Re: [wsjt-devel] #RFI Using USB optical cable

2025-02-02 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 18:29:20 + (UTC) Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: > The 7300 has a USB B 2.0 FemaleYou also have to supply power to it from the > cable. I don't have one of these radios but this has me wondering now. Is this a bug or a feature? Why would Icom do this? Self powered

Re: [wsjt-devel] CY9C

2024-08-26 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
S9+ on 12m earlier, +14 SNR. Wow. On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:09:35 + (UTC) Greg Chartrand via wsjt-devel wrote: > What a difference propagation makes! OMG, SF works like a swiss watch when > there are sigs!- > Greg Chartrand > Richland, WA. -- 73 -Jim NU0C _

Re: [wsjt-devel] SuperFox vs Fox

2024-08-25 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
That's pretty much exactly what I described. Propagation is a harsh mistress. On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:50:07 -0600 Jim Reisert AD1C via wsjt-devel wrote: > I did not hear them on either 12m or 10m > FT8 until August 14. I then managed QSOs on both bands. They were running > Super Fox. I'm 99%

Re: [wsjt-devel] SuperFox vs Fox

2024-08-24 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
It has been repeatedly stated that FT8 is not a low power mode, it is a weak signal mode. On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 19:32:17 -0300 Marco Calistri via wsjt-devel wrote: > FT8 is (should be) seen as a low power high S/N efficient > transmission mode -- 73 -Jim NU0C ___

Re: [wsjt-devel] SuperFox vs Fox

2024-08-24 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
xclusively, > or myself and a lot of other small stations are going to be left out, > unless the SFX runs some power.  Like 40-100w at least.  I heard that > N5J was only running 10w.  That could have been a big part of the > problem, if true. > > 73 de Gary - W9BS > > O

Re: [wsjt-devel] SuperFox vs Fox

2024-08-24 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
9BS > > On 8/24/2024 11:51 AM, Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel wrote: > > But the same can be said of multi-stream F/H. I can say with certainty that > > I have Super contacts in the log with N5J that I would not have if they had > > been using multi-stream. > > > &g

Re: [wsjt-devel] SuperFox vs Fox

2024-08-24 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
But the same can be said of multi-stream F/H. I can say with certainty that I have Super contacts in the log with N5J that I would not have if they had been using multi-stream. On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 13:48:02 + (UTC) Greg Chartrand via wsjt-devel wrote: > The bottom line is SF mode IS self

Re: [wsjt-devel] Comment on Superfox/hound release rc6

2024-08-11 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
I don't know about anyone else but deep and often quite rapid QSB has been a real problem for me lately. The recent solar activity has been quite a roller coaster ride. On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 11:03:18 -0500 Tom Hauer via wsjt-devel wrote: > Second, an observation. I have been watching N5J on

[wsjt-devel] -rc6 transmit disable

2024-07-19 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Thanks to Joe and the team for the work on -rc6. I worked K8R on 15m today at -10 with consistent decodes. However his signal report to me was printed after the TX Enable had turned itself off an it did not re-enable when it saw the fox reply as I have seen classic F/H do in the past. I was qu

Re: [wsjt-devel] xmit problem with WSJTX

2024-05-17 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
I have two receivers, one on the left channel and one on the right of my Tascam. I can select which RX feeds an instance of WSTX with the pavu split volume sliders. I can monitor FT modes on two bands at once easily with this setup. It takes all of about three seconds to switch TX to one or th

Re: [wsjt-devel] xmit problem with WSJTX

2024-05-17 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Hi Andy, On mu Kubuntu machine the TX stream only shows up in the PulseAudio volume control utility when actually transmitting. An interesting quirk over multiple versions of Kubuntu is that I have to select different "paths" for TX and RX audio, i.e. one to a pulse device and the other to an

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc4

2024-03-12 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Thank you sir! Compiled and installed successfully. 73 -Jim NU0C On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:43:05 -0400 Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel wrote: > Multiple reports of the same issue are not really necessary, especially > after one of us in the development group has already responded. > > Anyway, thank

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc4

2024-03-11 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Confirmed same error, Kubuntu 22.04 up to date as of today. Error: Symbol ‘ncand‘ at (1) is USE associated from module ‘q65‘ and cannot occur in COMMON /home/nu0c/src/build/build/wsjtx-prefix/src/wsjtx/qmap/libqmap/q65c.f90:93:3: 73 -Jim NU0C On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:59:57 + Stan Gammons

