I've never heard of the reason why it was ever connected in the first
place.Only thing I can think of is somebody wanted the meter to reflect what
the waterfall was doing which is of dubious use now that the Flatten option is
a much better solution.
And it really did not affect the "input dB
I tried rebooting and it's still crashing on open.
On Tue, 11 Jul 2017, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
I tried to close and reopen and now all my versions of wsjtx (1.8.0-rc1
and 1.7.0) are all crashing on open.
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One feature I'd like to see is if you answer a CQ, and the station comes
back to someone else, halt tx...
73, Ross N4RP
On 07/11/2017 07:23 PM, Ricky Scott W7PSK wrote:
As Jim said, its a nice AID to us old timers that cant click the red
in 1 second
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From: "Jim
OK Bill .. but why did it affect the input dB reading ? Just curious.
On 7/11/2017 5:32 PM, Bill Somerville wrote:
On 11/07/2017 22:24, Neil Zampella wrote:
the slider is no longer a 'digital gain' that affects sound input, it
only affect the graph.
Hi Neil,
it never has been a digital
I tried to close and reopen and now all my versions of wsjtx (1.8.0-rc1
and 1.7.0) are all crashing on open.
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On 12/07/2017 01:58, Pino Zollo wrote:
Please,
where to find libgomp1 >=4.9
for Mint 17.3 alias Ubuntu 14.04 32bit ?
Here is not available:https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=libgomp1
neither here:https://pkgs.org/download/libgomp1
TU 73
Pino ZP4KFX
Hi Pino,
it is
Hi Pino,
I am not sure you can, as I "think" Mint 17.3 is based on Trusty (14.04), I
could be wrong, but. Trusty, even with the updates is showing gcc-4.8
https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/libx32gomp1
https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/i386/libx32gomp1/filelist
You could either upgrade, or
JTAlert users who are testing the new FT8 mode need to upgrade their
JTAlert version to 2.9.10 to avoid sending spots to HamSpots.net as T10
mode or JT9 mode (JTAlert earlier than 2.9.8)
Users using early versions of JTAlert who don't want to upgrade (HRD6
log with JTAlert 2.8.7) need to turn
Please,
where to find libgomp1 >=4.9
for Mint 17.3 alias Ubuntu 14.04 32bit ?
Here is not available: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=libgomp1
neither here: https://pkgs.org/download/libgomp1
TU 73
Pino ZP4KFX
Laurie
have you considered adding other modes for WAS track? or was it always
JT65/JT9?
-- Original Message --
From: "Laurie, VK3AMA" <_vk3a...@vkdxer.net>
To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: 7/11/2017 1:19:51 PM
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Distribution
On 12/07/2017 4:10 AM,
As Jim said, its a nice AID to us old timers that cant click the red in
1 second
-- Original Message --
From: "Jim - N4ST"
To: "'WSJT software development'"
Sent: 7/11/2017 4:07:40 PM
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 and "Call
that was it
I had closed it but apparently it didn’t close all the way
-- Original Message --
From: "Ricky Scott W7PSK"
To: "Black Michael" ; "WSJT software development"
Sent: 7/11/2017 4:04:37 PM
Subject: Re:
Please keep "Call 1st". It is a great aid to us old timers.
If people don't like it, don't click the box.
73,
Jim - N4ST
-Original Message-
From: Erik - [mailto:erikcarl...@live.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:02
To: WSJT software development
Ill check Mike
thanks
-- Original Message --
From: "Black Michael"
To: "Ricky Scott W7PSK" ; "WSJT software development"
Sent: 7/11/2017 3:59:32 PM
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Build Error
That error means WSJT-X
That error means WSJT-X was still running and in use. You might have a hung
task or just didn't exit it.
de Mike W9MDB
From: Ricky Scott W7PSK
To: WSJT software development ;
wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 11,
Hi again,
I see my error with the slider, it do say "digital gain graph windows"
I assume it was same as its been few years with wsjt-x 1.7. As it change
level display dB level, in the past.
I need to learn better of new features on 1.8.rc1. Too excited to get on
the band with it, so rtfm was
On 11/07/2017 22:24, Neil Zampella wrote:
the slider is no longer a 'digital gain' that affects sound input, it
only affect the graph.
Hi Neil,
it never has been a digital gain control for anything but the waterfall
and 2D spectrum graph. That is why it has been disconnected from the
input
Um .. shouldn't the JT65/JT9 marker setting be grayed out for FT8??
v1.7.1.-r7850
Neil, KN3ILZ
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Jari,
the slider is no longer a 'digital gain' that affects sound input, it
only affect the graph. Input adjustment is either through your OS
sound mixer, or physically from your rig. If you put your mouse over
the slider it will give the 'tool tip' about this.
