Re: [wsjt-devel] Rx Frequency doesn't move to QSO partner frequency.

2018-12-12 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Neil, On 12/11/2018 11:46 PM, Neil Zampella KN3ILZ wrote: I was calling CQ with the Hold Tx Freq set.  I has just finished an QSO with a station, and someone replied to a CQ call a minute later.  The Auto Sequence kicked in fine, and the QSO was completed properly. However, when I looked

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bug Report

2018-12-12 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi John, False decodes are rare, but their frequency is not zero -- especially if you have checked "Decode | Enable AP". Please read Section 12.1 of the User Guide, "AP Decoding": http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.0.0.html -- 73, Joe, K1JT On

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 58, Issue 190

2018-12-11 Thread Joe Taylor
On 12/11/2018 3:55 PM, Lahra Svare KT9X wrote: I signed up for the digest version of this list, yet I’m getting 10-20 emails a day each with 4 to 5 emails in each one. Is there anyway to get ONE daily digest? I hate to unsubscribe, I love the information - but there’s quite a volume of

Re: [wsjt-devel] compound callsigns and grid square

2018-12-11 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Bill, and Mike, good questions. For the first I need to check message source encoding routine, it may be that /P is allowed, it appears to be so although I have not tested it end to end. "/P" is allowed with a grid because it is a valid message format for EU VHF Contest purposes. See

Re: [wsjt-devel] compound callsigns and grid square

2018-12-11 Thread Joe Taylor
Mike -- On 12/11/2018 2:41 PM, Mike Maynard wrote: Ok, so explain to me why K2GC/P formats properly? Compound callsigns and their usage is described here: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.0.0.html#COMP-CALL I could certainly understand the issue more if my

Re: [wsjt-devel] Error Loading LotW Users Data

2018-12-11 Thread Joe Taylor
On 12/11/2018 2:25 PM, Greg Gilbert KN4APC wrote: What is the fix for this? Thanks, Greg KN4APC New Year's Resolution: "Before posting a question on setup or usage of WSJT-X I will check the WSJT-X 2.0 User Guide and look for similar queries on the same reflector." In this particular

[wsjt-devel] Good News on WSJT-X 2.0

2018-12-10 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, My office is close to home, so I went home today over the lunch hour. Monitoring 20 meters just 3 hours after WSJT-X 2.0 had been released, I found that nearly half of the active stations were already using it. I made 18 QSOs in about half an hour. According to PSK Reporter

Re: [wsjt-devel] Documentation Suggestion

2018-12-10 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Rick, My suggestion is to add a sentence or two under each of the settings tab screen shots with a BRIEF description for each of the features on that tab ... such as: "Label and decode Fonts may be changed in the Display section as shown above." Good suggestion. In fact, such a "ToDo"

Re: [wsjt-devel] 200 or 2000 Hz

2018-12-10 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Bill, On 12/10/2018 1:20 PM, Bill Mullin AA4M wrote: I asked this question on another list but did not get a usable answer: With 1.9.1 we were told to use 200 HZ to Start and change this to 2000 Hz for RC5.  Which should we use for the 2.0.0 GA version?  Is there some frequency that may

[wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0.0: GA release

2018-12-10 Thread Joe Taylor
The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce the general availability (GA) release of WSJT-X Version 2.0.0. If you have been using version 1.9.1 or earlier, or one of the candidate releases v2.0.0-rc#, it's important to upgrade now. The original protocols for FT8 and MSK144 are no

Re: [wsjt-devel] Clear guidance - Development Environment

2018-12-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Steve -- On 12/7/2018 5:32 AM, Stephen Ireland VK3VM wrote: From comments passing it appeared that Greg Beam’s brilliant JTSDK was not being used as the central environ; with great difficulty I also gathered from responses that base development is performed under Linux and that Windows

Re: [wsjt-devel] Specification for side band attenuation

2018-12-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Simon, Richard, and all, As Bill stated, the phase of an FT8 signal is continuous. The first derivative of phase (i.e., the frequency) has discontinuous steps at symbol boundaries. The attached plot shows the average spectrum of ten simulated FT8 signals carrying different messages.

