Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 TX6 mod entry and security hole

2023-05-08 Thread Alan McDonald via wsjt-devel
Why do you generate msgs if you are wanting to call CQ? Generate Msgs takes the DXCall value but there is probably no value there if you wish to call CQ. Alan McDonald VK1AO -Original Message- From: Glenn Williams via wsjt-devel Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 2:38 PM To:

[wsjt-devel] FT8 TX6 mod entry and security hole

2023-05-08 Thread Glenn Williams via wsjt-devel
Hello, Setup: FT8 V2.6.1, Windows 10, Kenwood TS590SG operated via USB cable. Time/Date: Last night, thinking about changing TX6 to specifically call 3C3CA with a CQ. So we know that "CQ DL AF8C EN81" WILL be transmitted if I modify TX6 and call CQ for Germany, However attempting to use "CQ

[wsjt-devel] wsprd.c Subtracting Signals on the Final Pass

2023-05-08 Thread Tolboom, Ryan via wsjt-devel
Hello, When wsprd runs multiple passes, it still calls subtract_signal2() as well as get_wspr_channel_signals() on the last pass. The updated I/Q data isn't used as the loop doesn't execute again. When I modified wsprd.c to skip subtraction on the last pass I noticed better timing numbers (since

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Fons Adriaensen via wsjt-devel
On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 03:06:34AM +1000, Adrian via wsjt-devel wrote: > On 9/5/23 02:49, Jim Brown via wsjt-devel wrote: > > > #3 is bogus. > > How would you know ? You lack the technical ability.. I'm not an AES fellow, but as another audio 'expert' I can only confirm that #3 is complete

Re: [wsjt-devel] Enough

2023-05-08 Thread Conrad PA5Y via wsjt-devel
Yes, that is perfectly clear and needs no further 'discussion'. 73 Conrad PA5Y -Original Message- From: Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel Sent: Monday, May 8, 2023 8:34 PM To: WSJT software development Cc: Joe Taylor Subject: [wsjt-devel] Enough Please, folks, no more email about

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Glenn Williams via wsjt-devel
I am the person who started this thread. I was preparing some useful test data on splits to this thread. So I will not send it. I don't want to cause more trouble. --73, Glenn, AF8C On 5/8/2023 1:41 PM, Conrad PA5Y via wsjt-devel wrote: I have to say that this is possibly to most tedious and

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread jbozell via wsjt-devel
Moderators! Help! Please! While I’ve found this to be royally entertaining, this equine has been beaten, flayed, left for dead, reanimated and zombified. Perhaps I’m overly naïve, but does this discussion of “split” really cause the amount of confusion implied except among the principals

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Bobby Chandler via wsjt-devel
Looks like this hoss has been whupped to death. Bobby/N4AU On 5/8/2023 2:30 PM, Jim Brown via wsjt-devel wrote: On 5/8/2023 10:06 AM, Adrian wrote: How would you know ? You lack the technical ability.. I'm a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, on the basis of a wide range of technical

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Conrad PA5Y via wsjt-devel
I have to say that this is possibly to most tedious and pointless thread I have ever seen. As for Jim Brown not having the technical ability, I am lost for words. Adrian, please calm down, you are becoming very unpopular. 73 Conrad PA5Y -Original Message- From: Adrian via wsjt-devel

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Jim Brown via wsjt-devel
On 5/8/2023 10:06 AM, Adrian wrote: How would you know ? You lack the technical ability.. I'm a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, on the basis of a wide range of technical achievements. Also a member of the Standards Committee of the AES, Vice-Chair of the WG on EMC, a principle

[wsjt-devel] Enough

2023-05-08 Thread Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel
Please, folks, no more email about "Split". Multiple messages on the same topic by the same few individuals are seldom helpful -- and in my view most certainly have not been, in this instance. Regarding terminology used in the WSJT-X user interface: English and most other modern languages

Re: [wsjt-devel] [wsjtgroup] Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Brian Moran via wsjt-devel
Or, pick words that don’t have a meaning yet. Like call it “TX Optimizan” with choices like “none” “active” and “emulate” . I am joking. -Brian N9ADGSent via iPhoneOn May 8, 2023, at 11:18 AM, John Kludt via wsjt-devel wrote:Michael,My vote is we have beat this issue to death several times over. 

