Re: [wsjt-devel] DXpedition Mode Test Results

2018-03-07 Thread gary
ess may be testing enough! 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: Alex, VE3NEA Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2018 10:11 a.m. To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] DXpedition Mode Test Results > - Of course, some Hounds did not operate as intended. Several k

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXpedition Mode Test Results

2018-03-07 Thread Gary McDuffie
> On Mar 7, 2018, at 1:27 PM, Joe Taylor wrote: > > I'm sure there is more to be said, but that will do for now. Depending on > programming progress and on my own travel schedule, we may schedule another > public test within a few weeks. Thanks for the great job, Joe. It’s clear that lots

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXpedition Mode Test Results

2018-03-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Alex, On 3/7/2018 4:10 PM, Alex, VE3NEA wrote: - Of course, some Hounds did not operate as intended.  Several kept trying to raise Fox by calling below 1000 Hz. Perhaps the software should block attempts to send Tx1 below 1000 Hz if Hound mode is enabled, and show a popup message explaini

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXpedition Mode Test Results

2018-03-07 Thread Alex, VE3NEA
- Of course, some Hounds did not operate as intended.  Several kept trying to raise Fox by calling below 1000 Hz. Perhaps the software should block attempts to send Tx1 below 1000 Hz if Hound mode is enabled, and show a popup message explaining why transmission did not start. 73 Alex VE3NE

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXpedition Mode Test Results

2018-03-07 Thread John Zantek
Magnificent summary. Bravo! -Original Message- From: Joe Taylor [mailto:j...@princeton.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:28 PM To: WSJT software development Subject: [wsjt-devel] DXpedition Mode Test Results Hi all, Here are a few highlights of results from last night's p

[wsjt-devel] DXpedition Mode Test Results

2018-03-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, Here are a few highlights of results from last night's public test of FT8 DXpedition Mode: - The overwhelming majority of participating Hounds operated as intended, and according to instructions. I copied 190 unique Hound callsigns during the 2300 hour (when I was acting as Fox on

[wsjt-devel] DXpedition mode test results

2018-03-06 Thread Alex, VE3NEA
There was no propagation on 20m and 30m, but on 40m and 80m I worked DX quickly and without problems. There were a few glitches that are hopefully not difficult to fix. 1. When the Fox answered my call at 01:02:00 (see the attached screenshot), his message appeared on the left panel but not on

[wsjt-devel] DXpedition mode test results

2018-03-06 Thread Rich - K1HTV
As expected, propagation from K1JT in NJ to K1HTV in VA on 20M was marginal. It took a skewed path beam heading towards SA to produce a report from Joe, but no complete QSO was made on 20M. QRM from XE1GK on 14080.250 didn't help. On 30 Meters, signals from Don, N1DG, as W1/KH7Z, started OK but