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2.0.0 rc5 JT65 bw looks like JT9

2018-12-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Wolfgang, On 12/7/2018 3:56 AM, Wagner Wolfgang OE1WWL wrote: When I change the mode from FT8 to JT65 (today not via JT9) the red and green markers have a smaller bandwidth than before. It appears like the bandwidth of JT9. This problem was identified and fixed about a week ago. It will

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

2018-12-06 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Shel, If you are going back and forth between 1.9.1 and 2.0-rc5, that is expected behavior. Use of 1.9.1 will erase your colors saved from v2.0 and require you to reset. After GA is available, next week, don't use v1.9.1 any more! -- Joe, K1JT On 12/6/2018 3:30 PM, Shel KF0UR

Re: [wsjt-devel] Average DT Time

2018-12-06 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, A number of comments and questions have appeared here recently concerning the parameter DT displayed by the WSJT-X decoders. K6AVP: Only a few have posted what range of DT’s they mostly see ... K9YC: My memory is routinely seeing DTs in the range of +/_ 200msec, with occasional

Re: [wsjt-devel] Previously saved Wave files no longer processing with rc4 & rc5

2018-12-05 Thread Joe Taylor
wrote: Hi Joe, perfectly understood. But the sample downloaded in help-->Download samples.. are to be updated C:\Users\Sandro\AppData\Local\WSJT-X\save\samples\MSK144 C:\Users\Sandro\AppData\Local\WSJT-X\save\samples\FT8 Compliments for the big work Il 05/12/2018 00:31, Joe Taylor ha scritto:

Re: [wsjt-devel] what is rtty mode?

2018-12-05 Thread Joe Taylor
Dave -- On 12/1/2018 2:07 PM, Dale Wheeler via wsjt-devel wrote: Using win 10 Running ver. 2.0 rc5 I have received the same pop-up 3 times. It asks if I want to RTTY contest mode (see attached picture). I looked but don't understand the documentation. Am I doing something wrong or is this a

Re: [wsjt-devel] Previously saved Wave files no longer processing with rc4 & rc5

2018-12-04 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Laurie, Probably you figured this out, already. Any revision later than 2.0-rc3 cannot decode the old FT8 protocol. It's an inevitable consequence of the forced shift to a better protocol. -- Joe, K1JT On 12/4/2018 17:09, Laurie, VK3AMA wrote: Since rc4, opening previously

[wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 User Guide

2018-12-04 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, I have posted what I'm calling a "minimally acceptable" WSJT-X 2.0 User Guide on the WSJT web site: http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.0.0.html It's what will come up in your browser when you click *Online User Guide" from the Help menu in RC4, RC5,

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Roundup Cabrillo

2018-12-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dave, On 12/3/2018 19:25, Dave Hachadorian K6LL wrote: There were major issues with RST not getting filled in, both sent and received.  I’ve got about 200 dupes in my Cabrillo because one line has no RST, and the next line has the RST typed in manually.  It was a major pain during the

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 RC5 -- difference from 1.9.1

2018-12-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Larry -- On 12/3/2018 16:50, Larry Banks W1DYJ wrote: I have just switched to 2.0 RC5.  I use it mainly for HF/FT8. With FT8 and when at my 2nd home in Maine, I usually change my TX6 -- the autoloaded /_*CQ W1DYJ FN43*_/ -- to /_*CQ W1DYJ /ME*_/ as Maine is far more important info than just

Re: [wsjt-devel] Delay in outgoing Tx5 Message

2018-12-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dave, This is a known problem. We will address it ASAP. -- Joe, K1JT On 12/3/2018 12:59 PM, Dave Hachadorian wrote: I operated in the FT8 Roundup this past weekend, using two computers in SO2R.  Both computers logged about 450 QSO’s each. One of the computers used a relatively

Re: [wsjt-devel] TX # spinner in RU Contest mode

2018-12-01 Thread Joe Taylor
On 12/1/2018 12:33, G3WDG char...@sucklingfamily.free-online.co.uk wrote: Just wondering what the TX # spinner is used for (located to right of RX freq combo box) on mainwindow GUI? For non US/Canada stations, the contest exchange is signal report and QSO serial number. -- Joe, K1JT

[wsjt-devel] Fwd: "FT8 Roundup" mock contest

2018-11-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Forwarded Message Subject: [wsjt-devel] "FT8 Roundup" mock contest Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:55:00 -0500 From: Joe Taylor Reply-To: WSJT software development To: WSJT software development Hi all, Another one-hour "practice contest" is scheduled for Saturda

