Re: [wsjt-devel] Expiration Date on Software

2019-05-09 Thread rjai...@gmail.com
The online check is good except some may then modify hosts file and similar to defeat it. If it comes with a kill switch if it can’t phone home successfully then that may work out. An auto update feature, I suppose Older versions on the air did cause problems in the past. Some users hung on to

Re: [wsjt-devel] Expiration Date on Software

2019-05-09 Thread Matthew Miller
I would recommend against it -- how would you pick a reasonable date to ensure you don't need it to be updated sooner, and also not too soon that people have to reinstall just to update the date? A more reasonable approach would be to have it poll a file on the server that tells the software

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 mock contest

2019-05-09 Thread Matthew Miller
Sorry for the late report - I did get to participate but then I had to get food and go to bed immediately after it ended so I didn't get to write up anything. I managed 29 contacts in the 1 hour period including one duplicate. I initially tried to use S mode but I still haven't been able to

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Edfel Rivera
Hi: Maybe a corrupt driver. If you installed or used another application. I had problems with my Kenwood 590SG not sure if it was Winlink or a Windows update. Maybe reinstall drivers (depending on rig). Plug unplug USB cable. Just my 2 cents. 73' Edfel KP4AJ On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 8:22 PM

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Hasan al-Basri
I've had the new 64 bit version go deaf in a similar manner after sitting unused perhaps 36 hours. Nothing would solve it...rebooted, fixed it immediately with no changes of any kind. 73, N0AN Hasan On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 7:02 PM Ed Deichler wrote: > Both LINE IN and LINE OUT were previously

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Phil Stephenson
Ed, Pardon – I responded to the wrong email. I have a friend having the same problem and responded to your email rather than his. Sorry for the misunderstanding. TNX, Phil Phil Stephenson K0PWS Saint Louis, MO US 636-675-1379 p...@phil-stephenson.com From: Ed Deichler

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Phil Stephenson
Ed, Sounds like we need to look at Device Manager and see what device is really being associated with the line in and out to make sure it’s one of your Flex virtual devices. I’m out in Bay Area this week so if you want to do a Teamviewer session after your class let me know. Cheers!

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Ed Deichler
Both LINE IN and LINE OUT were previously set to mono and the program worked fine. Changing to RIGHT channel made no difference in the decoding, i.e. still a blank waterfall. I'm not sure whether the soundcard is dead or the K3 output is dead. Ed On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 4:52 PM Bill Somerville

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 mock contest RR73

2019-05-09 Thread Drew White
Ah - you are right, Reino. I did not consider that the Run station will repeat the report only if my RR73 is not received.  If I, as the S+P station, do not receive a repeated report, the Run station did receive my RR73 or QRM/QSB trashed his transmission.  I was primarily seeking some

Re: [wsjt-devel] Windows crash

2019-05-09 Thread Tom Ramberg via wsjt-devel
Seems like this issue is now on two threads, sorry if I have messed things up. No, it is a sudden crash, the computer dies, and only gives out some buzzing sounds. It does not react to keyboard at all, and even the power switch doesn't react. See section below. There is no error messages, and I

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 63, Issue 64

2019-05-09 Thread Tom Ramberg via wsjt-devel
Bill, one of the first time it happened, I was switching, but after that I've been sticking to RC5. And as I stated originally, now it also happens seemingly unprovoked while RC5 is running idle, only monitoring. I also had "blue screen" a couple of times, and I've had to pull out the mains

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT-4 Mock Test

2019-05-09 Thread Steve Schowiak
The issues described in the last few emails describe the same problems I had. FT4 is so fast I didn't have time to respond. More automation is needed, unless the challenge is supposed to be to respond under duress! On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 3:16 PM Ron Koenig wrote: > 34 Q's, Many Many more that

[wsjt-devel] FT-4 Mock Test

2019-05-09 Thread Ron Koenig
34 Q's, Many Many more that never completed. Since Joe has already listed most of the expected and unexpected behaviors I'll not expound on them but will say what Seemed to be happening. Flex 6600 Phased Verticals for TX K9AY Loop and Beverage for RX. Operated 45 min. I averaged 5-8 stations per

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
On 09/05/2019 19:05, DG2YCB, Uwe wrote: Am I right, that the QT bug has already been fixed today? “Continuous Integration: Passed” (see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-75024 and https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/258395/) 73 de Uwe, DG2YCB Hi Uwe, it was fixed some time back,

[wsjt-devel] FT4 Frequencies

2019-05-09 Thread Olivier SCHMITT
Hi Dear All, Can someone give me the frequencies that were discussed for the FT4 for 160m, 80m and 6m? I found several sources of information but never the same frequencies. Thanks in advance and sorry if this question have already posted. ___

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status

2019-05-09 Thread David Beauchesne
John, See #1 here… https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Reported_bugs.txt AK2L From: john Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 09:40 To: WSJT software development Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status What is the QT defect problem??? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status

2019-05-09 Thread DG2YCB, Uwe
Am I right, that the QT bug has already been fixed today? “Continuous Integration: Passed” (see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-75024 and https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/258395/) 73 de Uwe, DG2YCB Von: john [mailto:j...@thelongs.us] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. Mai 2019 18:40

