Re: [wsjt-devel] Duplicate occurances on normal and 77bit

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
George -- On 9/26/2018 11:31 AM, WB5JJJ wrote: I'm using RC1 again now, but this also happened when I was running RC2 since it was released. Why -rc1 ??? The whole point of beta releases is to test and exercise new code. Please use the latest release when helping us in this way. Some

Re: [wsjt-devel] EA1FA call sign - no decoded message or grid

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Ken -- On 9/26/2018 12:56 PM, Ken Miller wrote: Using Win 10, 2.2.0-rc2 I5 quad core processor. It looks as EA1FA may be having trouble decoding. The call is showing up with nothing but the call sign in the decode window. I noticed this same thing yesterday on rc-1 and thought it was the

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 on 222 MHz and an aircraft scatter / Doppler shift observation

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Mark, Thanks for your interesting report on using FT8 at 222 MHz. Also important: we're waiting to hear from you about the "/R" (rover) capabilities in WSJT-X 2.0. This facility is there because you (and others) asked for it. We would appreciate your feedback. -- 73, Joe, K1JT

Re: [wsjt-devel] Decode Background Colors - Suggestions

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Thanks to everyone who commented on the color-highlighting of decoded messages in WSJT-X 2.0-rc1 and -rc2. We appreciate hearing all the sentiments expressed: they ranged from "keep it simple" and "better as it was" to "more options are needed". As most subscribers here know, in general we

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bug: WSJT-X 2.0 only recognizes 4-digit grid squares but not 6-digit grid squares

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Uwe, No need to send any further details -- we appreciate your bug report and will fix the problem! This is why we do beta testing... -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 9/26/2018 9:19 AM, DG2YCB, Uwe wrote: For confirmation: Just created an wsjt_log.adi file from my standard logbook where all

Re: [wsjt-devel] Subprocess error

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
s the file. -- Joe, K1JT On 9/26/2018 9:12 AM, jarmo wrote: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:48:52 -0400 Joe Taylor kirjoitti: Hi Jarmo, Thanks for your report. You had followed the instruction for beta testers and enabled "Save all", right? Please send us the .wav file that was recorded just

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X V2.0 RC Contest Issues

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi David, Thanks for your early report on testing RTTY contest mode. As you figured out, each of the issues you identified is a result of invalid user input. We haven't yet included validation tests on some of the new entry fields, but obviously these are needed. At present, it's important

Re: [wsjt-devel] Subprocess error

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jarmo, Thanks for your report. You had followed the instruction for beta testers and enabled "Save all", right? Please send us the .wav file that was recorded just before you received this error message. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 9/26/2018 5:57 AM, jarmo wrote: Fedora 28 and

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc2

2018-09-25 Thread Joe Taylor
. -- Joe, K1JT On 9/25/2018 3:31 PM, Joe Taylor wrote: Hi Jay, Thanks -- that's definitely a program defect, and we'll fix it. In the meantime, when using MSK144 you'll need to enter DX Call manually and then type CTRL+L or click "Generate Std Msgs". -- 73, Joe, K1J

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc2

2018-09-25 Thread Joe Taylor
Only seems to be TX1 in msk144 where double clicking does not work. This is on Windows 10 64 bit. 73 Jay KA9CFD -Original Message----- From: Joe Taylor Sent: September 25, 2018 16:22 To: WSJT software development Subject: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc2 A second candidate release

Re: [wsjt-devel] RTTY RU mode questions

2018-09-25 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Don, On 9/25/2018 10:03 AM, Don AA5AU wrote: I have some questions in trying to set up for tomorrow night's FT8 Roundup test. 1. Will the QSO get logged automatically to the Cabrillo file or will I have to manually log it? Typically is use JTAlert to log into DXKeeper but I don't think I

[wsjt-devel] Reminder: Mock "FT8 Roundup" Contest

2018-09-25 Thread Joe Taylor
A one-hour "practice contest" will be held tomorrow (Wednesday evening, NA time) using the FT8 mode and the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules. Date and time: Thursday, 27 September 0200-0259 UTC Dial frequencies 7.078 and 14.078, everyone works everyone. To participate you must use WSJT-X 2.0, either

[wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc2

2018-09-25 Thread Joe Taylor
A second candidate release of WSJT-X 2.0, is now available for download and use by beta testers. Changes in WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc2 relative to -rc1 include the following: - Corrected a flaw that encoded a message's first callsign as hexadecimal telemetry data if the call consisted only of

Re: [wsjt-devel] False decodes

2018-09-23 Thread Joe Taylor
Paul -- On 9/22/2018 3:32 PM, w3...@verizon.net wrote: Just installed 2.0 RC1 yesterday, and so far so good with a couple of exceptions, I was under the impression that the false decodes would be "significantly less than previous versions", not the case here, if anything the rate is higher

Re: [wsjt-devel] version 2.0.0-rc1 experience

2018-09-22 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jim, On 9/22/2018 1:42 AM, DeYoung James N8OQ via wsjt-devel wrote: 1) The transmitter always goes off after a QSO.  Under "settings-general" the box is unchecked. This behavior is by design, and has always been true for FT8. It is to prevent WSJT-X from making robotic QSOs. 2) There

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bug "no rst-send in log"

2018-09-21 Thread Joe Taylor
On 9/21/2018 2:46 PM, Attila Kocis wrote: Hi, this is DL1NUX OP Attila from Germany. We have been QRV yesterday (sep. 20) with the special callsign DF1000ZEIL and made several QSOs in 77bit mode. We discovered, that the wsjtx.adi logfile doesn't contain the rst-sent information. This field

[wsjt-devel] Mock "FT8 Roundup" Contest

2018-09-21 Thread Joe Taylor
A one-hour "practice contest" will be held next week using the FT8 mode and the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules. Thursday, 27 September 0200-0259 UTC (Wednesday evening, NA time) Dial frequencies 7.078 and 14.078, everyone works everyone. To participate you must use WSJT-X 2.0. The Windows

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC 2.0 Remarks

2018-09-21 Thread Joe Taylor
On 9/21/2018 10:32 AM, oe9...@ft8.at wrote: funny thing is, my own grid is saved in the adi-logfile in full 6 digits. Nothing funny about that: the program simply saves whatever locator information you entered on the Settings | General tab. Stations showing up that I have already worked

Re: [wsjt-devel] Non-standard call bug?

2018-09-21 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jim, Thanks for the report. On 9/21/2018 9:38 AM, Jim Nuytens wrote: My first attempt at a contact with a non-standard call resulted in the program jumping back to Tx1, instead of Tx5.  Below is the sequence: 132530   9  0.1 1343 ~  CQ OE100KFV 132545  Tx  1700 ~  KJ3N 132600   8 

Re: [wsjt-devel] gridsquare in a nonstandard callsign

2018-09-21 Thread Joe Taylor
On 9/21/2018 10:16 AM, oe9...@ft8.at wrote: Hello Joe, " In general the gridsquare will not be saved in a QSO with a nonstandard callsign, because grids are not exchanged in such QSOs." Is that a hard restriction or could the gridsquare in a nonstandard callsign be implemented? The

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2.0 - Remarks

2018-09-21 Thread Joe Taylor
On 9/21/2018 9:12 AM, oe9...@ft8.at wrote: Seutup: Software: v2.0.0-rc1 81d6f6 Own call = OE100KFV 77bit tx and rx enabled Observations Own grid is not shown in RX Frequency window during CQ-Call Grid of other station not shown in QSO-entry mask SV8QG FT8 +11 20180921 130215 20180921

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X v2 RC1 hard crash

2018-09-21 Thread Joe Taylor
On 9/21/2018 9:12 AM, "Jörg Hochheimer, DL6ZBN" wrote: Hi all, I was remotely operating the station PC and trying some QSOs on 14.078 with both 77 bit checkboxes checked. I successfully managed to finish some QSOs until an EA station called me. There was visually nothing unusual about it, but

Re: [wsjt-devel] LOTW indication

2018-09-20 Thread Joe Taylor
uot; would clear it up for people. Mike On Thursday, September 20, 2018, 4:10:27 PM CDT, Joe Taylor wrote: As stated in the code and in the "Quick-Start Guide to WSJT-X 2.0", the logic currently highlights messages transmitted by stations that have *NOT* uploaded a log to L