Re: [wsjt-devel] v2.0.0-rc5 - JT65 has disappeared

2018-11-30 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/30/2018 5:06 PM, Jim Shorney NU0C wrote: FWIW I have always used JT9+JT65 as opposed to plain JT65 mode. So did I. Emphasis on past tense. It was convenient and did a lot to encourage use of JT9 when it was a new mode. Why would one not? If one is involved in writing and

Re: [wsjt-devel] v2.0.0-rc5 - JT65 has disappeared

2018-11-30 Thread Joe Taylor
s little as possible Il 29/11/2018 22:36, Martin Davies G0HDB ha scritto: On 29 Nov 2018 at 16:06, Joe Taylor wrote: Hi Martin, Thanks for your report.  This bug was identified and fixed several days ago.  It will not be present in the GA release. The workaround in the RC5 release is si

Re: [wsjt-devel] Which FREQS for 1-2 Dec Roundup?

2018-11-30 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/30/2018 10:49 AM, DAMIJAN ŠKVARČ S58G wrote: Sorry, maybe I have overlooked in the rules: Which exact frequencies will be used in 1-2 December Roundup? J. Taylor wrote for mock test: <<>> But what about for 80, 15 and 10 M please? Go here for FT8 Roundup Rules and related advice:

Re: [wsjt-devel] v2.0.0-rc5 - JT65 has disappeared

2018-11-29 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Martin, On 11/29/2018 3:44 PM, Martin Davies G0HDB wrote: Using the 'Default' configuration in v2.0.0-rc5, I've just been invoking and trying all the various modes that I'm likely to use, and JT65 seems to have disappeared. In the process of trying each mode in turn I've found that even

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Roundup practice session

2018-11-29 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/29/2018 11:03 AM, Stephen Ireland VK3VM/VK3SIR wrote: Any chance of coordinating a better time/band for testing? The times selected (0200 GMT) are the worst possible times for long-haul, cross-equatorial propagation from your parts on 40m under current solar conditions. 0500 on 20m may

[wsjt-devel] FT8 Roundup practice session

2018-11-29 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, I was on 40 meters for the FT8 Roundup practice session last evening (NA time). Operating time: 0200 to 0259 UTC Program: WSJT-X 2.0 RC5 Dial frequency 7.080 Power: 100 Watts Antenna: Dipole at 50 ft I operated as a Run station, calling CQ at audio Tx frequency 1000 Hz. There are 240

Re: [wsjt-devel] ISCAT Problem?

2018-11-28 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/27/2018 10:20 AM, Rory Bowers K5CKS wrote: Is there a chance you will change that to a double click Joe? No. ISCAT uses free-form messages. It's totally unsuited to double-clicking or Auto-Sequencing logic. I think ISCAT could be a LOT of fun.  I was amazed at the sensitivity!!

Re: [wsjt-devel] [RTTY] "FT8 Roundup" mock contest [Two Sessions]

2018-11-28 Thread Joe Taylor
ts and bug fixes beyond rc4.) 73, Ed W0YK Don AA5AU -Original Message----- From: Joe Taylor [mailto:j...@princeton.edu] Sent: 26 November, 2018 13:55 To: WSJT software development Subject: [wsjt-devel] "FT8 Roundup" mock contest Hi all, Another one-hour "practice contest&q

Re: [wsjt-devel] LoTW / No LoTW

2018-11-28 Thread Joe Taylor
Lee -- On 11/28/2018 10:27 AM, Lee. KX4TT via wsjt-devel wrote: It also does not work well with the green highlighting for those who are color-blind; People with either protanomaly  or deuteranomaly may have problems in this case. The result for red lettering on a green background can be two

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 rc5: Open list problem

2018-11-28 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi John, Would it not be better if files were always numbered with 6 time digits insted of a mix of 4 and 6 digits, then the list would be ordered in a squential manner? Possibly, but that's not the way we've done it. Labeling files with 4-digit times makes good sense for the modes with

Re: [wsjt-devel] Quick-Start Guide to WSJT-X 2.0

2018-11-27 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Eugene, On 11/27/2018 2:26 PM, Eugene UA1NAN wrote: Hi friends! I can send a translation (not machine) into Russian of the article "Quick-Start Guide to WSJT-X 2.0" from Joe Taylor, K1JT. 73, Eugene, UA1NAN. Thanks for this offer! I will be happy to post your translation on

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X rc5 hard crash

2018-11-27 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Steve, Thanks for the report. You do know that ""W6XX W7WM RR73 TNX" is not a legal FT8 message, right? Nevertheless, the program should not crash when it's given a bad message. This defect will be fixed in the 2.0 GA release. -- Joe, K1JT On 11/27/2018 2:19 PM, Steve Boone