Re: [wsjt-devel] [wsjtgroup] Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread John Kludt via wsjt-devel
Michael, My vote is we have beat this issue to death several times over. Pick any language, as it evolves words take on new meanings or nuances. Can we maybe let this one go? John K7SYS On Mon, May 8, 2023, 09:37 Black Michael via wsjt-devel < wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > And

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Phil Williams via wsjt-devel
Gah! I am out of here! Phil de W1ZOT On Mon, May 8, 2023, 13:11 Adrian via wsjt-devel < wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > On 9/5/23 02:49, Jim Brown via wsjt-devel wrote: > > #1 is hardly a benefit, > > > Why not, utilizing a gap at 100Hz or 2900Hz is very useful and effective > with

[wsjt-devel] unsubscibe

2023-05-08 Thread John Stins via wsjt-devel
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Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Adrian via wsjt-devel
On 9/5/23 02:49, Jim Brown via wsjt-devel wrote: #1 is hardly a benefit, Why not, utilizing a gap at 100Hz or 2900Hz is very useful and effective with split. #3 is bogus. How would you know ? You lack the technical ability.. #2 is a side benefit, but VERY secondary, and not the

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Jim Brown via wsjt-devel
#1 is hardly a benefit, #3 is bogus. #2 is a side benefit, but VERY secondary, and not the fundamental purpose of the practice. 73, Jim K9YC On 5/8/2023 7:26 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: #1 It allows you to transmit outside your passband. #2 It avoids roll off of power at band

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Jim Brown via wsjt-devel
I strongly disagree, Mike. Bjorn's suggestion to call it Transmit Harmonic Prevention is a VERY good one, because it describes what the choice does. It is NOT "split" in the sense it has been used in ham radio for at least 70 years. People learn from things being called what they are. Bjorn's

Re: [wsjt-devel] [wsjtgroup] Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Adrian via wsjt-devel
Mike I personally do not have issue with it as is, and as you know most do not read the manual, or could not be bothered. "Split Operation for Signal Quality"  could be another option ? Just lets the newbies get a clue on why a split option is there. 73 vk4tux On 9/5/23 02:32, Black

Re: [wsjt-devel] [wsjtgroup] Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
And ya'll are confusing the purpose of split with the rig split function. We have 3 choices #1 Fake It#2 Rig#3 None The all refer to split -- not to any reason for using it.  You are trying to put the reason as the title. Mike W9MDB On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 10:51:17 AM CDT, Adrian via

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Adrian via wsjt-devel
The RX frequency = Set band frequency & pan marker sent > received. If I send you a 1900Hz audio modulated signal at split Sub TX vfo set 14.072.500 = 14.074.400 usb freq, Your RX on 14.074.00 band standard RX will see it at 400Hz marker. 73 vk4tux On 9/5/23 01:46, Alan via wsjt-devel

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Reino Talarmo via wsjt-devel
>From: Alan via wsjt-devel [mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net] >Since WSJT-X shifts any transmit audio below 1500Hz higher up the spectrum how >>come we see RX signals on the waterfall below 1500Hz? >I presume on RX it shifts all signals back down by the same amount as they >were

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Adrian via wsjt-devel
Reino,  "Signal Optimization" is a better field name , we control the audio passband frequency window for the best modulation results = Signal. 73 vk4tux Sam just sent his proposal how to remove the split word in the relation of the local split usage. There may be no need for a 'two

Re: [wsjt-devel] [wsjtgroup] Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Alan via wsjt-devel
I think I suggested something similar much earlier in the thread. However with that new name rig and fake it don't mean anything so I'd suggest change to hardware and software respectively. Alan G0TLK, sent from my mobile device On 8 May 2023 16:37:35 Adrian via wsjt-devel wrote: Sam, That

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Alan via wsjt-devel
Since WSJT-X shifts any transmit audio below 1500Hz higher up the spectrum how come we see RX signals on the waterfall below 1500Hz? I presume on RX it shifts all signals back down by the same amount as they were shifted up on TX? Alan G0TLK, sent from my mobile device On 8 May 2023 15:37:14

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Reino Talarmo via wsjt-devel
> From: Black Michael via wsjt-devel [mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net] > Much the same as a rig from 50 years ago looks nothing like today -- > including the fact that old rigs had no "split" capability at all and you had > to use a 2nd transceiver to accomplish the same thing. > Then

Re: [wsjt-devel] [wsjtgroup] Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Adrian via wsjt-devel
No, leave the split rig/fake checkpoints, as is, but place within a field/box titled 'Signal Optimization' , which should be an easy ui update ? No need to remove rig split or fake split, because that is what is activated via CAT. 73 vk4tux On 9/5/23 01:42, Alan wrote: I think I