Re: [wsjt-devel] LOTW indication

2018-09-20 Thread Joe Taylor
As stated in the code and in the "Quick-Start Guide to WSJT-X 2.0", the logic currently highlights messages transmitted by stations that have *NOT* uploaded a log to LoTW in the past year. Of course, the test could be reversed. I did it this way because (in the short test that I ran) it

Re: [wsjt-devel] Cabrillo File Generation

2018-09-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Don, On 9/19/2018 4:03 PM, Don AA5AU wrote: Ed, W0YK, and I are thinking of changing our Ten-Meter RTTY Contest, which normally takes place the first weekend in December, to an all-band FT8 contest. If you think it might be done before then, we can certainly wait. Our thinking is that

Re: [wsjt-devel] Issue with WSJT-X vn2.0 RC1

2018-09-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Al, See my message posted here yesterday: ### 1. If a message's first callsign contains only characters 0-9 and A-F it will be interpreted as a hexadecimal number. The message will be transmitted and decoded as if the

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT V2_0 MSK144 TX bug

2018-09-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Richard, Thanks for your report. See my message posted here earlier today (at 11:37, according to my email client): # Many thanks to all the MSK144 gang who helped to identify a bug in WSJT-X 2.0. I believe the bug

Re: [wsjt-devel] Cabrillo File Generation

2018-09-19 Thread Joe Taylor
RRL-VHF-JUN CALLSIGN: K1JT CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED CATEGORY-MODE: MIXED CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CLAIMED-SCORE: 5640 OPERATORS: K1JT CLUB: Mt Airy VHF Radio Club NAME: Joe Taylor EMAIL: k...@arrl.net ADDRESS: Joe Taylo

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: WSJT-X v 2.0.0.rc1 Empty SENT report field

2018-09-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dezider, On 9/19/2018 3:03 PM, Dezider OM5NA wrote: I had an opportunity to test the new -rc1 release of the WSJT-X v 2 with a non-standard callsign OM100CSR. Unfortunately I find out, that the SENT report and a gridsquare of the counterpart station is not stored to the ADIF or WSJTX log

Re: [wsjt-devel] call sign in brackets

2018-09-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Wolfgang, On 9/19/2018 4:37 AM, Wolfgang wrote: Tried to reply to a CQ of EI100MCV In TX1 to TX3 his call sign was in brackets but TX4 has: EI100MCV RR73 and TX5 is: EI100MCV 73 so, is my call sign sent in hash code at the end of a QSO? 73 de Wolfgang OE1MWW Yes, the behavior

Re: [wsjt-devel] Major Virus Like Bug in V2

2018-09-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Many thanks to all the MSK144 gang who helped to identify a bug in WSJT-X 2.0. I believe the bug is now fixed in our development code. We will post a -rc2 candidate release very soon, probably next week. In the meantime, it's best to use v1.9.1 for MSK144 QSOs. BTW: this was a rather

Re: [wsjt-devel] Major Virus Like Bug in V2

2018-09-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Steve, This bug seems to have been caused by unitialized values of i3, n3 before calling pack77() in subroutine genmsk_128_90. I believe the bug is fixed in commit 618fc05a. -- Joe ___ wsjt-devel mailing list

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-X2 Crash report oh2fqv

2018-09-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Jari -- See my message posted here yesterday: 1. If a message's first callsign contains only characters 0-9 and A-F it will be interpreted as a hexadecimal number. The message will be transmitted and decoded as if the first callsign were telemetry data; the remaining parts are lost.

[wsjt-devel] Spanish and German

2018-09-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, If your first language is Spanish or German, I want to call your attention to translations of documentation for WSJT-X 2.0 prepared by EA4BAS and and OE1EQW, now posted on the WSJT web site here: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html Thanks to Miguel and Enrico!