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC5 error in JT65

2018-11-27 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/27/2018 12:07 PM, Jari A wrote: ... I work several qsos with RC5 on FT8, then got silent with FT8, so I change to JT65 as I saw traffic on it. I also note, that after I change from JT65 to JT9, RC5 keeps tx on FT8, even JT9 is indicated below date/ time window. Aaah! Now I understand

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC5 error in JT65

2018-11-27 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Charlie, Jari, and all, Thanks for your reports -- they are much appreciated. I'm sure you understand that our recent work has mostly been related to HF interests -- in particular, the new 77-bit protocols for FT8 and MSK144, and new special messages for contesting. We are certainly not

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-x 2.0.0-rc5 right click on waterfall not as documented

2018-11-27 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/27/2018 12:52 PM, Paul Kube K6PO wrote: wsjt-x 2.0.0-rc5 Windows 10 Pro x64 Version10.0.17134 Build 17134 Position the mouse cursor in the waterfall window. Right click. A small dialog pops up announcing "Set Rx and Tx Offset". The Rx and Tx offsets themselves are not affected. However,

Re: [wsjt-devel] ISCAT Problem?

2018-11-27 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/27/2018 9:54 AM, Rory Bowers wrote: I installed rc5 this morning and ran ISCAT B on 6M.  I got two calls from my CQ.  When I tried to double click on one of them the program said "Double Click Not Available for ISCAT Mode".  How do you answer a call in ISCAT Mode?? Thanks, Rory, K5CKS

[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

[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

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

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXPedition changes?

2018-11-21 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/21/2018 12:08 AM, jarmo OH1MRR wrote: Some months ago we said "The existing FT8 DXpedition mode will still be supported, and a more powerful DXpedition mode may be offered as well." We have not yet done serious work on the potentially "more powerful mode". -- Joe, K1JT As during VP6D,

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXPedition changes?

2018-11-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Mike, On 11/20/2018 11:51 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: It was mentioned a while ago that changes would be made to the Fox mode to avoid the power loss for multiple QSOs going on. Has this been done?  rc4 still points to the old DXpedition guide. The only change made to FT8

Re: [wsjt-devel] RTTY roundup dups

2018-11-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dave and all, On 11/20/2018 11:11 AM, David Kjellquist WB5NHL wrote: Has anyone come up with ideas for avoiding dups when using FT8 in a large contest? JTAlert checks B4 but its display matrix is limited and not really designed for contest use. N1MM log integration works well but I don't

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC4 Mock

2018-11-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Julian, On 11/19/2018 9:46 PM, Julian VK4CMV wrote: I've noticed that WSJT-X logging thinks it's on local time - see the Contest Log - the QSOs do make it in Z time to my HRD log via JTAlert though. (We are +10hrs on UTC) There are some signals at 14.078 that I can't decode in RC4 or

Re: [wsjt-devel] Potential RC4 bug ? Auto Seq setting not sticky

2018-11-19 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/19/2018 7:16 PM, Mark Spencer VE7AFZ wrote: I downloaded and installed a fresh copy of RC-4 onto a different computer (a laptop running Windows 10 pro) a noticed the same behaviour. While running FT8 if I select auto sequence and then re start the application auto sequence is not

[wsjt-devel] Reminder: FT8 mock contest tomorrow

2018-11-18 Thread Joe Taylor
A one-hour "practice contest" will be held tomorrow using the FT8 mode and the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules. Tuesday, November 20, 0200-0300 UTC (Monday evening, NA time) Dial frequency 7.078 MHz (and higher, in 2 kHz increments, if too much QRM). Secondary dial frequency, especially for those in

Re: [wsjt-devel] 5 minute mouse timeout

2018-11-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, Please! No need for any more comments about a 5 minute mouse-movement timeout! This feature was never intended to be a permanent addition. It had to do only with preventing trivial robotic use of WSJT-X during a digi-mode contest. Evidently it was a bad idea. Already, several days

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problems with RC4

2018-11-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Giuseppe On 11/16/2018 12:38 PM, Giuseppe Molinaro KE8FT via wsjt-devel wrote: I would like to bring to your attention that I had to reinstate version RC3 because for some unknown reason the RX sensitivity is extremely low when using RC4 (about 90% less station decoded as compared to

