[wsjt-devel] Configuration settings is not stored

2018-11-26 Thread Marco Calistri
Hello, I would have a bug or maybe a unexpected behavior to report to devs. I was attempting to decode FT8 using WSJT-X RC4 but I had to switch my previous settings, saved using WSJT-X 1.9.1 with my call-sign - (1.9.1 was using hamlib to manage the CAT) - to default settings because I had not "ri

Re: [wsjt-devel] Configuration settings is not stored

2018-11-26 Thread Bill Somerville
On 26/11/2018 15:26, Marco Calistri wrote: Hello, I would have a bug or maybe a unexpected behavior to report to devs. I was attempting to decode FT8 using WSJT-X RC4 but I had to switch my previous settings, saved using WSJT-X 1.9.1 with my call-sign - (1.9.1 was using hamlib to manage the CAT

Re: [wsjt-devel] Configuration settings is not stored

2018-11-26 Thread Marco Calistri
Il 26/11/18 13:31, Bill Somerville ha scritto: > On 26/11/2018 15:26, Marco Calistri wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I would have a bug or maybe a unexpected behavior to report to devs. >> >> I was attempting to decode FT8 using WSJT-X RC4 but I had to switch my >> previous settings, saved using WSJT-X 1.9.

[wsjt-devel] Error loading LotW Users data

2018-11-26 Thread Gorm Helt-Hansen
Hi. Windows 10 64 bit - WSJT-X RC4. When starting I get the error msg: Error Loading LotW Users Data Network Error - SSL/TLS support not installed, cannot fetch: "https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-user-activity.csv"; This error msg came between RC2 and RC3. In RC2 it worked fine. 73 Gorm / OZ6GH.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Error loading LotW Users data

2018-11-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Gorm, On 11/26/2018 2:10 PM, Gorm Helt-Hansen OZ6GH wrote: Windows 10 64 bit - WSJT-X RC4. When starting I get the error msg: Error Loading LotW Users Data Network Error - SSL/TLS support not installed, cannot fetch: "https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-user-activity.csv"; This error msg came be

[wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Joe Taylor
A fifth candidate release ("RC5") of WSJT-X 2.0 is now available for download and use by beta testers. RC5 is stable, works well, and fixes the known problems in RC4. It is likely that the General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X 2.0, scheduled for two weeks from today, will be nearly iden

[wsjt-devel] "FT8 Roundup" mock contest

2018-11-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, Another one-hour "practice contest" is scheduled for Saturday, December 1, 0200-0300 UTC (that's Friday evening, Nov 30, NA time). This session will serve as a final tune-up opportunity for those planning to operate in the "FT8 Roundup" on December 1-2 (more details below). DIAL FRE

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Sam W2JDB via wsjt-devel
Hi, Just downloaded RC5, reset the colors made a contact with WB8BIL in MI.  Great job guys. 73, Sam W2JDB   -Original Message- From: Joe Taylor To: WSJT software development Sent: Mon, Nov 26, 2018 4:57 pm Subject: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5 A fifth candidate releas

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Bill Somerville
On 26/11/2018 21:54, Joe Taylor wrote: Download links for RC5 on Windows, Linux, and macOS can be found on the WSJT-X web page http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html Hi Joe, a small update for the project web page. Fedora Linux has moved on to version 29 and the RPM packages are

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Sam W2JDB via wsjt-devel
Hi Joe, Quick question, Free Text msg - still limited to 13 char?if not, the pop up hint when the cursor hovers over that input field still shows 13 Char limit. 73, Sam W2JDB   -Original Message- From: Joe Taylor To: WSJT software development Sent: Mon, Nov 26, 2018 4:57 pm Subject: [ws

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Bill Somerville
On 26/11/2018 22:41, Sam W2JDB via wsjt-devel wrote: Quick question, Free Text msg - still limited to 13 char? if not, the pop up hint when the cursor hovers over that input field still shows 13 Char limit. Hi Sam, no, moving from 75 to 77 bits does leave a bit more room but still not enough

[wsjt-devel] First test rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Jesús Gutiérrez Rodríguez
Good afternoon / nights from Spain A few minutes ago I just installed the new version rc5 ... no problem in its installation - windows 10 - I decoded four stations> 2000 and I worked two,, I KS, with the speed of before ... I think we are in luck with this version ... at least in the first contact