Re: [wsjt-devel] Another fun hash collision P97USI

2024-02-27 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
This comment absolutely needs to be pinned! Or at least put in page 1 of the user guide. 73 -Jim NU0C On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:33:05 -0500 Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel wrote: > That logic is you, the operator. WSJT-X has many operator aids. It is > not an operator replacement. > > --

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 119, Issue 45

2024-01-26 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
I would agree to that. I saw one with a P7 call yesterday that looked quite legitimate. My finger wanted badly to click on it but I said "no, wait...". Never saw it again. Despite what the nay-sayers claim, FT modes do require some human thought to get the best out of them. :) 73 -Jim NU0C

Re: [wsjt-devel] No 73 allowed after RR73?

2023-10-22 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
I actually see RRR fairly often. In many cases I think it is newbies who have not read the manual. The thing that puzzles me a bit is that occasionally I will work an op who sends RR73 and then after my 73 he also sends a 73. At that point it starts to feel a little like a Alphonse and Gaston

Re: [wsjt-devel] No 73 allowed after RR73?

2023-10-21 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
You CQ DX message should be in TX6. 73 -Jim NU0C On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 19:33:18 + Andy Durbin via wsjt-devel wrote: > After a review of ALL.TXT I no longer think this was related to prior use of > F/H mode. I had set TX5 to a "CQ DX message" and that was auto sequenced > after RR73 was

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate Release WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc1 Linux compile

2023-05-14 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
> On 14.5.2023 18.15, Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel wrote: > > Thanks Kari. That sounds like a viable option. Can you tell me how you did > > that? I'm not a code warrior. I am an old DOS/Windows guy. I can follow > > good instructions and do some logical troubleshooting

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate Release WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc1 Linux compile

2023-05-14 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
devel wrote: > On 14.5.2023 18.15, Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel wrote: > > Thanks Kari. That sounds like a viable option. Can you tell me how you did > > that? I'm not a code warrior. I am an old DOS/Windows guy. I can follow > > good instructions and do some logical t

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate Release WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc1 Linux compile

2023-05-14 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Thanks Kari. That sounds like a viable option. Can you tell me how you did that? I'm not a code warrior. I am an old DOS/Windows guy. I can follow good instructions and do some logical troubleshooting but I'm not well versed in making the compiler do cool tricks. :) 73 -Jim NU0C On Sun, 14

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate Release WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc1 Linux compile

2023-05-13 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
5/13/23 20:03, Alex Lelievre via wsjt-devel wrote: > > I believe you need 5.15.8_3 which is what I used for the Mac M1 build. > > > > best, > > alex K6LOT > > > > > >> On May 13, 2023, at 5:58 PM, Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel > >> wrote:

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate Release WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc1 Linux compile

2023-05-13 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
2.7.0-rc1 fails to compile in Kubuntu 18.04 with the following errors: [ 98%] Building CXX object qmap/CMakeFiles/qmap.dir/mainwindow.cpp.o /home/nu0c/src/build/build/wsjtx-prefix/src/wsjtx/qmap/mainwindow.cpp: In constructor `MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget*)`: /home/nu0c/src/build/build/wsjtx-

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-07 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
So All of the many software developers that work on the program, experienced users, and technical specialists are wrong and you are right? Got it. On Sun, 7 May 2023 13:35:16 +1000 Adrian via wsjt-devel wrote: > But the one you tune in by moving green marker is your receiving frequenc

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-01 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
On Tue, 2 May 2023 10:57:17 +1000 Adrian via wsjt-devel wrote: You STILL do not understand. > All the online definitions I find for 'split' operation are ; > > Split means transmitting on one frequency and listening on another. > > referring to your own station, without reference to anyone els

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-04-30 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
You guys are saying the same thing if different ways. It is all split. Just like repeater split, DXpedition split, and 40m DX split are all different kinds of split so are rig split and audio split in WSJTX. If anything this just shows that it needs to be clarified in the documentation so it i

Re: [wsjt-devel] Truncated Waterfall Display "Feature"

2023-04-08 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Just as a minor data point the waterfall does not necessarily need to fit the monitor. On my laptop on the shack I have the waterfall extended to over 4000 Hz and the rightmost portion is usually off my screen to the right. If I want to see what is up there I just drag the window to the left b