I've got a KX3, and
I just went through this with another user and he had to take out some very
noisy cards from his desktop.With no input signal you should see pretty much no
signal.
The input level has no control anymore from WSJT-X...it never did control the
recording level...only the waterfall level. It was
Dani -
We are aware of the fact that the command line tools are not stable at the
moment. They will be cleaned up and tested before the GA release.
Steve, k9an
> On Jul 11, 2017, at 3:52 PM, Dani EA4GPZ wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have compiled WSJTX 1.8.0-rc1 from source
Hello, I'm new here, so apologies if I cause extra havoc.
WSJT-X 1.8.0-rc1
Windows 7 pro 64 bits
I think I seen few anomalies: Digital gain does not change input level, bar
remain green and at 62dB level, even no input signal.
Second thing I note is TX5.
If I do CQ and wish to mark TX 5 after
Hi all,
I have compiled WSJTX 1.8.0-rc1 from source an I'm finding the following
bugs in the command line tools.
jt9 will always segfault when run for JT9:
$ jt9 -9 00_01.wav
Program received signal SIGSEGV: Segmentation fault - invalid memory
reference.
Backtrace for
Also be aware that you're also seeing FFT effect where a strong signal looks
"sloppy" due to the color coding as the FFT frequencies are not perfect.There's
always FFT frequency spreading but you just don't see it as it's usually closer
to the noise floor.
Here's an example of a loopback test
On 12/07/2017 4:10 AM, Bill Somerville wrote:
RR, Laurie. My mistake as mentioned in the other post. I will claim I
did it so developers of other software get a head start.
BTW I did some basic tests with JTAlert using it to initiate MSK144
and FT8 QSOs from alerts. This was necessary as I
Drifting a little from the “extra 3 bits” conversation, folks noticing “dirty”
signals in the waterfall should not jump to the conclusion that it is the
transmitter’s fault.
Between propagation conditions, multipath, and a zillion permutations of AGC,
NB, and filter settings, the fact is that
If you throw attenuation at the signal and the issue goes away, the cause is
most likely on the receive side. It also helps to have a panadapter available
(something that isn't tied into the AF chain). The waterfall itself should not
be used to determine signal quality.
73,
Jim S.
N2ADV
If you want to see what your signal looks like use hamspots.net to see who is
receiving your signal. This will indicate if they are using JTAlert.You can
then search for their callsign on hamspots.net to see if they are
transmitting...which would mean they are sitting at their rig.
Then use
Thanks, Bill (and Gary in the previous reply)!
I’m pretty sure my receive is fine - IC-7300 into my mac using USB connection,
AGC off, notch filter off, noise blanker off, noise reduction off, IP+ off, and
RF Gain/USB AF Output level adjusted to 30 db with no signals present. There
is no
On 2017-07-11 12:12 PM, Tim Carlson wrote:
Use one of the extra bits to indicate my desire for signal feedback.
Email address for my callsign could be looked up from ???
I am fairly sure that FT8 uses the same message encoding as JT65, in
which case FT8 also has the ability to send an
On 11/07/2017 19:12, Tim Carlson wrote:
Would you consider that the first signal on the left is being
overdriven somewhat? Or is that just a consequence of a stronger
signal? Or is it some atmospheric condition causing the signal to spread?
Hi Tim,
hard to tell but it is all too common
I find that Shift+F11 or +F12 do indeed move my TX frequency but the RX
frequency also moves a little as well.
Erik EI4KF.
-Original Message-
From: Joe Taylor [mailto:j...@princeton.edu]
Sent: 11 July 2017 18:19
To: WSJT software development
Subject:
> On Jul 11, 2017, at 12:12 PM, Tim Carlson wrote:
>
> Would you consider that the first signal on the left is being overdriven
> somewhat? Or is that just a consequence of a stronger signal? Or is it some
> atmospheric condition causing the signal to spread?
This could
Thanks for clarifying Joe, and thank you for the hard work you and the
development team pour into this awesome software and exciting new modes!
Sorry I misunderstood the suggestion. I do like the idea of
quasi-channelizing FT8 since it's so dense that it has issues with decoding
overlapping
On 11/07/2017 18:36, Tim Carlson wrote:
Sometime between building and running the latest update and installing
v1.8.0-rc1 r7847 (on OS X), the frequencies for my only named configuration all
disappeared. The default configuration still has all the frequencies, so I
cloned it and reset my
Hi all,
For the auto 60Hz shift on answering CQs, I think this is a bad idea.