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Sam W2JDB via wsjt-devel
Thank you Bill. Made one more contact with RC5. First one on 40M, second one on 20M.Not many decodes one either band. Will try more tomorrow morning.  Great job and fast turn around on the bug fixes. 73, Sam W2JDB   -Original Message- From: Bill Somerville To: wsjt-devel Sent: Mon, Nov

[wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
Hi I have been successfully been using RSC3 then changing to RSC4 there was no decode of waterfall content. FT8 mode. 2 installations - 1 MSSurface Win10 up to date, 2 radios (FT991a & FTdx3000 both USB) - non decode, 2 HP Allinone with FT897/Singnalink. - non decode, (both setups using HRD (up

[wsjt-devel] Fwd: Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread vk4qg
FYI.worth a read, particularly the last paragraph.Allan Original message From: Joe Taylor Date: 27/11/18 7:54 am (GMT+10:00) To: WSJT software development Subject: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5 A fifth candidate release ("RC5") of WSJT-X 2.0 is now ava

Re: [wsjt-devel] First test rc5

2018-11-26 Thread SKI W4PPC
Looking good on Windows 7 Pro, made contact with EA1YR on 40 meters...along with KV8S.. Sincerely: Stephen Duncheskie W4PPC Ryland Alabama. On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 5:00 PM Jesús Gutiérrez Rodríguez < jesuslua...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good afternoon / nights from Spain > > A few minutes ago I just

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Krzysztof Krzemiński
Hello, already done first contacts using RC5. SUPER Kris, SP5NOH pon., 26 lis 2018 o 22:58 Joe Taylor napisał(a): > A fifth candidate release ("RC5") of WSJT-X 2.0 is now available for > download and use by beta testers. RC5 is stable, works well, and fixes > the known problems in RC4. It is l

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
Just tried RC5 - Same problem. On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 09:15, Ken Myers wrote: > Hi > I have been successfully been using RSC3 then changing to RSC4 there was > no decode of waterfall content. FT8 mode. > > 2 installations - > 1 MSSurface Win10 up to date, 2 radios (FT991a & FTdx3000 both USB) -

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread WB5JJJ
Ken, if you would read the Quick Start Guide or the Release Notes, all is explained. Your operation is 100% normal once you understand operation. On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 5:32 PM Ken Myers wrote: > Just tried RC5 - Same problem. > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 09:15, Ken Myers wrote: > >> Hi >> I h

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Bill Somerville
Hi Ken, comments in line below. On 26/11/2018 23:15, Ken Myers wrote: 2 installations - 1  MSSurface Win10 up to date, 2 radios (FT991a & FTdx3000 both USB) - non decode, 2  HP Allinone with FT897/Singnalink. - non decode, (both setups using HRD (up to date) for CAT control) This combination

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Edfel Rivera
Hi All: Just to remind to operate beyond 2 hz. 73' Edfel KP4Aj On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 6:30 PM Krzysztof Krzemiński wrote: > Hello, > already done first contacts using RC5. > SUPER > Kris, SP5NOH > > pon., 26 lis 2018 o 22:58 Joe Taylor napisał(a): > >> A fifth candidate release ("RC5") of W

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
Thanks - shall persist Cheers Ken VK4GC On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 09:42, Bill Somerville wrote: > Hi Ken, > > comments in line below. > > On 26/11/2018 23:15, Ken Myers wrote: > > 2 installations - > > 1 MSSurface Win10 up to date, 2 radios (FT991a & FTdx3000 both USB) - > > non decode, > > 2 HP

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Rebecca Milligan
From: Edfel Rivera [mailto:edfelj...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 6:53 PM To: WSJT software development Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5 Hi All: Just to remind to operate beyond 2 hz. 73' Edfel KP4Aj On Mon, Nov 26, 201

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Edfel Rivera
Hi All: Thank you very much development team. RC5 stable and decoding as used too. Worked Alabama, California, Poland, Slovenia from Caribbean on 40m. Los of signals decoding. Congratulations! I consider this a Christmas present! 73' Edfel KP4AJ p.d. One "bug" if can be called in that way (a

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Edfel Rivera
Hi Again: Typo in previous message, I mean LOTS!!! 73' Edfel KP4AJ On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 7:20 PM Edfel Rivera wrote: > Hi All: > > Thank you very much development team. RC5 stable and decoding as used > too. Worked Alabama, California, Poland, Slovenia from Caribbean on 40m. > Los of sign

