-1 designate?
  11. E2D11 How do APRS stations relay data?
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