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0-rc1

2018-09-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jim, On 9/18/2018 2:59 PM, James Shaver wrote: Talk about timing - I was just sending a note re: number one in your note, Joe. I assume my attached screen shot is an example of this behavior? Just want to make sure :) You can be sure. -- Joe, K1JT

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0-rc1

2018-09-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, Many of us have made many QSOs using the new 77-bit messages on 7.078 and 14.078 MHz. Overall the results have been good -- but not surprisingly, bugs are being identified. Several are important enough to warrant a second candidate release well before the originally suggested

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0-rc1

2018-09-18 Thread Joe Taylor
On 9/18/2018 2:02 AM, Claude Frantz wrote: What is the right way to switch to 2.0-rc1 when using the source code from the git repo ? A source code tarball for WSJT-X 2.0-rc1 is posted on the WSJT web site: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html -- Joe, K1JT

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 tone data

2018-09-17 Thread Joe Taylor
Dan -- On 9/16/2018 7:21 PM, Dan P KW2T wrote: Joe, Thanks for getting back to me, and it's really cool what you did to ham radio with this mode.  Also, you and I have worked on 6M FT8, I'm up by Boston in FN42. I'm aware of your utility for doing encoding, but what I want is a full

[wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0-rc1

2018-09-17 Thread Joe Taylor
WSJT-X 2.0 will be a major program release with many new features. The first candidate release, WSJT-X 2.0-rc1, is now available for download and use by beta testers. This candidate release is your first chance to test the new features and provide feedback to the WSJT Development Group.

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 tone data

2018-09-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Dan -- On 9/15/2018 9:49 PM, Dan P wrote: Is there a way to get the tone data (1 of 8) out of the TX side of WSJT FT8? It's always best to consult the WSJT-X User Guide first. Section 19, "Utility Programs", can be found here:

Re: [wsjt-devel] How to use JT9.EXE?

2018-09-13 Thread Joe Taylor
On 9/13/2018 9:12 AM, Rik Strobbe wrote: With the right filename format it works like a charm. Thank you Joe. Just out of curiosity: what is the meaning of first value after ? For some modes, and at some time in the past, the first number was the number of signals for which a tentatively

Re: [wsjt-devel] How to use JT9.EXE?

2018-09-12 Thread Joe Taylor
On 9/12/2018 10:55 AM, Rik Strobbe wrote: I already did, but I am not sure I understand the function of all arguments correctly. The program doesn't like the name you gave your file, "test.wav". Rename it to something like a real WSPR .wav file, say 180912_0001.wav. Here's example

Re: [wsjt-devel] How to use JT9.EXE?

2018-09-12 Thread Joe Taylor
Type "jt9 -h" (or simply "jt9" with no arguments) to display a help message. On 9/12/2018 10:15 AM, Rik Strobbe wrote: Dear all, if I understand it correct JT9.EXE reads and decodes a WAV file. As a first test I just tried (Windows 8 in DOS command mode): JT9 test.wav But this returns an

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 possible new mode/protocol

2018-09-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, No software in the WSJT family has ever depended on having an internet "co-channel". No software in the WSJT family will ever do so. I cannot imagine why anyone might have thought otherwise. I cannot imagine why anyone might have thought the wsjt-devel email reflector would be a

Re: [wsjt-devel] JT9-2 mode?

2018-09-06 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Rik, We are well aware that propagation-induced signal distortions at LF and MF are very different (and generally much smaller) than at HF. The extremely narrow bandwidths used by discontinued sub-modes JT9-2, JT9-5, JT9-10, and JT9-30 took advantage of these differences and provided

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 possible new mode/protocol

2018-09-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jim -- On 9/1/2018 5:31 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 9/1/2018 11:26 AM, Joe Taylor wrote: It's worth mentioning that for more than a decade MAP65, a sister program of WSJT, WSPR, and WSJT-X, has provided a powerful and uniquely effective form of diversity reception: polarization diversity

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 possible new mode/protocol

2018-09-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, On 9/1/2018 1:58 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 9/1/2018 3:14 AM, Iztok Saje wrote: Instead of overcomplicating protocols, diversity reception shall be considered. Diversity reception has been around for nearly a century, and depends on the very complex computing engine located between the

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 possible new mode/protocol

2018-08-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Igor, Earlier this month you made suggestions for a possible new protocol for minimal weak-signal QSOs. I have been away on vacation since that time, so have not had a chance to respond. Of course there are many possible ways to make design trade-offs involving message size, duration of

Re: [wsjt-devel] mainwindow.h

2018-08-24 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Sandro, On 8/24/2018 6:05 AM, Alessandro Gorobey IW3RAB via wsjt-devel wrote: I noticed that in mainwindow.h (current git HEAD) #include "commons.h" is in line 26 and line 36. There is specific reason or is a typo? Thanks for catching this anomaly. The second #include is clearly