Re: [wsjt-devel] I do not receive

2018-11-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Paolo, On 11/16/2018 12:16 PM, iw2etr Paolo Fiorelli IW2ETR wrote: Hello everyone, can anyone understand why installing the rc4 I do not receive the station? with 1.9.1 everything is ok. We assume that people using our beta releases will read and understand the Release Notes and

Re: [wsjt-devel] So far, so good

2018-11-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Chris and all, On 11/16/2018 10:43 AM, Chris Schulz wrote: I just started using the RC4 this morning. I had a strong signal on the waterfall trying to come back to me and never got a decode. So a local ham and myself went to 10m to test this. He was running RC3 and I ran RC4. He decoded my

Re: [wsjt-devel] So far, so good

2018-11-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Gary, Thanks for the report from down under. On 11/16/2018 3:18 AM, Gary Hinson wrote: RC4 works down here on the Far Side, albeit upside-down. There are not too many RC4 stations to work, yet, but enough to know it works. I believe I've been called several times today by 75-bit users

Re: [wsjt-devel] Hide own call in WSPR decodes

2018-11-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Paul, Welcome to wsjt-devel, and thanks for the suggestion. It would not be very difficult to implement something along these lines. We'll put it on the ToDo list, for when time is available. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 11/16/2018 7:01 AM, N1BUG wrote: Hi, This my first post here.

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Roundup, 1-2 December 2018

2018-11-15 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Ed, On 11/15/2018 12:48 AM, Ed Muns wrote: Don AA5AU and I are pleased to announce the FT8 Roundup to be held on 1-2 December 2019. Rules, tutorials and other information can be found at: https://www.rttycontesting.com/ft8-roundup/ ... One further suggestion, in addition to changing

Re: [wsjt-devel] recent_calls bug?

2018-11-15 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/15/2018 9:17 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Was checking out the recent_calls hash and noticed this: mskrtd.f90:   recent_calls(i)(1:13)=' ' But recent_calls is char*12. Not correct. See at top of packjt77.f90:

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc4

2018-11-14 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Svend, On 11/14/2018 12:00 PM, Svend Aage Jessen LA6YJA wrote: The option of LOTW is giving me an error. I do not use LOTW. Is there an option of turning it off? Please follow instructions in the "Quick-Start Guide to WSJT-X 2.0",

Re: [wsjt-devel] Inconsistency in color scheme logic - PSE name it "Worked before" instead of "New Call"

2018-11-14 Thread Joe Taylor
Uwe -- On 11/14/2018 6:29 AM, DG2YCB, Uwe wrote: *And PLEASE FIX ALL COLOR SCHEME BUGS BEFORE THE GA VERSION IS ANNOUNCED!!! *I don’t want to be impolite, but we have been discussing the color scheme issues at least for one and a half months now and rc4 is still full of bugs ... There is

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc4

2018-11-14 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jim, On 11/14/2018 12:54 AM, Jim Shorney NU0C wrote: The only little nit I have os Operator call isn't sticky in the logging box. Not that big a deal since I rarely do mutli-op, but I like to fill it in for completeness if it is there and having to enter if for each QSO gets old. Am I

[wsjt-devel] "FT8 Roundup" mock contest

2018-11-14 Thread Joe Taylor
A one-hour "practice contest" will be held next week using the FT8 mode and the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules. Tuesday, November 20, 0200-0300 UTC (Monday evening, NA time) Dial frequency 7.078 (and higher, in 2 kHz increments, if too much QRM). Everyone works everyone. To participate you must

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC 4 not setting auto seq to on

2018-11-13 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, Please read the posts by others and remember that a problem needs to be reported only once. You may rest assured that we already know that the state of the "Auto Seq" box is not being remembered on program restart. -- &3, Joe, K1JT

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc4

2018-11-13 Thread Joe Taylor
Thanks to all who have installed RC4, read the new Quick-Start Guide, and proceeded to make QSOs using the new FT8 protocol. Transition to the v2.0 protocol seems to be going smoothly. Most people with RC4 are using the standard FT8 dial frequencies and remembering to transmit above Tx Freq

Re: [wsjt-devel] New release RC-4 not decoding anything.

2018-11-13 Thread Joe Taylor
Tnx Ed, that's very helpful. More will get the picture, soon. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 11/13/2018 10:48 AM, Ed Wilson via wsjt-devel wrote: Working great for me...made several contacts above 2000 Hz. Ed, K0KC ___ wsjt-devel mailing list

Re: [wsjt-devel] New release RC-4 not decoding anything.