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
1 decode on 20m - frq 383 ?? seems to work. Like fishing - have to wait quietly or NOISILY sent out string of CQ - no fish. Checking 6m THanks On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 09:53, Ken Myers wrote: > Thanks - shall persist > > Cheers Ken > VK4GC > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 09:42, Bill Somerville >

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Stephen Ireland
Ken (and others), I am actually sending now (27/11/18 UTC 00:30) main band 20m at 1550 Hz. Everyone so no screaming about operating above 2K in offset as I am interested in the interaction between v1 and v2 sigs. I have been doing so for around 5 mins on a rather active band ... I will do so f

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Stephen Ireland
Ken, Gotcha ... First as well ... but first sig was on a “hint”... 003930 Tx 1550 ~ CQ VK3VM QF11 003945 1 0.2 1551 ~ VK3VM VK4GC QG62 a2 004000 Tx 1550 ~ VK4GC VK3VM +01 004015 3 0.2 1551 ~ VK3VM VK4GC R+02 004030 Tx 1550 ~ VK4GC VK3VM RR73 004045 4 0.2 1551 ~ VK3VM VK4GC 73 004100 Tx 155

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
Thanks Steve Sanity regained!!! On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 10:43, Stephen Ireland wrote: > Ken (and others), > > > > I am actually sending now (27/11/18 UTC 00:30) main band 20m at 1550 Hz. > > Everyone so no screaming about operating above 2K in offset as I am > interested in the interaction betwee

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
You are the only 77bit. plenty of old format. On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 10:48, Ken Myers wrote: > Thanks Steve Sanity regained!!! > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 10:43, Stephen Ireland wrote: > >> Ken (and others), >> >> >> >> I am actually sending now (27/11/18 UTC 00:30) main band 20m at 1550 Hz. >>

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
PSK reporter is saying 2 VK2s and some JAs are hearing me so I'm happy. Cheers On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 10:50, Stephen Ireland wrote: > Ken, > > > > Gotcha ... First as well ... but first sig was on a “hint”... > > 003930 Tx 1550 ~ CQ VK3VM QF11 > > 003945 1 0.2 1551 ~ VK3VM VK4GC QG62 a2 > > 0040

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Stephen Ireland
Ken, I am working on driving it up a bit as you can gather without upsetting those who have bugs to report... Yet as I state we are in “far away” lands to many and therefore rely heavily on propagation and its vagrancies. I am running a second instance here of 1.9.2 in parallel – sniffing the s

[wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5 (on CentOS 7.5)

2018-11-26 Thread Mark Klein
Builds OK from source and I was successful in a quick QSO on 20m. I tried the Fedora RPM, but the shared library dependency versions are different between Fedora and CentOS, so the resulting install wouldn’t load. 73 de km6aow --- Mark Klein signature.asc Description: Message signed with

[wsjt-devel] RC5 problem with new grids on the band?

2018-11-26 Thread Don Hill AA5AU
I did a color reset on RC5 startup (also had to disable contest mode as WSJT-X started in contest mode.) and read the new Quick Start Guide. Then all CQ decodes from stations I have already worked on the band showed they were all new grids on the band. This seems to not be working since all of the

[wsjt-devel] Not much activity in the DFW area on 77 bit

2018-11-26 Thread Chuck Furman
I loaded RC5 this afternoon. I went to 40m and almost immediately made five contacts. I got great signal reports. Then. nothing. The waterfall has been completely full of strong signals, but nothing was decoding. No 77 bit signals. I called CQ on and off for three hours. No responses. So I ch

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC5 problem with new grids on the band?

2018-11-26 Thread Bill Somerville
On 27/11/2018 01:26, Don Hill AA5AU wrote: Could the fact that the ADIF is from DXKeeper be the problem? I've been using the DXKeeper export for many months now and it's always worked. I have to use the DXKeeper export in order to keep the logs correct for both instances of WSJT-X I run (two radi

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC5 problem with new grids on the band?