Re: [wsjt-devel] Plans for WSJT-X Version 2.0

2018-07-26 Thread Joe Taylor
A number of people have asked for more details about capabilities planned for WSJT-X Version 2.0. I have posted on the WSJT web site a white paper that outlines the new features and a (necessarily tentative) release schedule. Go here to read it:

Re: [wsjt-devel] Plans for WSJT-X Version 2.0

2018-07-24 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, On 7/24/2018 5:30 PM, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote:> Thanks for sharing this very exciting and welcome news! I'm not sure why you sent this to a private collection of addressees, rather than to a list where my original message was posted. I'll respond here, on wsjt-devel, so that more

Re: [wsjt-devel] Contest mode CQ VHF

2018-07-24 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Mike and all, On 7/23/2018 7:37 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: First of all I want to thank everyone for this great advancement in the hobby! ... (however, ...) The CQ WW VHF was my first exposure to contest mode and it was a very frustrating 27 hours. Thanks for all the messages about

Re: [wsjt-devel] Support

2018-07-11 Thread Joe Taylor
Your message arrived safely at wsjt-devel. On 7/11/2018 5:15 PM, Frank Kirschner wrote: How do I get support on WSJT-X? I joined the Yahoo group and the SourceForge group, and got confirmation emails, but my posts all bounce. What am I doing wrong?

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2018-07-11 Thread Joe Taylor
On 7/11/2018 4:59 PM, Frank Kirschner wrote: How do I get support on WSJT-X? We do our best to provide good support. There are nearly 20,000 users of WSJT-X, and only a few of us. So you need to do your part, too. 1. The first place to go for help is the WSJT-X User Guide:

[wsjt-devel] Source Code Policy Statement

2018-07-10 Thread Joe Taylor
One of the changes associated with moving source code for WSJT and related programs from SVN to Git is a change in policy regarding development code and the frequency of "commits" to the public repository. Code development now takes place in limited-access git repositories. New code is made

Re: [wsjt-devel] Building WSJT-X Developmental Software

2018-07-10 Thread Joe Taylor
Mike and all, On 7/10/2018 8:43 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: One other idea that is more git-centric...how about we use date + 6 digit for the About revision?  This would also help solve those who think RCn is more current than the general release. git log --date-format=:%Y%m%d

Re: [wsjt-devel] Translations of FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide

2018-07-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, A French translation of the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide has been added to the WSJT-X web page: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html Many thanks to F8RZ! A Spanish translation should be available soon, by EA4TV. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 7/5/2018 8:59 AM, Joe

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-06 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Take, On 7/5/2018 9:55 PM, Tsutsumi Takehiko JA5AEA wrote: I am waiting your response to my previous message to recalculate additional gain for myself. To make sure my intention, I described the inquiry as follow. One FT8 frame has 7x7x3 =147 bits synch words and I understand current DX

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-05 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Charlie and all, On 7/5/2018 1:51 PM, char...@sucklingfamily.free-online.co.uk wrote: Joe I think there has been confusion in the ranks from two different instructions to hounds. Baker's website says to click a decode, and your instructions clearly state to put the full expedition call

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-05 Thread Joe Taylor
Jim -- On 7/5/2018 12:49 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 7/5/2018 5:26 AM, Joe Taylor wrote: There should be no need to edit the prefix in DXKeeper.  When attempting to work a DXpedition you know their callsign perfectly well, in advance. Yes, but -- when you click on their call when they have

[wsjt-devel] Translations of FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide

2018-07-05 Thread Joe Taylor
The FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide is now available on the WSJT web site http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html in English, German, Polish, Norwegian, Finnish, Japanese, and Portuguese. Many thanks to OE1EQW, SP9TTG, LA6VQ, OH1KH, JA7UDE, and CT1EKD for the translations!

