<div dir="ltr"><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43)"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">FT-8 Guidance for working 3YØI WSJT-X Fox / Hound</span></p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43)">We are asking everyone to follow these guidelines for calling 3YØI on FT-8. You will get through faster by using these simple guidelines:</p><ul style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px 20px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(43,43,43)"><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">To avoid confusion please use <span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">WSJT-X Version 1.9.1</span></li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">We will use DX-pedition mode for all bands except 160m</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Configure the software &amp; radio per the WSJT-X and your radio’s installation instructions.</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Do not use 3YØI as your first FT8 on the air experience</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Your operating frequency control should be under CAT (rig) control from the program – NOT manually from your VFO. You must add to WSJT-X.</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Your WSJT-X software must be configured as a <span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Hound</span>.</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Call us ONLY if you are able to decode 3YØI responding to other Hounds or if you decode a CQ from 3YØI. You may initiate a calling sequence by double clicking 1 on any 3YØI response.</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">3YØI will be transmitting <span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">BELOW</span> 1,000 Hertz. You MUST select an open calling frequency between 1,000 – 4000 Hertz.</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Once 3YØI replies to a Hound with RR73 the QSO is <span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">completed and logged</span>.</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The Hound does <span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">not need to send 73</span> to complete the QSO.</li></ul><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43)">Note 1: This assumes you have WSJT-X configured for Double Click on call sets Tx enable</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43)">Note 2: If you don’t complete a QSO within five minutes after being called by 3YØI that you should restart a new QSO.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43)">See you in the pileups!</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43)">The southern hemisphere’s summer is coming soon, so do Rebel plans start to accelerate. <span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Announcing the 3YØI band plan</span> – frequencies and modes we’ll use while operating from Bouvet Island.</p><table border="0" width="50%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" style="border-width:1px 0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-spacing:0px;width:532.667px;line-height:1.28571;color:rgb(43,43,43)"><tbody style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="col" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">BAND / MODE</th><th scope="col" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">CW</th><th scope="col" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">SSB</th><th scope="col" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">FT8</th></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">160M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">1822</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">–</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">1840</td></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">80M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">3502</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">3785</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">3567</td></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">40M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">7002</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">7090</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">7056</td></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">30M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">10106</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">–</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">10131</td></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">20M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">14002</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">14190</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">14090</td></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">17M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">18072</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">18140</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">18095</td></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">15M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">21002</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">21200</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">21091</td></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">12M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">24892</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">24940</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">24911</td></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">10M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">28002</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">28440</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">28091</td></tr><tr style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><th scope="row" style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">6M</th><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">50105</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">50140</td><td style="border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;outline:0px;padding:8px;vertical-align:baseline">–</td></tr></tbody></table></div>