Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-03-03 Thread jeff millar
Hello all, I used to think I could "fill in" the grid from online information...but there are examples where the online information and the as-sent information from the station did not match, possibly due a change of address, portable operation, or something else. So, now the most I will do is

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-28 Thread Dave Slotter
I have followed up on this reported issue. It appears that because QRZ only provides for one user account per person I could not test the case where a non-paying user of its XML API service would attempt to use it (since I am a paying subscriber). However, based on the documentation, I believe

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-27 Thread Frank Birch
This is a technical forum. Not a place to argue. Do that elsewhere. The developer is the authority on the base product. QED > On Feb 27, 2021, at 5:46 AM, Roeland Jansen > wrote: > >  > I have read the whole story. In defense for what Dave stated -- note that I > am not a native speaker --

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-27 Thread Marco Calistri
Il 26/02/21 20:18, Neil Zampella ha scritto: I agree with Marco.    Its not a 'deficiency' if its not in the design parameters of the program.    This is why there are third-party programs, and scripts like your's to ENHANCE the use of

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-27 Thread Bill Somerville
On 26/02/2021 16:48, Dave Slotter, W3DJS wrote: Fellow hams and users of WSJT-X: I am pleased to announce the creation and immediate availability of a Python script to address some of the deficiencies of WSJT-X not providing a method to automatically look up callsigns and missing grid

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-27 Thread Roeland Jansen
I have read the whole story. In defense for what Dave stated -- note that I am not a native speaker -- I just was reading lack of. missing, imperfection. Not FAULT FAILURE SHORTCOMING etc. Below is a definition of deficiency. I don't think that Dave has *any* reason to state that wsjtx is a

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-27 Thread Neil Zampella
.. and I rest my case. Neil, KN3ILZ On 2/26/2021 9:44 PM, Dave Slotter, W3DJS wrote: You're pretty brave behind your keyboard. It's a wonder with remarks like yours that anyone bothers to develop and release software for free. On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 10:02 PM Neil Zampella

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-27 Thread Jim Brown
On 2/26/2021 6:34 PM, Dave Slotter, W3DJS wrote: I am part of the development team. Read the about box. My callsign is in there for my earlier contributions. I'm with you, Dave. The G8 who complained about your choice of words is way off base. I've emailed him directly. 73, Jim K9YC

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Dave Slotter, W3DJS
You're pretty brave behind your keyboard. It's a wonder with remarks like yours that anyone bothers to develop and release software for free. On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 10:02 PM Neil Zampella wrote: > Virtue signalling and insulting think I see who the bully is here. > > Neil, KN3ILZ > On

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Neil Zampella
Virtue signalling and insulting think I see who the bully is here. Neil, KN3ILZ On 2/26/2021 5:45 PM, Dave Slotter, W3DJS wrote: If you haven't written code or actually CONTRIBUTED then your opinion is worthless to me. Go take your bullying somewhere else. On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 6:22 PM

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Dave Slotter, W3DJS
I am part of the development team. Read the about box. My callsign is in there for my earlier contributions. And I stand by my choice of words. You all are making a mountain out of a molehill. The software is deficient in my opinion as a software developer. I never took a swipe at the other devs.

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Dave Slotter, W3DJS
Personal attack. Yawn. On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 7:22 PM Fred Price wrote: > Deficiencies? I think WSJT-X works just fine and isn't bloatware with > unneeded BS. > Why use your watered down version of JTAlert or Gridtracker that do so > much more? > > On Feb 26, 2021 11:48 AM, "Dave Slotter, W3DJS"

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread G8DQX (WSJT developers on SF)
Dave, your original post may be read as, in and of itself, bullying. The post demeans the work of the development team by using the term deficiency. It was a poor choice of word, especially given the paragraph in Chapter 11 of the manual which reads: More elaborate logging capabilities are

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Fred Price
Deficiencies? I think WSJT-X works just fine and isn't bloatware with unneeded BS.Why use your watered down version of JTAlert or Gridtracker that do so much more?On Feb 26, 2021 11:48 AM, "Dave Slotter, W3DJS" wrote:Fellow hams and users of WSJT-X:I am pleased to announce the creation and

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Dave Slotter, W3DJS
Also, it's "yours", not "your's". On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 6:22 PM Neil Zampella wrote: > I agree with Marco.Its not a 'deficiency' if its not in the design > parameters of the program.This is why there are third-party programs, > and scripts like your's to ENHANCE the use of the program.

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Dave Slotter, W3DJS
If you haven't written code or actually CONTRIBUTED then your opinion is worthless to me. Go take your bullying somewhere else. On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 6:22 PM Neil Zampella wrote: > I agree with Marco.Its not a 'deficiency' if its not in the design > parameters of the program.This is why

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Neil Zampella
I agree with Marco.    Its not a 'deficiency' if its not in the design parameters of the program.    This is why there are third-party programs, and scripts like your's to ENHANCE the use of the program. Neil, KN3ILZ On 2/26/2021 3:34 PM, Dave Slotter, W3DJS wrote: My opinion my words. You're

Re: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Marco Calistri
Il 26/02/21 13:48, Dave Slotter, W3DJS ha scritto: Fellow hams and users of WSJT-X: I am pleased to announce the creation and immediate availability of a Python script to address some of the deficiencies of WSJT-X

[wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py released

2021-02-26 Thread Dave Slotter, W3DJS
Fellow hams and users of WSJT-X: I am pleased to announce the creation and immediate availability of a Python script to address some of the deficiencies of WSJT-X not providing a method to automatically look up callsigns and missing grid squares and fill them in. This Python script has been