Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Re: 20 M FT8 freqs for DXpeditions? (long)

2017-08-20 Thread Alex, VE3NEA
Of course, 400W should be the average power of the amplifier, not the peak power. Splitting the power unevenly between the messages (in favor of the callers on a difficult path) may improve the peak to average power ratio. 73 Alex VE3NEA On 2017-08-20 16:15, Joe Taylor wrote: Hi Rich, Ne

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Re: 20 M FT8 freqs for DXpeditions? (long)

2017-08-20 Thread Joe Taylor
PS - I'll have more to say about possible DXpedition operating procedures, but probably not until tomorrow. -- Joe, K1JT -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Sl

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Re: 20 M FT8 freqs for DXpeditions? (long)

2017-08-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Rich, Ned, Alex, and all, On 8/20/2017 2:15 PM, Alex, VE3NEA wrote: Hi Ned, Your picture of the future FT8 pileups of the top-ten DXpeditions is very realistic but very scary. ... ... A 400 W linear amplifier will easily transmit 10 x 40W signals if it is linear enough. Surely this is

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Re: 20 M FT8 freqs for DXpeditions? (long)

2017-08-20 Thread Alex, VE3NEA
Hi Ned, Your picture of the future FT8 pileups of the top-ten DXpeditions is very realistic but very scary. As a DX'er, I realize that none of the usual pileup cracking techniques that I use in CW and RTTY are going to work in this scenario, and I will have very little control over the things.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Two instances

2017-08-20 Thread G8DQX (WSJT developers on SF)
Pino, since WSJT-X uses a logging file, rather than a transaction safe database server, the certain way of doing what you want to do is to keep the two direct logs from WSJT-X separate, and then subsequently to use those files as input to a separate logging program. Otherwise there is the ris

[wsjt-devel] Fwd: Re: 20 M FT8 freqs for DXpeditions? (long)

2017-08-20 Thread Ned
Rich, I would like to add some perspective of what might happen when what is called a "Top Ten" DXpedition (a DXCC entity that is in the Top Ten slots in published need lists...examples being Bouvet and Baker Island that will be QRV early next year) takes place on RTTY (or any digitial) mode.

[wsjt-devel] 20 M FT8 freqs for DXpeditions?

2017-08-20 Thread Rich - K1HTV
Additional 20 M FT8 frequencies for DXpeditions & general DX use The question has been posed as to the best frequencies for DXpeditions while operating the FT8 mode. Lets focus on 20 Meters, which wi

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXpeditions - FT8, Split or not to split

2017-08-20 Thread Karza
Hi, On 08/20/2017 02:20 AM, Joe Taylor wrote: Ned, AA7A, made a seemingly good point about needing handy use of function keys for controlling progress of a QSO. DXped ops "never use a mouse", etc., etc. With a multi-decoding system like FT8 likely producing decodes from 30 or more eager calle

Re: [wsjt-devel] Two instances

2017-08-20 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
Yes...the ADIF file is used for WSJT-X's B4.  JTAlert is a much better and more powerful solution for that though. de Mike W9MDB From: Pino Zollo To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 7:23 AM Subject: [wsjt-devel] Two instances El 19/08/17 a las 2

Re: [wsjt-devel] r8028 - links to User Guide don't work

2017-08-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Richard -- There is no 1.8.0-rc2 release yet, as you must know. Consequently there is no WSJT-X User Guide with "1.8.0-rc2" in its file name. If you are building for yourself and have not turned off the option that builds docs, you should be creating the Local User Guide. Anyway, the link

[wsjt-devel] Two instances

2017-08-20 Thread Pino Zollo
El 19/08/17 a las 22:32, wsjt-devel-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net escribió: > I think as long as you're logging only one at a time you should be OK since > the logging files are opened and closed pretty quickly. > It's the ALL.TXT file that could be a problem during decoding as that can all > h

[wsjt-devel] r8028 - links to User Guide don't work

2017-08-20 Thread Richard Lamont
Hi all, Ubuntu 16.04 1.8.0-rc2 r8028 Help->Online User Guide results in: The requested URL /pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-1.8.0-rc2.html was not found on this server. Help->Local User Guide doesn't bring up anything. 73, Richard G4DYA --

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXpeditions - FT8, Split or not to split

2017-08-20 Thread steve
Like Rich I have a bit of experience in regards to digital (8 band dxcc). The operating process suggested by Rich has lots of merit and is the way all stations that constantly have 3 or 4 or more stations calling should use. Steve VK6IR From: Rich - K1HTV Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 2:15 A

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXpeditions - FT8, Split or not to split

2017-08-20 Thread steve
-As Alex says I think the DXpeds will do the opposite to the normal SSB/CW and will not want to mess with the key board much, just let the computer log the calls. With the "spare time and free hands" that this will create I'm sure they will want to be able to choose the station easily with the