Actually, I was in the process of learning about JT65 by doing some listening
tests when FT8 was added to the suite. So I took it up almost immediately after
it was introduced. I think I was up to about 80 "contacts" when someone on the
WSJT-X Yahoo group suggested that JTAlert was a great thing to have. I wasn't
quite sure why, but I installed anyway.
The setup in my shack has a laptop on a shelf above a larger monitor on the
operating desk. Normally, the log is on the laptop and everything else is below
using Windows split screen. I was trying to work a west African station and we
were part way through the QSO when it became clear I was getting QRMed each time
I (my computer) sent a report. After several sequences I saw a brief flash of a
window popping up but straddling both screens so I didn't quite understand what
it was. A few seconds later it happened again but this time I got the gist of
what it was. JTAlert was informing me that my QSO partner was/had been sending
me a text message informing me that he had my report and I should be sending
RRR. At that point I stopped transmitting and unloaded the software. Nuff said.
Wes N7WS
On 7/3/2018 6:36 PM, Neil Zampella wrote:
.. and if you add JT-Alert to the mix, it can do the QRZ lookup for you ..
Neil, KN3ILZ
On 7/3/2018 5:32 PM, Carl Yaffey wrote:
On Jul 3, 2018, at 4:42 PM, Grant Youngman <[email protected]> wrote:
and don’t care to find out what the other guy’s name is or what he/she does
when they aren’t punching at their own keyboard
As soon as I start an FT8 “iso”, I go to QRZ and look the person up.
Carl Yaffey K8NU
Recording studio.
[email protected]
614 268 6353, Columbus OH
http://www.carl-yaffey.com
http://www.grassahol.com
http://www.bluesswing.com
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