On Saturday, November 6th, 2021, we'll be having our first FreeDV Activity Day! This event will bring together people interested in HF digital voice on the air for conversation and fun. Contacts using the official application as well as the SM1000 handheld microphone are welcome. Event time: 9AM Pacific time (1600Z) on November 6th to 8:59AM (1559Z) on November 7th (24 hours) Suggested frequencies: 80 meters: 3.625, 3.643 or 3.693 MHz 40 meters: 7.177 MHz 20 meters: 14.236 MHz 17 meters: 18.118 MHz 15 meters: 21.313 MHz 12 meters: 24.933 MHz 10 meters: 28.330 or 28.720 MHz (Note that LSB/DIGL is used below 10MHz as per current convention for voice modes, USB/DIGU otherwise.) As this isn't a contest, there's no pressure to make contacts or send logs, but you can always confirm QSOs via the usual means if you'd like (LoTW, eQSL, QRZ, etc.) Enabling PSK Reporter in the FreeDV application and joining the QSO Finder are recommended, however, so others can see that you're on the air and hearing them (for instance, here's the current map of listeners). Feel free to post here if you have any questions about the event or if you need help setting up your system for FreeDV. The digitalvoice Google group (linked from the FreeDV website) is also a valuable source for help.
Just a reminder that FreeDV Activity Day is happing this Saturday! One question that was asked is what mode (700D, 700E, etc.) will be used. 700D is the most common, but any of the available modes can be used to make a contact. It's also recommended to enable multiple receive support (Tools->Options->Modem, then check "Simultaneously Decode All HF Modes"); this will allow the client program to decode all available modes and additionally allow you to switch between modes for transmit without having to restart.