Re: [wsjt-devel] 3Y0J strange F/H operation

2023-02-16 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
They actually had a very detailed plan. FT8 included. But the best laid plans go out the window when mother nature won't let you land most of your gear on the island. https://www.3y0j.no/bandplan So you do the best you can with what little you have. Who knows, maybe their GPS was in one of t

[wsjt-devel] Another W1AW anomaly

2023-01-27 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
WSJT-X 2.6.1, compiled from source for Kubuntu 18.04. It has generally been working well. This evening I was working W1AW/5 and after his RR73 my system sent a 73 to W1AW/2: 234145 -8 0.1 2081 ~ CQ W1AW/5 U.S.A. 234215 -8 0.1 2082 ~ NU0C -10 234230 Tx 1954 ~ NU0C R-08

Re: [wsjt-devel] {wsjt-devel] v2.6.0-rc5 User Guide website

2023-01-01 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
You can always "print" the html doc to a PDF file if that would meet your needs. 73 -Jim NU0C On Sun, 1 Jan 2023 12:35:59 -0500 Glenn Williams via wsjt-devel wrote: > Oh, > An HTML version is fine. That's all you ever had with V2.2.2 and a > couple after that. > > My opinion is just that.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request

2022-07-28 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Stan is using Kubuntu Linux. Windows suggestions are not helpful. 73 -Jim NU0C On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 22:50:00 -0500 Ron WV4P via wsjt-devel wrote: > Windows key Shift S > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022, 10:45 PM Stan Gammons via wsjt-devel < > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > I found o

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request

2022-07-28 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
I've never had to use shift. Just prtsc by itself brings up Spectacle and I've never had issues with it. 73 -Jim NU0C On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 03:41:00 + Stan Gammons via wsjt-devel wrote: > No idea why I > can't do a shift print screen to do a screen capture with the save menu > open in WSJ

Re: [wsjt-devel] Watchdog timer for F/H?

2022-07-28 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
This just makes too much sense. :) I don't get blind callers. I once called out a guy for a social media post in which he was bragging about blind calling. He tried to throw shade by asking me how many DX pilups I have been in. "Plenty. Would you like to hear some of my recordings?". Never hea

Re: [wsjt-devel] Watchdog timer for F/H?

2022-07-28 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
This just makes too much sense. :) I don't get blind callers. I once called out a guy for a social media post in which he was bragging about blind calling. He tried to throw shade by asking me how many DX pilups I have been in. "Plenty. Would you like to hear some of my recordings?". Never hea

Re: [wsjt-devel] QSO 15 meters FT8 F/H not logged!

2022-02-18 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Jim, > > Your admonition isn’t appropriate in this case. WSJT-X actually greyed out > the relevant messages so they couldn’t be selected. > > Thanks, > Russ KR6W > > > > On Feb 18, 2022, at 8:29 PM, Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel > > wrote: > > >

Re: [wsjt-devel] QSO 15 meters FT8 F/H not logged!

2022-02-18 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
You should be able to find this in your all.txt file. 73 -Jim NU0C On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 01:46:13 -0300 Marco Calistri via wsjt-devel wrote: > I asked to the DX station's QSL manager if he can send me the details of the > QSO (Time and RST) registered by the Fox station on his ClubLog, so hop

Re: [wsjt-devel] QSO 15 meters FT8 F/H not logged!

2022-02-18 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Auto sequencing is not perfect and will fail eveyone sooner or later. In circumstances where the auto sequencing fails it is the responsibility of the operator to manually select the correct message to send, and to manually click the Log QSO button if necessary. 73 -Jim NU0C On Fri, 18 Feb

Re: [wsjt-devel] Question, FT8

2021-10-03 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
The S9OK DXpedition ops guide specifically states "Once you decode the message ‘ S9OK ... RR73' (also called the TX4 message) from us, you should log the QSO." 73 -Jim NU0C On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 19:33:27 -0400 Gene Marsh via wsjt-devel wrote: > Allen and Andy, > > Yes, it is not required. H

Re: [wsjt-devel] Possible feature request, time skew notification?

2021-07-17 Thread Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel
Every ham with a modern HF rig has a simple, accurate, and reliable way of getting the correct time. It's called WWV. If you can't hear WWV on at least one frequency you either need to do some more antenna work or the bands are in such bad shape you won't make many contacts anyway. Other parts