2018-11-13 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/13/2018 10:28 AM, Bob via wsjt-devel wrote: Just downloaded the new Beta RC4 and no signals are showing decoded. Answer? Bob AA7CT Please follow instructions and "Be sure to read this entire guide before using RC4: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Quick_Start_WSJT-X_2.0.pdf

[wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc4

2018-11-13 Thread Joe Taylor
A fourth candidate release ("RC4") of WSJT-X 2.0 is now available for download and use by beta testers. Changes in RC4 relative to RC3 include the following: - Fix the "cannot open file fort.81" bug - Avoid too many redirect loops related to openSSL support - Fix the auto-generated

Re: [wsjt-devel] Returning from Hound to normal mode.

2018-11-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dave, On 11/9/2018 2:05 PM, David Gould wrote: I see the following which has been has been present for some time, I thought it might have changed in RC3 but it has not. I am not sure it is a bug, but a design perhaps limitation. I always have Hold TX freq checked. When change to Hound

Re: [wsjt-devel] Auto Seq hic-cup

2018-11-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Russ, On 11/8/2018 7:59 PM, Russ wrote: Hi All. Want to report some problems.Maybe they have been reported before but it takes too long to go through all the messages on this forum. I’m running RC3 on a windows 10 system. 1. I’m on MSK144 and have FTOL set to 200.I go to JT65 and set

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 RU Test #2 Observations

2018-10-25 Thread Joe Taylor
On 10/25/2018 9:27 AM, Joe WB8SBD wrote: where does the exported cabrillo get saved? Use the command "File -> Export Cabrillo log". You can save it wherever you choose. Thats what I thought would happen. But after the test last night I did do that sequence, and the usual popup asking

[wsjt-devel] Mock FT8 Roundup Observations

2018-10-25 Thread Joe Taylor
Everyone seems to have had fun exercising the RTTY RU features in WSJT-X. I did, too, making 37 QSOs in a little over an hour using 100 W and a dipole. I found more things wrong than others have reported, so far. I will document them carefully and report here more fully in a little over a

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 RU Test #2 Observations

2018-10-25 Thread Joe Taylor
On 10/25/2018 8:32 AM, Joe WB9SBD wrote: where does the exported cabrillo get saved? Use the command "File -> Export Cabrillo log". You can save it wherever you choose. -- Joe, K1JT ___ wsjt-devel mailing list

[wsjt-devel] Reminder: Mock "FT8 Roundup" Contest is tomorrow

2018-10-23 Thread Joe Taylor
A one-hour "practice contest" will be held tomorrow (Wednesday evening, NA time) using the FT8 mode and the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules. Date and time: Thursday, 25 October 0200-0300 UTC Dial frequency 7.078 (and higher, in 2 kHz increments, if too much QRM). Everyone works everyone. To

Re: [wsjt-devel] Major Crash with Ver 2.0.0-rc3

2018-10-22 Thread Joe Taylor
Tom -- Your problem has been described a number of times already on this email list. The work-around solution is simple: run the program from a command-prompt window. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 10/22/2018 5:40 PM, Tom Harson wrote: Hello I am experiencing a program crash with RC3 (*This

Re: [wsjt-devel] possible MSK144 auto sequencing issue v2.0 rc-3 ?

2018-10-21 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Mark, On 10/21/2018 2:07 PM, Mark Spencer VE7AFZ wrote: Hi. Was running with another station on MSK144. I was in NA contest mode (but I believe the other station wasn't as they were not calling me with my "/R" call.) Things seemed to be working until another Station sent "TU JOHN 73"

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0.0. rc3 and LotW

2018-10-21 Thread Joe Taylor
Gorm -- On 10/21/2018 6:31 AM, Gorm Helt-Hansen OZ6GH wrote: Hi. WSJT-X 2.0.0.-rc3 Windows 10 When starting WSJT-X I receive the error msg: 'Error loading LotW Users Data. Network Error - Too many redirects: 'https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-user-activity.csv' And no LotW colours in WSJT-X

Re: [wsjt-devel] Possible bug (?) 1.9.1 with numeric msg

2018-10-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Paul, On 10/20/2018 11:04 AM, Paul Bramscher KD0KZE wrote: Running WSJT-X 1.9.1 r8747 compiled on Debian (AMD64) Linux.   A couple days ago an operator on 20M FT8 was calling CQ 052 {his call | his grid}.  Out of curiosity I clicked his message in the band activity pane.  My radio then