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-05 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dave, Jim, and all, On 7/4/2018 8:56 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 7/4/2018 4:40 PM, David Fisher wrote: Later when I uploaded to ClugLog, I was reminded that I logged the wrong callsign.  Easily fixed in ClubLog, but for LOTW, all I could do was log the contacts again as KH1/KH7X. I also

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-04 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Take, On 7/4/2018 9:20 AM, Tsutsumi Takehiko JA5AEA wrote: Concerning the “second +4dB term”, I remember Bill’s suggestion included hashing of callsign (I used the number of (28-15) x 5 = 65 bit reduction). I also reduced five 7x7 synch to one 7x7 synch, which I am not sure whether Bill

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Take, On 7/3/2018 8:03 PM, Tsutsumi Takehiko JA5AEA wrote: Joe, Just “listened and watched the show“??? I saw a critical message last night on a Japanese SNS that KH1/KH7Z FT8 OP should pay their respect to K1JT repeated calls and must promptly return RR73. Never fear, I have worked

Re: [wsjt-devel] Tuning in Hound mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi David and all, You should know that CW ID cannot be used with any FT8 transmission. The blank interval (only ~2 seconds) at the end of an FT8 transmission is much too short for a callsign at 25 WPM. Sending it at 60 WPM does not seem very useful, either. -- Joe, K1JT On

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Mike -- On 7/3/2018 10:43 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Surely you jest...nobody reading directionslarge % calling in the blindand they are going to learn how to control themselves based on sig reports and slots?  Not only do the majority not understand how slots affects

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
of occasions) I lost them and could never complete the QSO. It was from that perspective that I made my observations. FWIW and further comment? Regards, Grant VK5GR -Original Message- From: Joe Taylor [mailto:j...@princeton.edu] Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2018 10:55 PM To: WSJT software development

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
On 7/3/2018 9:47 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: That sounds like a jolly good ideabut why only 7dB improvement? Wouldn't you recover all the loss from 5 slots=-14dB? No. With one signal handling 5 QSOs the information payload must be increased from 72 to nearly 360 bits. The

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Grant, Take, and all, I think the Fox operators are learning to manage their pileups reasonably well. I listened and watched the show on 40m this morning for ~2.5 hours, with good signals from Fox. The Op was doing a good job: he was using 2 slots, thereby keeping the queue moderately

Re: [wsjt-devel] Double click on DX station fails

2018-07-02 Thread Joe Taylor
On 7/2/2018 10:13 AM, Ed Stokes wrote: running 1.9.1 on a Mac Mini generally double clicking on DX station works as expected: call sign changes and transmit is enabled. sometimes, the software just keeps transmitting to the previous station. It doesn’t matter if you turn off enable or halt

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jarmo, On 7/1/2018 10:14 AM, jarmo wrote: My observations, what more guys making contacts, that smoother it goes. And also "hounds" are learning. We have to remember, that this is really first dxpeditio with FT8. But, suggest that next versions, no change to click other than DX. This

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-01 Thread Joe Taylor
QSOs as SSB. Openings between AJ10 and the US Northeast have been spotty and weak... but I'm happy to have them in my log now on both 20 and 30m. :-) -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 6/30/2018 2:56 PM, Joe Taylor wrote: On 6/30/2018 10:14 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: ... I noticed

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-06-30 Thread Joe Taylor
On 6/30/2018 10:14 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: ... I noticed the the Baker team gave a lukewarm endorsement of FT8 on their news update ... I do not consider their endorsement of FT8 to be lukewarm, at all. Currently they have uploaded 12,319 QSOs to ClubLog: CQ 4,735 SSB

Re: [wsjt-devel] Translations of FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide

2018-06-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jarmo and all, On 6/30/2018 10:54 AM, jarmo wrote: Translations of the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide into German, Polish, and Norwegian are available on the WSJT-X web page http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html And into Fin, Saku OH1KH done and can be seen at:

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-06-30 Thread Joe Taylor
For the record, here's the "Most important advice for Hounds" that I posted to wsjtgroup yesterday: 1. Read the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide. Read it all! http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT8_DXpedition_Mode.pdf 2. You must select Hound mode. 3. The *Tx even/1st* box (grayed out)

[wsjt-devel] Translations of FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide

2018-06-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, In case you were not aware, and one of them would be helpful to you or someone you know: Translations of the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide into German, Polish, and Norwegian are available on the WSJT-X web page http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html Many thanks to

Re: [wsjt-devel] Transmitting at the wrong time in Hound mode

2018-06-29 Thread Joe Taylor
On 6/29/2018 8:26 PM, David Fisher wrote: I have the “ALL LOG” excerpt of this if you want to see it.  You’ll have to take my word on the rest. The code version is 1.9.0-rc4 R8642.  I built it from source a while back. Version 1.9.0-rc4 was a program version made available for short-term