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 63, Issue 70

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
Thanks Al, that is helpful. 73 Bill G4WJS. On 09/05/2019 18:28, Al Pawlowski wrote: No. Since installing rc5, I have not launched 2.0.1. Forgot to mention, I am running the 64bit rc5 and it mostly happens after I close the rc5 settings window after some kind of change. I think I have also

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status

2019-05-09 Thread Joe Taylor
For the record, in np particular order, here's a list of comments or problems mentioned in reports from last night: 1 Timing is very tight: hard to raise someone on 1st call 2 Seemed to miss too many decodes 3 No auto-response when receiving R+exch after I sent RR73 4 Many repeated CQs

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 63, Issue 70

2019-05-09 Thread Al Pawlowski
No. Since installing rc5, I have not launched 2.0.1. Forgot to mention, I am running the 64bit rc5 and it mostly happens after I close the rc5 settings window after some kind of change. I think I have also seen it on a configuration switch. Al Pawlowski, K6AVP Los Osos, CA USA > On May 9,

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status

2019-05-09 Thread john
What is the QT defect problem???Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Bill Somerville Date: 5/9/19 10:29 AM (GMT-07:00) To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status On 09/05/2019 16:54, David Beauchesne wrote:>

[wsjt-devel] FT4 mock contest RR73

2019-05-09 Thread Reino Talarmo
Hi All, >I think it would be helpful for the called station to return a 73 message in >response my RR73. As things are now, if I received nothing after sending >RR73, I do not know if the other station received my RR73 or if I could no >longer copy the other station due to band conditions or

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status

2019-05-09 Thread David Beauchesne
Understood. I saw the mention of improved performance with the 64-bit version but did not realize there were other issues beyond the sound problem. I will switch to the 32-bit version, at least for now. ALK2L -Original Message- From: Bill Somerville Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 09:30

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
On 09/05/2019 16:57, Ed Deichler wrote: Bill, Yes.  The K3 has respective jacks for line in and line out.  According to the manual, the K3 has two settings for the audio output.  NORMAL is usually used for digital modes and a separate PHONES setting allows the audio to match headphones and

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
On 09/05/2019 16:54, David Beauchesne wrote: Suggestion: Hold RC6 until the bug fix for QT can be released with it. AK2L Hi David, I don't see any pressing reason to tie our release candidates to the Qt release schedule. If the Qt defect is a problem for you then use the 32-bit Windows

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status

2019-05-09 Thread David Beauchesne
Suggestion: Hold RC6 until the bug fix for QT can be released with it. AK2L -Original Message- From: Joe Taylor Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 08:45 To: WSJT software development Subject: [wsjt-devel] FT4 status Thanks to everyone for feedback on FT4 over the past 10 days -- and

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Ed Deichler
Bill, Yes. The K3 has respective jacks for line in and line out. According to the manual, the K3 has two settings for the audio output. NORMAL is usually used for digital modes and a separate PHONES setting allows the audio to match headphones and be controlled by the AF/SUB gain controls.

[wsjt-devel] FT4 status

2019-05-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Thanks to everyone for feedback on FT4 over the past 10 days -- and especially from yesterday's practice contest session! Your reports have been very helpful. My own report is included below, but first let me give an overall status report. FT4 works well, but (as implemented WSJT-X

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 mock contest

2019-05-09 Thread Joe
could it be possible to like if running CW with a logger like N1MM+ if you need to make a repeat, be able to hit a "F" Key to send whatever is needed to be repeated? Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 5/9/2019 8:28 AM, Drew White

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 63, Issue 64

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
On 09/05/2019 15:38, Al Pawlowski wrote: I have not had any crashes, but have had regular instances of the WSJT-X main window moving from its previous position and/or increasing in height on startup, mostly after a preference/settings change. Usually, the window grows vertically a few rows,

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 63, Issue 64

2019-05-09 Thread Al Pawlowski
I have not had any crashes, but have had regular instances of the WSJT-X main window moving from its previous position and/or increasing in height on startup, mostly after a preference/settings change. Usually, the window grows vertically a few rows, pushing JTAlert partially off screen. Then,

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 63, Issue 63

2019-05-09 Thread Al Pawlowski
Amen. Amen. At least make the decision to not tx advance after RR73 a user choice. Al Pawlowski, K6AVP Los Osos, CA USA > On May 8, 2019, at 21:47, wsjt-devel-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 07:46:55 +0300 > From: Saku mailto:oh...@sral.fi>> > To:

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 63, Issue 62

2019-05-09 Thread Al Pawlowski
I agree, FT4 QSO’s I made in uncrowded conditions before the contest were much easier. Al Pawlowski, K6AVP Los Osos, CA USA > Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 22:16:43 -0400 > From: Edfel Rivera mailto:edfelj...@gmail.com>> > To: WSJT software development > >