Re: [wsjt-devel] Delay when receiving multible answer from DX

2018-10-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Gorm, On 10/20/2018 5:33 AM, Gorm Helt-Hansen OZ6GH wrote: Fox - Hound mode. Qso with ZL7X. I noticed WSJT-X had a delay when receiving answer from DX. I received a multible callsign answer from DX. WSJT-X continued sending call. When receiving a specific answer from DX, WSJT-X changed to

Re: [wsjt-devel] Improving S/N

2018-10-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Frank, On 10/19/2018 9:47 AM, Frank Kirschner KF6E wrote: One thing I haven't seen discussed on this reflector is improving the S/N by narrowing the receiver bandwidth. It is no surprise that decreasing the bandwidth received increases the S/N, by 10 to 15 dB, sometimes more. When I see a

Re: [wsjt-devel] Red 'indicators' not showing on main window in MSK144 mode when ARRL Field Day or ARRL RTTY Roundup selected

2018-10-18 Thread Joe Taylor
On 10/18/2018 6:36 PM, K5GZR - Rick wrote: In FT8 mode, selection of any one of the ‘Special operating activity’ options causes a red background ‘flag’ to appear on the WSJT-X main window just to the right of the large date and time box, indicating which activity has been selected. However,

Re: [wsjt-devel] Hound 77-bit

2018-10-18 Thread Joe Taylor
On 10/18/2018 6:06 PM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Seems it's not possible to turn off 77-bit messages when Hound is selected? As soon as I save it and come back in they're checked again. From the Quick-Start Guide to WSJT-X 2.0: "FT8 DXpedition Mode: Starting with release candidate

[wsjt-devel] Summary of early results with WSJT-X 2.0-RC3

2018-10-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, According to PSK Reporter statistics, more than 650 users are busy making QSOs with WSJT-C 2.0-RC3. This is good! Nearly all of the early reports are related to one of two issues: 1. Some Windows users receive error messages related to downloading the ARRL's LoTW status file.

Re: [wsjt-devel] MyCall cut when calling special station

2018-10-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Attila, A program bug causes your Tx1 message to be auto-generated incorrectly when you double-click on a nonstandard callsign. As a temporary work-around, when working a station such as CR140AA disable Tx1 by double-clicking on the Tx1 button (or radio Button) first, so that you will

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC3 sequence problem

2018-10-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Mike -- On 10/17/2018 5:22 PM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Was working a QSO...logged him during the 73 being sent from me. He came back with another RRR and the autosequence then sent R+00 instead of 73.  Had to turn off autoseq to finish the QSO. This is another example of why we

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc3

2018-10-17 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Glen, On 10/17/2018 1:02 PM, Glen Brown wrote: Joe and the Team, It might be helpful if you clarify for everyone that the Ducie expedition expects everyone to use 1.9.1.  This is even more important now that rc3 forces 77 bit encoding for Expedition mode. 73, Glen W6GJB From the

[wsjt-devel] Mock "FT8 Roundup" Contest

2018-10-17 Thread Joe Taylor
A one-hour "practice contest" will be held next week using the FT8 mode and the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules. Thursday, 25 October 0200-0300 UTC (Wednesday evening, NA time) Dial frequency 7.078 (and higher, in 2 kHz increments, if too much QRM). Everyone works everyone. To participate you must

[wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc3

2018-10-17 Thread Joe Taylor
A third candidate release ("RC3") of WSJT-X 2.0 is now available for download and use by beta testers. Changes in RC3 relative to RC2 include the following: 1 Improved SNR calculation for FT8 2 Test grid4 (not grid6) for matches in ADIF log 3 Auto-generate 77-bit messages for callsigns

Re: [wsjt-devel] Rc2 ft8 72 bit vs 77 bit?