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 1.9.1 strange indication

2018-06-22 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Pat, Please send us a screen shot showing the behavior you describe. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 6/22/2018 4:16 PM, patrick hamel wrote: Working HF with 1.9.1 - more than once I have called a station unsuccessfully and then called another station later to have the red line come up with

Re: [wsjt-devel] JT4 SNR

2018-06-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dani, Charlie, and all, As you discovered, I never created a valid scheme for computing S/N in JT4 (as implemented in WSJT-X). I did this today, and tested it with various amounts of simulated Doppler spread. Corrected code will be present in the next released version of WSJT-X. You

Re: [wsjt-devel] Field Day mod

2018-06-14 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Gene, On 6/14/2018 9:54 AM, Gene Marsh wrote: Joe (and the group), Jim Wilson, AC8NT, suggested a Field Day mod was bandied about several months ago. Jim says he knows you and worked on some code for you.  Jim is the president of our local club (PCARS).  Can you suggest an

Re: [wsjt-devel] Use of FT8 in a VHF rover - observations

2018-06-14 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Ria, Thanks for reporting on your experience using FT8 as a Rover during the VHF QSO Party. We will be working on better solutions for the "/R" and contest-mode issues. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 6/13/2018 11:35 PM, rjai...@gmail.com wrote: This weekend I was part of rover team K2EZ/R.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Where is the NA VHF Contest Mode checkbox?

2018-06-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Enable VHF/UHF/Microwave features Enable NA VHF Contest mode On 6/9/2018 5:50 PM, John Pelham wrote: I’m using v1.9.1.  “A special NA VHF Contest mode can be activated for FT8 and MSK144 modes by checking a box on the main window.” I can’t find any such checkbox. I looked in File > Settings >

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-x Eqalization

2018-06-08 Thread Joe Taylor
For what it's worth: on my linux box (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) the button in question is labeled "Close without saving". Steve's comments still apply. Probably we should override the Qt-defined labels, to reduce confusion. -- Joe, K1JT On 6/8/2018 11:52 AM, Steven Franke wrote: Hi Saku, I

[wsjt-devel] FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide in German and Polish

2018-06-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, The WSJT-X web site now has translations of the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide into German and Polish: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html Thanks to Enrico Schürrer, OE1EQW, and Piotr Stuła, SP9TTG, for these translations! -- 73, Joe, K1JT

Re: [wsjt-devel] May I be a FOX ?

2018-06-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Pino -- On 6/1/2018 3:40 PM, Pino Zollo ZP4KFX wrote: Hi everybody, I am Pino, ZP4KFX. I am not a DX expedition but it seems that I am the only ZP4 station remained. Years ago the where moretwo went SK... the others seem QRT. If I appear on 20m or 17m a huge pile-up grows over me...and

Re: [wsjt-devel] working stations over 10000 km on 6m

2018-06-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Jim -- On 5/31/2018 4:47 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 5/31/2018 9:43 AM, Joe Taylor wrote: Of course this could be done in FT8.  But as I emphasized in a previous email, we did not want to use a different solution for FT8 and MSK144. As currently implemented, MSK144 has no spare bits. Two

Re: [wsjt-devel] working stations over 10000 km on 6m

2018-05-31 Thread Joe Taylor
On 5/31/2018 1:16 PM, George Molnar wrote: Would a unique CQ message for contest mode work, or is that asking for confusion? Normal mode: CQ KF2T FM18 Contest mode: CX KF2T FM18 The contest community is smaller than the general population, so it might be an easier “sell." *George J

Re: [wsjt-devel] working stations over 10000 km on 6m

2018-05-31 Thread Joe Taylor
On 5/31/2018 12:22 PM, Jay Hainline wrote: Joe, is it possible to use one of the extra FT8 bits as a flag that you are transmitting in contest mode or not? Would that be useful to keep the program on the receiving end from being confused? 73 Jay KA9CFD Of course this could be done in FT8.

