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2017: FT8 Leaves the Lab

Oct 28, 2026
In late Oct 2017, WSJT-X 1.8.0 went GA and FT8 left release-candidate land. Fifteen-second slices. Weak-signal DX for the rest of us. The bands have never sounded the same.
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