Re: [wsjt-devel] TUNE and TX levels different, why?

2020-11-14 Thread Barry Jackson
On 14/11/2020 18:30, Bill Somerville wrote: Barry, the default *is* that the level is the same for all transmissions. Only if you enable the power level per band options does the level for tune and normal Tx get saved separately. I don't see a connection between wanting to save power

Re: [wsjt-devel] TUNE and TX levels different, why?

2020-11-14 Thread Bill Somerville
On 14/11/2020 19:19, Barry Jackson wrote: On 14/11/2020 18:30, Bill Somerville wrote: Barry, the default *is* that the level is the same for all transmissions. Only if you enable the power level per band options does the level for tune and normal Tx get saved separately. I don't see a

Re: [wsjt-devel] TUNE and TX levels different, why?

2020-11-14 Thread Don Hawbaker
I do not see a separate control for TX power. Where is it? I did not realize until yesterday, that the level control affected all power output, not just tune. https://www.dropbox.com/s/1yztg5tzb48sa7m/FT8Noise7.pdf?dl=0 Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Bill Somerville Sent: Saturday,

Re: [wsjt-devel] TUNE and TX levels different, why?

2020-11-14 Thread Bill Somerville
On 14/11/2020 16:43, Barry Jackson wrote: Why do TUNE and TX have separate level settings? I want to use TUNE to adjust the power level for the next transmit cycles, isn't that what everyone wants? If there is some obscure use case for separate levels, then may I suggest a means of making

Re: [wsjt-devel] Power Slider problem with macOS Big Sur

2020-11-14 Thread Robert Rearden
I just upgraded to Big Sur from Catalina. The mouse action described in Greg Vatt's email regarding the power slider anomaly also occurs in WSJT-X v2.2.2 after upgrade to Big Sur. Robert Rearden ae...@att.net On Nov 12, 2020, at 10:45 PM,

[wsjt-devel] TUNE and TX levels different, why?

2020-11-14 Thread Barry Jackson
Why do TUNE and TX have separate level settings? I want to use TUNE to adjust the power level for the next transmit cycles, isn't that what everyone wants? If there is some obscure use case for separate levels, then may I suggest a means of making this optional, and the default being that

[wsjt-devel] Sticky 'FD' in Field Day CQ

2020-11-14 Thread Jim Shepherd
Hi During the recent Nevada QSO Party we noticed that changing the FD to NV would not stick like it had in past years. Any change in Frequency would cause the msg 6 CQ back to FD. With several states now using the FD contest overlay for their State QSO Parties, It would be nice to allow making

Re: [wsjt-devel] TUNE and TX levels different, why?

2020-11-14 Thread david
TUNE could be the power setting recommended for your antenna tuner to do its job. And the TX level is for sending messages. My antenna tuner requires at least 25 watts to work properly, but I may only operate with 10 watts. David, AK2L -Original Message- From: Barry Jackson Sent:

Re: [wsjt-devel] TUNE and TX levels different, why?

2020-11-14 Thread Barry Jackson
On 14/11/2020 19:44, Bill Somerville wrote: Barry, have you tried just checking the "Transmit" option? I have now, and yes that does appear to be doing what I want, both transmit and tune settings seem to be the same. I can't understand why, from the way the options are presented, but