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
On 09/05/2019 14:52, Ed Deichler wrote: Bill, Connection to the K3 is speaker out of computer to line in of the K3.  Disconnecting the cable at the computer stops the waterfall scrolling.  Reconnecting to the computer then restarting the program restores the scrolling but nothing shows on

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Ed Deichler
Bill, Connection to the K3 is speaker out of computer to line in of the K3. Disconnecting the cable at the computer stops the waterfall scrolling. Reconnecting to the computer then restarting the program restores the scrolling but nothing shows on the waterfall. As I stated in the initial post,

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 mock contest

2019-05-09 Thread Drew White
Several times the other station failed to receive my RR73.  I addressed this problem by clicking the TX5 radio button then [Enable TX] to send the 73 message.  That worked. I think it would be helpful for the called station to return a 73 message in response my RR73.  As things are now, if I

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
Ed, you have now referred twice to the sound card speaker, that has nothing to do with Rx. How is your K3 connected to your sound card for PC for Rx audio? Do you have the correct audio input device selected in WSJT-X? Is that device un-muted in the sound mixer? 73 Bill G4WJS. On

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Ed Deichler
I'm using GA V2.0.1; I erred on the version in my original post. The Time.is app shows my timing is 0.007 seconds off so accuracy is not the problem. My soundcard speaker is a Microsoft high-definition audio device that tests out as working fine. In my haste I forgot to mention that the

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 mock contest

2019-05-09 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
I found that happened after logging a QSO, getting a repeat R-XX or RR73 and trying to resend the needed 73.  That would not have the exchanged info in it and it would be a dupe anyways. A couple things need to be fixed to make this smoother... #1 Double-clicking a R-XX or RR73 should set up

[wsjt-devel] FT4 mock contest, May 9th

2019-05-09 Thread Iztok Saje
Hi! Some 20 QSOs, a lot of retries. Normally, I am bad in RX (vertical in the suburb) and if I hear, they hear me. Even with cca 500 W TX I was not heard (most QSOs were with 100W). People kept calling CQ, and I was jumping around: exact QRG, +110 Hz, - 110 Hz. No clear winner which QRG is

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
On 09/05/2019 13:01, Ed Deichler wrote: I fired up WSJT-X last night only to have decoding suddenly stop after a few minutes.  I was using the rc5 release at the time but a switch to V2.0.0 GA showed the same results.  I checked my soundcard speaker functions and they test out normal.  Several

Re: [wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Neil Zampella
Deleting the program is often the last resort. What are you using for a soundcard?  Did you check the audio settings in WSJT-X.  Finally, the most currnet GA release is 2.0.1, also available from the WSJT-X page. Neil, KN3ILZ On 5/9/2019 8:01 AM, Ed Deichler wrote: I fired up WSJT-X last 

[wsjt-devel] No Longer Decoding

2019-05-09 Thread Ed Deichler
I fired up WSJT-X last night only to have decoding suddenly stop after a few minutes. I was using the rc5 release at the time but a switch to V2.0.0 GA showed the same results. I checked my soundcard speaker functions and they test out normal. Several reboots of the computer did not help.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Subprocess Error

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
On 09/05/2019 12:51, k...@k6nd.com wrote: Below is the error I receive at 10 minutes interval, after restart all is back to normal. Version: WJST-X v2.1.0-rc5 ce1c4f Running: C:\WSJT\wsjtx\bin\jt9 -s WSJT-X -w 1 -m 3 -e C:\WSJT\wsjtx\bin -a C:\Users\k6nd\AppData\Local\WSJT-X -t

[wsjt-devel] Subprocess Error

2019-05-09 Thread k6nd
Below is the error I receive at 10 minutes interval, after restart all is back to normal. Version: WJST-X v2.1.0-rc5 ce1c4f Running: C:\WSJT\wsjtx\bin\jt9 -s WSJT-X -w 1 -m 3 -e C:\WSJT\wsjtx\bin -a C:\Users\k6nd\AppData\Local\WSJT-X -t C:\Users\k6nd\AppData\Local\Temp\WSJT-X At line

Re: [wsjt-devel] Windows crash

2019-05-09 Thread Bill Somerville
On 09/05/2019 07:13, Tom Ramberg via wsjt-devel wrote: I have experienced several crashes on our Windows 7 PC after installing RC5 (64bit). Usually it happens in connection with resizing windows, but sometimes it is totally unprovoked. I have tried to search the list archive for this, but find

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 mock contest

2019-05-09 Thread Richard Lamont
On 09/05/2019 02:07, Edfel Rivera wrote:On 09/05/2019 02:07, Edfel Rivera wrote: > Hi Richard: > > Keep present clock diff have to be < .5. FT4 is more strict regarding time. > > 73' > > Edfel Hi Edfel. Thanks, but that was not the issue - my time is maintained to within a millisecond. 73,

[wsjt-devel] Windows crash

2019-05-09 Thread Tom Ramberg via wsjt-devel
I have experienced several crashes on our Windows 7 PC after installing RC5 (64bit). Usually it happens in connection with resizing windows, but sometimes it is totally unprovoked. I have tried to search the list archive for this, but find nothing. Is this only us at OH2K, or have others