We have never considered anything like an "auto shift" of Tx frequency.
What we *might* do is provide an easy way to move your Tx frequency up
or down manually in increments of 60 Hz (or perhaps some other
Sometime between building and running the latest update and installing
v1.8.0-rc1 r7847 (on OS X), the frequencies for my only named configuration all
disappeared. The default configuration still has all the frequencies, so I
cloned it and reset my preferences.
I’ve always let the IARU Region
On 11/07/2017 18:24, Laurie, VK3AMA wrote:
I bet, most people are running r7843 (as am I) because Sourceforge
sent an announcement email (to subscribers) that the rc1 installer was
available for download.
RR, Laurie. My mistake as mentioned in the other post. I will claim I
did it so
I'm new to the group, so I hope it's okay to share my opinion as I've used
JT9/65 for some time now and just started using FT8 last night.
Personally, I don't care for the Call 1st or Call Weak options. Seems too
automated for me. It's only a 15 second cycle, so no big deal if you don't
get
> On Jul 11, 2017, at 9:42 AM, Joe Taylor wrote:
>
> We are interested in feedback from users on the question of partial QSO
> automation. Should "Call 1st" be changed or removed?
I think the way you’ve done it is just right. You are giving the operator the
OPTION of
After the announcement I did an update/upgrade and now have the option to
compile the 1.8 branch as well. I compiled rc1 and version matches the rc1
on sourceforge.
I've been running it for a few hours. Switch between FT8 and JTy5/9 works
fine including frequency switch.
In FT8 mode I find
Hello Joe,
Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 7:04:42 PM, you wrote:
> I think you are objecting to the ability to start a transmission after
> the nominl start time, thus ensuring that only some fraction of the
> normal number of symbols will be sent.
> If I have understood you correctly, I do not
Because I saw somewhere that you would prefer for people to only run the
official ones for now I downloaded from Joes link and it is 7843 so should I
stop using it and build from JTSDK as normal ?
Joe has released it so I fail to understand how it could be an unofficial
source ?
I am out so
Hi Wolfgang,
On 7/11/2017 12:22 PM, Wolfgang OE1MWW wrote:
If I have "TX even/1st" unchecked and I "Enable TX",
the transmission starts with CQ, disregarding the 15 sec. cycle time.
I checked that again, this can happen twice a minute, depends on the
setting and the activation of "Enable
Hi Bill,
Yes, all the builds Launchpad are complete. I had trouble with Zesty and Clang,
but believe it’s resolved now. Here’s
The info:
Current Version: WSJT-X 1.8.0 RC1
Ubuntu Distro’s: Trusty, Xenial, Yakkety, Zesty
Supported Arach: i386, amd64, armv7, armv8, ppc64el
I like the feature. Suggestions for its “final”condition include -
1) May be enabled or disabled by operator
2) Apply equally to all modes
3) Work only with standard sequence messages
4) Require a minimum of one user intervention per contact (logging/reset
sequence, after 73)
5) Support complex
I wouldn’t know what to do with a patch if it came up and bit me on the .
Gratified though to know that it is in the pipeline for a future release.
Thank you as always.
Erik EI4KF.
From: Black Michael via wsjt-devel [mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net]
Sent: 11 July 2017 16:08
To:
I think the fact that it's user selectable is important and I agree it should
be kept because the turnaround time to respond to an inbound message is very
short (this is especially noticeable for those of us that do 99% of our
operating remotely where internet connections may prevent successful
On 11/07/17 16:42, Joe Taylor wrote:
> We are interested in feedback from users on the question of partial QSO
> automation. Should "Call 1st" be changed or removed?
I think "Call 1st" is necessary, because there isn't nearly enough time
for an operator to decide manually. As long as TX Enable
Thanks Joe. Since you're looking for opinions, hers's mine:
1. I like FT8. I like the fast exchange. I also like the automation so
far. I agree that I would not want a "QSO machine". If that's what I
wanted, I'd just turn off my mind and sit in front of the TV all day.
However I like the
>> If I have "TX even/1st" unchecked and I "Enable TX",
>> the transmission starts with CQ, disregarding the 15 sec. cycle time.
I checked that again, this can happen twice a minute, depends on the
setting and the activation of "Enable TX".
Nevertheless, I think in terms of a 'clean protocol',
I did send the patch that fixes that...did you see it?
de Mike W9MDB
From: Erik -
To: WSJT software development
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 and "Call 1st"
"We are interested in
keep fist call. ok on enable tx as u say it would be like sim 31 give up
go out come back see hue u worked hi
On 11 July 2017 at 17:02, Erik - wrote:
>
> "We are interested in feedback from users on the question of partial QSO
> automation. Should "Call 1st" be changed
Joe, first, thanks for the intense amount of work you and the
others have put into this project! The results keep getting better and
better!