Re: [wsjt-devel] [wsjtgroup] Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
I don't see what the problem is. When you click "Rig" your rig goes into Split mode -- why would want to confuse people now with asking "why does my rig go into split mode when I click Rig in audio optimization". Fake It is running split on just one VFO. What we're missing in WSJT-X is the

Re: [wsjt-devel] [wsjtgroup] Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Adrian via wsjt-devel
Sam, That is what I mentioned earlier, however 'Signal Optimization' makes more sense, as that is the end result. 73 vk4tux On 9/5/23 01:28, Sam Birnbaum via groups.io wrote: Hi All, As a retired software developer with extensive UI development experience, may I make a suggestion to

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Sam W2JDB via wsjt-devel
Hi All, As a retired software developer with extensive UI development experience, may I make a suggestion to whomever is in charge of the UI, to change this part of the display in Radio Settings tab from what is the current version (left side) to this new version (right side) and explain its

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
Much the same as a rig from 50 years ago looks nothing like today -- including the fact that old rigs had no "split" capability at all and you had to use a 2nd transceiver to accomplish the same thing.Then they added a split button and operators said "what can I do with this?".  And CW split

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Virginia Greene via wsjt-devel
100%. I wish the same reasoning was applied to Fox operation. There the Fox can and often does essentially instruct you, the Hound, to transmit where the Fox’s receiver passband rolls off. 73, Clarke K1JX > On May 8, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel > wrote: > > #1 It

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Björn Ekelund via wsjt-devel
Fair enough, they come with keeping the transmit audio frequency centered in the passband. "Use optimal transmit audio frequency" then? Given the huge and often uninformed debates (not only here), avoiding the s-word would have a lot of value. Björn SM7IUN On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 4:29 PM Black

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
#1 It allows you to transmit outside your passband.#2 It avoids roll off of power at band edges.#3 It avoids non-linearities in the audio digitization. Mike W9MDB On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 09:13:02 AM CDT, Björn Ekelund via wsjt-devel wrote: So what more does it do? Björn SM7IUN On

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Adrian via wsjt-devel
Consistent TX level control, making alc minimum set easier for whole pan TX usage. 73 vk4tux On 9/5/23 00:08, Björn Ekelund via wsjt-devel wrote: So what more does it do? Björn SM7IUN On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 3:43 PM Black Michael wrote: That's not the only thing it does so that's not

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Björn Ekelund via wsjt-devel
So what more does it do? Björn SM7IUN On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 3:43 PM Black Michael wrote: > That's not the only thing it does so that's not a good choice. Nobody has > every come up with anything better than Split. > Let's just learn that Split from 50 years ago has changed and is much more >

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
That's not the only thing it does so that's not a good choice.  Nobody has every come up with anything better than Split.Let's just learn that Split from 50 years ago has changed and is much more flexible now than before. Mike W9MDB On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 08:37:26 AM CDT, Björn

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Björn Ekelund via wsjt-devel
I propose that the option "Split operation" in the radio settings of WSJT-X is renamed "Transmit harmonics prevention" to remove some of the confusion to those who struggle with digital radio technology. The three options below should be "I don't care if I QRM the band", "Use VFO B", and "Use

[wsjt-devel] Enhancement suggestion - TX start time

2023-05-08 Thread Luis Miguel Castañeda via wsjt-devel
I've noticed that - at least in FT4/8 - if you enable TX towards the end of a cycle TX starts inmediately despite it won't have the time to transmit something useable. I think it would be helpful if - optionally or not - TX is prevented to start until the next turn when there isn't enough

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Jim Brown via wsjt-devel
On 5/6/2023 10:41 PM, Reino Talarmo via wsjt-devel wrote: This start to be really funny! There's a saying in the States that "you can't argue with a drunk." A corollary is that it's a waste of time to one who only wants the world to tell him he's right. The story related in your post is

Re: [wsjt-devel] Enhancement suggestion - 30 second cycles

2023-05-08 Thread Adrian via wsjt-devel
On 8/5/23 17:00, Reino Talarmo wrote: Sent: sunnuntai 7. toukokuuta 2023 23.29 Why would i talk about non wsjtx usage on a wsjtx group ? It is important to use commonly used words in the same meaning in the ham community. There are many radio amateurs that have used other modes, some even