I would like to request that Paul add UDP broadcast and import support within DX4WIN so that we can interface WSJT-X to DX4WIN like it now can be done with N1MM+. I operated the ARRL VHF contest this weekend and had N1MM and WSJT-X working together. Every time I made a FT8 contact in WSJT-X, the contact was automatically added in N1MM. This allowed me to keep track of dupes and scoring in real time. Everything worked very seamlessly. Both programs actually exchanged information back and forth via the UDP broadcasts.
We need the same capability in DX4WIN. I have made over 7,500 FT8 and FT4 contacts over the past two summers. Both modes are becoming increasingly critical for weak signal DXing on 160 meters and 6 meters especially. Although I have added to my DXCC band totals using FT8 on several of the other bands as well. It is not very handy to have to manually import the adi logfile from WSJT-X into DX4WIN. There are times in the heat of the moment that you need the contacts added to DX4WIN but you do not have time to stop and do the import. This happened to me this summer in the middle of a major opening into EU on 6 meters when I had a screen full of G stations calling me. Adding the WSJT-X contacts automatically and in real time helps be to verify call signs, ensure the QSOs are valid and quickly report spots on the cluster. It also helps me to see when I have worked a new country and to look up more info about a station via the QRZ.COM XML interface. Paul, is there any reason that you do not think it is a good idea to support the importing of QSOs via UDP broadcasts? I wonder what other users think. Any comments? So many other programs support UDP, I am wondering if there is some technical reason that DX4WIN cannot support it? 73, Dave, N4QS ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