Re: [wsjt-devel] working stations over 10000 km on 6m

2018-05-31 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jay, Ned, and all, On 5/30/2018 8:57 PM, Jay Hainline KA9CFD wrote: We had a big opening to JA today on 6m. Some of the contacts were over 10,000 km and I have heard some ops report their WSJT-X software would hang up asking if they want to switch to contest mode. Apparently the program sees

[wsjt-devel] Release of WSJT-X Version 1.9.1

2018-05-31 Thread Joe Taylor
WSJT-X Version 1.9.1 is now available for download. This version corrects a flaw in Version 1.9.0 that unintentionally restricted the full use of FT8 DXpedition Mode by "Fox" stations. New features and enhancements to WSJT-X since Version 1.8.0 are summarized here:

Re: [wsjt-devel] Trying to build a pdf manual

2018-05-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Neil, John, and all, On 5/30/2018 10:39 AM, Neil Zampella KN3ILZ wrote: Not really, the release version is 1.9.0 ... all the previous versions were release candidates, nothing more. Neil, KN3ILZ On 5/30/2018 8:49 AM, John wrote: Hi Bill, The release note needs a minor fix:   

[wsjt-devel] Release of WSJT-X Version 1.9.0

2018-05-29 Thread Joe Taylor
The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce WSJT-X Version 1.9.0. If you have been using version 1.8.0, or a candidate release v1.9.0-rc#, you should upgrade at this time. New features and enhancements since Version 1.8.0 are summarized here:

Re: [wsjt-devel] PSKReporter and non-standard CQ messages

2018-05-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Al and all, On 5/18/2018 11:21 AM, Al Pawlowski K6AVP wrote: Why not make the FT/JT messages a bit longer to accommodate the compound calls? If a longer tx/rx cycle time would be needed for FT8 - up to 30s would be fine by me. It would be nice to have enough time to manually initiate a

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bug or feature?

2018-05-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Saku, I think we may call it a bug. In r8665 I've made Ctrl+F11 and Ctrl+F12 change the Tx freq only when equal to Rx Freq, and the list of Keyboard Shortcuts has been changed accordingly. These keyboard commands override the setting of "Hold TX freq", which seems OK to me.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Menus & Monitor // r8642

2018-05-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Steve, I don't know what you mean by "WSJT-X jumped to Monitor #1". If the Menu box is unchecked, the top-of window menus are not supposed to be displayed. So what was unexpected ?? --Joe, K1JT On 5/16/2018 1:45 PM, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote: Generally, I run WSJT-X on my 2nd

Re: [wsjt-devel] Expeditionj & Standard Mode Enhancement Requests - from an expeditioner's perspective

2018-05-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Grant, Thanks for your message of May 11, sharing your thoughts after operating as YJ0AG. It's good to hear that you achieved QSO rates as high as 50/hour using standard FT8 mode. You and others will be happy to know that a General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X Version 1.9.0 is

Re: [wsjt-devel] Signal variation during test

2018-05-15 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dave, On 5/14/2018 5:19 AM, David Birnbaum K2LYV wrote: ... IIRC with multiple channels the amplitudes do not add directly but in quadrature since they are not phase coherent. Others on this list are bettervequipped to answer. No, that's not correct. As explained in the FT8 DXpedition

Re: [wsjt-devel] Subprocess Error (full details captured)

2018-05-15 Thread Joe Taylor
On 5/15/2018 3:45 PM, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote: I guess the problem is pretty obvious - the forward slash after "\WSJT-X" in the file name... :-) "...ocal\Temp\WSJT-X/houndcallers.txt'? No. Again: this bug was fixed several weeks ago, in r8646.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Subprocess Error (full details captured)

2018-05-15 Thread Joe Taylor
Steve -- You don't mention what code revision you are running. This bug was (supposedly?) fixed in code revision r8646. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 5/15/2018 3:30 PM, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote: Greetings, all. This fired again.  Once again, I was away from the rig, and let WSJT-X continue

Re: [wsjt-devel] DxPediton Mode Development utilizing Weak signal favorites Resource

2018-05-15 Thread Joe Taylor
<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 *From: *Joe Taylor <mailto:j...@princeton.edu> *Sent: *Tuesday, May 15, 2018 9:07 AM *To: *WSJT software development <mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> *Subject: *Re: [wsjt-devel] DxPediton Mode Development util

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