Welcome to www.jt6m.org
The purpose of this web site is to promote JT6M as a mode of communication on the 6 metre band. You should find
everything you need to know about using JT6M - interfacing, set-up, rx'ing, tx'ing, ms procedure, tips, propagation.
Meteor Scatter communications is not new but JT6M makes it easier ! Optimised for 6 metre band Meteor Scatter, JT6M allows you
to make contacts easily. JT6M is not restricted to 6M, it is quite effective on 4 metre band too.
Meteor Scatter (MS) propagation is a common occurence on the Six Metre band. At times of major showers, communication
is possible using conventional modes such as CW and SSB. Random meteors make it more difficult to use these modes.
Since its introduction in
March 2003, JT6M has proven that 6M MS propagation can be made at virtually any time either using random meteors or shower meteors.
Designed for transmitting short messages of about 1 second duration, typical of 6M MS, JT6M is also effective in Tropo, IonoScatter and weak ES propagation modes resulting in qso's you thought would not be possible on an apparently "dead band".
JT6M is part of the WSJT suite of digital weak signal software applications developed by Joe Taylor, K1JT
(WSJT - Weak Signal by Joe Taylor).JT6M is optimised for 6M meteor scatter but is equally effective with Tropo,
weak ES and scatter modes of propagation.
JT6M was first introduced in March 2003, as first beta version,
in WSJT Ver.3.5.1 followed with a better and faster version in Ver.3.6.0. Versions since then
have seen further improvements. The latest full version (pre-WSJT6) available is Ver.4.9.7..
This includes changes relating to JT65 mode; JT6M mode remains the same. The latest version
is now available, V.5.9.7.
You can download WSJT software (freeware) from K1JT's web site .
Click on the pictures on the right to see full size screenshot Ver. 4.7.0. and Ver.5.9.0. Don't forget to read the Joe's UpdateHistory text file,
click here .
You don't need to run high power/large antenna arrays to make QSO's with JT6M. Many successful
QSO's using less than 50W and 3 el yagi have been made. Please give it a try, you'll be amazed !
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