You may recall years back a program named "Lan-Link. It was
designed for HF/VHF packet and was fairly widespread using PK-232 and
other TNCs.
"We are interested in feedback from users on the question of partial QSO
automation. Should "Call 1st" be changed or removed?"
I like it as it is. One thing though, it gets broken by callsigns such as
EA8/G8BCG. When commuted to G8BCG for the QSO, auto sequence stops. Not a big
deal since
Hi all,
WSJT-X v1.8.0-rc1 includes an optional feature that is a significant
departure from all previous WSJT-related software.
When you call CQ in FT8 mode with both "Auto Seq" and "Call 1st"
checked, the program automatically selects the first decoded response to
your CQ and starts a QSO
Ok I must have missed that. Calling CQ automatically is nothing new. This is
done with keyers for both CW/SSB. Of course on CW/SSB, the operator has to
‘manually’ acknowledge a reply. Thanks for the clarification.
73 de Sebastian, W4AS
> On Jul 11, 2017, at 11:21 AM, Steve Huston
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Seb wrote:
> I am seeing the same problem (at least with FT8), Enable Tx goes out after
> logging a QSO. I do NOT have Disable Tx after sending 73 enabled.
I believe this was the intended behavior; from an email yesterday:
On Mon, Jul 10,
Title: Re: [wsjt-devel] r7848
If I have "TX even/1st" unchecked and I "Enable TX",
the transmission starts with CQ, disregarding the 15 sec. cycle time.
73 de Wolfgang
OE1MWW
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I am seeing the same problem (at least with FT8), Enable Tx goes out after
logging a QSO. I do NOT have Disable Tx after sending 73 enabled.
v1.8.0-rc1 on Windows 10 64-bit.
73 de Sebastian, W4AS
> On Jul 11, 2017, at 6:13 AM, Gordon Higgins wrote:
>
> HI all using
On 11/07/2017 14:45, Nikiforos Kontopoulos wrote:
Actually I’ve just finished installing the deb file on my …..Armbian
powered OrangePi Plus 2e (xfce) as I fortold right after the Raspbian
version.
As you have already guessed there was some messages about unmet
dependencies concerning
Hello dr Bill and many tks for your wonderful work!
If only we lived a bit closer to lend you some of my hw for further testing.
Actually I’ve just finished installing the deb file on my …..Armbian powered
OrangePi Plus 2e (xfce) as I fortold right after the Raspbian version.
As you have
A small change to get that to work.
Index:
mainwindow.cpp===---
mainwindow.cpp (revision 7849)+++ mainwindow.cpp (working copy)@@
-2782,7 +2782,7 @@ void MainWindow::FT8_AutoSeq(QString message) { int
On 11/07/17 14:18, Bill Somerville wrote:
> On 11/07/2017 14:13, Richard Lamont wrote:
>> On 11/07/17 13:44, Bill Somerville wrote:
>>
>>> I would appreciate reports of how well the Debian installer we have
>>> provided with the WSJT-X v1.8.0 RC1 release works. As with the other
>>> early release
On 11/07/2017 14:13, Richard Lamont wrote:
On 11/07/17 13:44, Bill Somerville wrote:
I would appreciate reports of how well the Debian installer we have
provided with the WSJT-X v1.8.0 RC1 release works. As with the other
early release kits you will have to install dependencies manually and
On 11/07/17 13:44, Bill Somerville wrote:
> I would appreciate reports of how well the Debian installer we have
> provided with the WSJT-X v1.8.0 RC1 release works. As with the other
> early release kits you will have to install dependencies manually and
> use rpm/yum/dnf to install them. In your
On 11/07/2017 13:36, Nikiforos Kontopoulos wrote:
Finished compiling and tested wsjt-x v1.8.0-rc1 on my raspberry pi 3
with Raspbian.
20m Jt65a + Ft8 work like a charm. Had some qsos already.
Will also try to compile it on armbian for OrangePi plus 2e.
Hi Nik,
glad to here it is working
Hello all.
Finished compiling and tested wsjt-x v1.8.0-rc1 on my raspberry pi 3 with
Raspbian.
20m Jt65a + Ft8 work like a charm. Had some qsos already.
Will also try to compile it on armbian for OrangePi plus 2e.
