Dr. Joe Taylor Presents More on FT8's Future at the FairLawnARC.org Guest Presentation Series.

#K1JT, #FT8, #FT4 Before FT8 was other digital modes' software for weak signal developed by Dr. Taylor. More on "Beyond FT8"... BE sure to follow, HIT SUBSCRIBE & NOTIFICATIONS, this is an Excerpt from "Beyond Dr. K1JT's - FT8"! Joe Taylor first obtained his amateur radio license as a teenager, which led him to the field of radio astronomy. Taylor is well known in the field of amateur radio weak signal communication and has been assigned the call sign K1JT by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He had previously held the call signs K2ITP, WA1LXQ, W1HFV, and VK2BJX (the latter in Australia). His Amateur Radio feats have included mounting an 'expedition' in April 2010 to use the Arecibo Radio Telescope to conduct moon-bounce with Amateurs around the world using voice, Morse code, and digital communications. He is actively developing several computer programs and communications protocols, including WSJT ("Weak Signal/Joe Taylor"), a software package and protocol suite that utilizes computer-generated messages in conjunction with radio transceivers to communicate over long distances with other amateur radio operators. WSJT is useful for passing short messages via nontraditional radio communications methods, such as moon-bounce and meteor scatter and other low signal-to-noise ratio paths. It is also useful for extremely long-distance contacts using very low power transmissions. The FT8 mode has become one of the most popular digital modes for ham radio in the recent couple of years. It has already been greatly enhanced, to make it useful for contests and DXpeditions. We'll learn from Joe what plans there are for the future of FT8 & the other WSJT-X weak signal digital modes. Joseph Taylor Jr. K1JT (born March 29, 1941) is an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation." Taylor was among the first group of MacArthur Fellows. He has served on many boards, committees, and panels, co-chairing the Decadal Panel of that produced the report Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium that established the United States's national priorities in astronomy and astrophysics for the period 2000-2010. He was a guest of honor in the 2009 International Physics Olympiad. Honors and awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1993) Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1997) Wolf Prize in Physics (1992) John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science of the National Academy of Sciences (1991) Albert Einstein Medal (1991) Magellanic Premium (1990) Tomalla Foundation Prize (1987) Henry Draper Medal of the National Academy of Sciences (1985) Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982) Heineman Prize of the American Astronomical Society (1980) Acclamations: www.soundimages.org Eric Matayas - Music & Sound Effect: Bot-Builders, Future-City-Life, Alien-Wind-1.