2018-10-09 Thread Joe Taylor
On 10/8/2018 6:15 PM, Bill Pence KI4US wrote: Ok. I tried some tests. I do decode both 77 bit and old messages I had a buddy send an old cq and 77 bit cq. I decided both. But  I did not select the always generate 77 bit messages so I expected to answer with the format I decoded.  That was not

Re: [wsjt-devel] TX 2.0 Not Resetting Properly

2018-10-04 Thread Joe Taylor
John -- On 10/4/2018 5:23 PM, John Kludt K4SQC wrote: In to and checked NA VHF Contest - on main page TX 2.0 NA VHF verbage appeared in Red Bar.  Generated messages as expected.  TX1 grayed out.  Went back to checked ARRL FD and filled in exchange.  Back on main page Red Bar TX 2.0 now

Re: [wsjt-devel] Free text problem

2018-10-01 Thread Joe Taylor
2 as I do not understand any other way. I start CQ with label 1 Tx6. As the TX6 is not given the locator I go also to free text to give as stations are asking it. But I think that the problem was in Windpws update.. 73 Keijo OG55W -Alkuperäinen viesti----- From: Joe Taylor Sent: Monday, Octob

Re: [wsjt-devel] Free text problem

2018-10-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Keijo, On 10/1/2018 10:31 AM, OG55W wrote: 1. Start WSJT-X 2.0-rc2 with "MyCall" = OG55W 2. CQ OG55W in Tx6 3. Select a free text message in Tx6  "RC2 PSE" 4. After transmission finishes, select General message 5.QSY to label 1 Std Messages 6. Try to CQ again, but do not get Enable TX red. 7.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Free text problem

2018-10-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Keijo -- On 10/1/2018 9:30 AM, OG55W wrote: - Program version WSJT-X v2.0.0-rc2 cc148d - Windows 10, latest update yesterday - I need to tell to other stations with free text that they can not get the QSO with me with RC1. RC2 is working OK - When I come back from free text to standard text

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Mock Contest Findings

2018-09-27 Thread Joe Taylor
Dave -- Please use the original (or at least an informative) subject line rather than allowing your email client to insert something like "Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-devel Digest, Vol 55, Issue 106". As best I can infer from information you've provided, you must not have had a valid entry in the

Re: [wsjt-devel] Special callsigns triggering endless loop

2018-09-27 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Andy, If you have read and understood the documentation distributed with WSJT-X 2.0-rc1 and -rc2, you must understand that there is no room in a 77-bit message for two nonstandard calls and a signal report, even if one of the nonstandard calls is encoded as a hash code. -- Joe,

[wsjt-devel] FT8 Mock Contest Findings

2018-09-27 Thread Joe Taylor
Thanks to all who reported on experiences during the FT8 mock contest last evening. Reports are still coming in, but this seems like a good time to summarize some basic conclusions. Beta-testing of software is done to help identify problems including programming errors, missing or broken

Re: [wsjt-devel] OE100KFV non-standard call

2018-09-27 Thread Joe Taylor
is not issued in Austria! It's either OE9KFV or OE100KFV. 73, Frank OE9KFV OE100KFV -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Joe Taylor Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. September 2018 22:30 An: WSJT software development Betreff: Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc2 Hi Uve, I cannot

Re: [wsjt-devel] Candidate release WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc2

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Uve, I cannot reproduce the problem you describe. See the attached screen shot. OE1KFV is in the log, at JN88. OE1KFV is identified as a new call, which is correct. I don't know what your yellow color means? -- Joe, K1JT On 9/26/2018 1:01 PM, DG2YCB, Uwe wrote:     - Fixed a

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bug Report WSJT-X V2.0.0-rc2

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Tnx Alex, it will be fixed in -rc3. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 9/26/2018 3:19 PM, Alex Voytko wrote: Hi! See in the attachment.. Best regards.. Alex UR5NMZ ___ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [wsjt-devel] Tune power patch

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Tnx Mike, it will be in -rc3. -- Joe, K1JT On 9/26/2018 2:22 PM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: I submitted this before but since it's not in RC2 here it is again. Need to turn off transmit before we reset power after Tune otherwise can get a power spike at the end of Tune.

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 on 222 MHz and an aircraft scatter / Doppler shift observation

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Mark, Thanks for your reply. The "/R" usage is intended for NA VHF contest messages only. You can't "mix and match" with the special message formats. Thus, you can't use a "/R" callsign in (say) the special RTTY Roundup message formats. See the example QSOs in the "Quick-Start Guide

Re: [wsjt-devel] Duplicate occurances on normal and 77bit

2018-09-26 Thread Joe Taylor
George -- On 9/26/2018 11:31 AM, WB5JJJ wrote: I'm using RC1 again now, but this also happened when I was running RC2 since it was released. Why -rc1 ??? The whole point of beta releases is to test and exercise new code. Please use the latest release when helping us in this way. Some

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