2018-11-26 Thread WB5JJJ
I'm finding the Grid part is almost always showing a new grid even though that station/grid has been worked numerous times. I just unchecked the Grid and Grid on Band as I've found them inaccurate. I can go the the wstjx_log.adi and find the call/grid/band/mode logged correctly, but still showing

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Marco Calistri
Il 26/11/18 19:54, Joe Taylor ha scritto: > A fifth candidate release ("RC5") of WSJT-X 2.0 is now available for > download and use by beta testers.  RC5 is stable, works well, and fixes > the known problems in RC4.  It is likely that the General Availability > (GA) release of WSJT-X 2.0, scheduled

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5 (on CentOS 7.5)

2018-11-26 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 7:11 PM Mark Klein wrote: > Builds OK from source and I was successful in a quick QSO on 20m. > > I tried the Fedora RPM, but the shared library dependency versions are > different between Fedora and CentOS, so the resulting install wouldn’t load. > I have been building t

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC5 problem with new grids on the band?

2018-11-26 Thread Don Hill AA5AU
It's not just grid squares that are not working. TG9ANF just showed up as a new DXCC on 40 meters but I have worked him four times previously on 40-meter FT8. I'm not overly concerned about this since I use JTAlertX for all my alerting needs but I understand some aren't using Windows. I just tho

[wsjt-devel] RC.4 and RC.5 problem

2018-11-26 Thread Unni Tharakkal
Hai I tried the new RC.4 and. latest RC.5 upgrades. On both there is no RX decode how to solve it VU2TE Unni ___ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC5 problem with new grids on the band?

2018-11-26 Thread Bill Somerville
On 27/11/2018 02:35, Don Hill AA5AU wrote: It's not just grid squares that are not working. TG9ANF just showed up as a new DXCC on 40 meters but I have worked him four times previously on 40-meter FT8. Hi Don, thanks for the sample ADIF, I think the problem is the band field which has an upp

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC5 problem with new grids on the band?

2018-11-26 Thread Don Hill AA5AU
More on this... When I run RC3 and reset colors, then run RC5, the colors are correct. But when I reset colors in RC5, then it stops working and stations worked before show up as either new grids or new stations on the band. Don -Original Message- From: Bill Somerville [mailto:g4...@cla

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Gary McDuffie
> On Nov 26, 2018, at 16:53, Ken Myers wrote: > > Thanks - shall persist I monitor (unattended) 17m during daylight hours and 160m during the night. 160m produces extremely few stations decoded with RC4. There are a few more on 17m during the day, but it isn’t a crowd by any means. Gary -

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc5

2018-11-26 Thread Jim Shorney
On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:54:20 -0500 Joe Taylor wrote: > A fifth candidate release ("RC5") of WSJT-X 2.0 is now available for > download and use by beta testers. Compiled from source with no issues, Kubuntu 18.04 LTS. Made three contacts on 40M, including one rare DX from across town with my bu

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
thanks Steve What about 6m. My antenna is pointing south. I note in the blurb sheet that there is a suggestion of 50.260 not 50.313. Ken On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 11:03, Stephen Ireland wrote: > Ken, > > > > I am working on driving it up a bit as you can gather without upsetting > those who ha

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC.4 and RC.5 problem

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
Hi Unni I had the same problem. On HF many switched back to 1.9 to make qsos. I installed RC4/5 in separate folder and can use either. (renamed the shortcuts) I could see the waterfall but no decode. Transmissions must be from RC4/5 stations to decode. 77bit. I have made a few contacts on RC5

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC.4 and RC.5 problem

2018-11-26 Thread Unni Tharakkal
Thank you Ken . Will try and see. 73s and regards Unni - VU2TE On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:54 AM Ken Myers wrote: > Hi Unni > > I had the same problem. On HF many switched back to 1.9 to make qsos. > I installed RC4/5 in separate folder and can use either. (renamed the > shortcuts) > > I could s

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC.4 and RC.5 problem

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
Problem is down this end of the world VK VU unless there are others using it we can only get frustrated. VK3VM fired up this morning and we did it, Also JA9PHV twenty minutes ago. What i did was have pskreporter running on the internet, and I transmitted, and looked for who received my FT8 signal.

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Neil Zampella
Ken, did you read the Quick Start guide.  Release Candidates 4 & 5 (released today) are only 77bit, they will NOT decode 75 bit FT8, which is probably why you're not seeing decodes on a normal FT8 frequency.   The Quick Start advises that you use the standard FT8 frequency, but use the audio

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2RSC3 > 2RSC4 decoding disappeared FT8

2018-11-26 Thread Ken Myers
Sure I had read it. Not the problem. Needed another station that was using RC5 to QSO with - VK3VM was very helpful. Also JA9PHV. All good. Just got to get more switched over to RC5. Using pSKreporter helped as reporting passive stations decoded me, so they were using RC4/5. I think there is a g