Best 73 de SV1EEX - Nik
Sent from
The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce a candidate release of
WSJT-X Version 1.8.0. This is a beta release, already tested in the
field by around 160 alpha-test users. A short list of new features and
capabilities (including the new FT8 and FreqCal modes) can be found in
the
The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce a candidate release of
WSJT-X Version 1.8.0. This is a beta release, already tested in the
field by around 160 alpha-test users. A short list of new features and
capabilities (including the new FT8 and FreqCal modes) can be found in
the
On 11/07/2017 12:35, James Shaver (N2ADV) wrote:
Please be advised that there are some enterprising souls sharing links directly
to Sourceforge distributing the Release Candidate files all over social media.
Seeing posts crop up everywhere.
Hi James,
I'm afraid it is worse than that,
Please be advised that there are some enterprising souls sharing links directly
to Sourceforge distributing the Release Candidate files. There have been posts
all over Facebook so far and people are downloading like crazy.
Please be advised that there are some enterprising souls sharing links directly
to Sourceforge distributing the Release Candidate files all over social media.
Seeing posts crop up everywhere.
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JT8 seems to really rock'n'roll.
Two fairly small problems:
1'st report after selecting a new callsign to work, should be kept
until end of QSO.
I'm to old for this fast-paced mode, I really need ½-1s more
between overs to react before the next message hits
On 11/07/17 01:57, George J Molnar wrote:
> I can confirm Gary’s report on 7844 for MacOS.
>
> George J Molnar, KF2T
> Nevada, USA
I can confirm it on 7844, 7848 and rc1 for Ubuntu 16.04.
73,
Richard G4DYA
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On 11/07/2017 10:57, char...@sucklingfamily.free-online.co.uk wrote:
I must have missed the announcement that installers for
1.8.0 are available for download now.
Hi Charlie and all,
no such announcement has been made (ok perhaps one in that SourceForge
automatically tells registered users
HI all using ft8 v1.8.0-rc1
when i call cq with call 1st ticked workes fine call sequence as exppeted
but when i have logged call, enable tx goes out @ i have to re enable to
call cq again, i do not have disable tx after sending 73 ticked ??
now looking for dxcc n0 50 in ft8like mode,
Hi Greg
All understood. I must have missed the announcement that installers for
1.8.0 are available for download now.
As you note, we should concentrate on testing that.
73
Charlie
> Erik, All,
>
> At this point in the release cycle, its beneficial to the development team
> to test the
Greg – thank you, clear and concise.
Another observation, probably already known but anyway: clearly FT8 usage has
spiked today now that an official downloadable release is available. I am CQing
on 20m and getting multiple callers. But no decodes. I have to stop CQing and
wait several periods
Erik, All,
At this point in the release cycle, its beneficial to the development team
to test the installation, as well as new features, on as many instances as
possible. Bill created installers for most, if not all, the supported
distributions. We should be testing that release, and providing
Ok Iain, I think I follow. My weird way of thinking made me believe that
1.8.0-devel releases would go to 1.8.0 and not 1.7.1-devel releases. For the
average user, it is confusing - or maybe it's just me I suppose.
Thanks anyway.
Erik.
-Original Message-
From: iain macdonnell - N6ML
EA8/G8BCG called CQ and I answered: EA8/G8BCG EI4KF
G8BCG returned a report (I know why G8BCG and not EA8/G8BCG)
Auto-sequence, though enabled, did not function and the entire contact had to
be made manually. Of course that isn't a problem but I wonder if that is the
expected behaviour. It
Hi Charlie - I'm too thick to follow, please try again. Everyone can download
the official release at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/files/wsjtx-1.8.0-rc1/wsjtx-1.8.0-rc1-win32.exe/download
and get 1.8.0 but a svn update and compile gets 1.7.1
Can you elaborate a bit more on the
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Erik - wrote:
>
> I guess I’m having a ‘duh’ moment: r7848 is wsjtx-1.8.0-rc1 (I presume) ………..
> if I update svn and compile I get r7848 but it is 1.7.1-devel and this is
> what I do not understand due to my total lack of knowledge. If
Hi Erik
No, r7848 is still 1.7.1.
While preparations have been made for 1.8.0 those are not yet implemented
in what we build.
73
Charlie G3WDG
>
> I guess I'm having a 'duh' moment: r7848 is wsjtx-1.8.0-rc1 (I presume)
> ... if I update svn and compile I get r7848 but it is
I guess I'm having a 'duh' moment: r7848 is wsjtx-1.8.0-rc1 (I presume)
... if I update svn and compile I get r7848 but it is 1.7.1-devel and
this is what I do not understand due to my total lack of knowledge. If someone
could tell me in layman's terms why that is I would be grateful.
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