On 15/04/2014 15:20, Joe Taylor wrote:
> Hi all,
Hi Joe,
>
> My thanks to all who have been so productive during my recent absence
> from this list.  My trip to the Netherlands to participate in reopening
> ceremonies for the Dwingeloo radio telescope -- once the largest radio
> telescopes in the world -- was great fun.  Unfortunately, while there I
> developed an impacted wisdom tooth, which was extracted ASAP after my
> return home.  My mouth feels a lot better now than last week!
Looks like a great project, sorry to hear you suffered a dental problem 
while away and hope it didn't spoil your enjoyment too much.
>
> I'm doing my best to catch up with what others have been up to with
> WSJT-X and our documentation.  Fair warning: I have a number of other
> obligations coming up in the next six weeks or so, so my presence here
> may be spotty at times.
Highlights from me in WSJT-X are probably:

1) TX audio glitches should be greatly reduced now that I have 
implemented full suspension of RX audio sampling during TX periods.

2) A basic waterfall palette designer is in place, I have been using the 
following user defined palette as a test bed:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4192709/s-meter.pal

which I designed to be reminiscent of the green/orange/red LEDs used in 
some digital S-meters. It can be loaded using the "Import..." button in 
the waterfall palette designer accessed from the "Adjust.." button on 
the waterfall display. The palette editor has a tool tip that explains 
the other designer functions. I find it works best with the flatten 
function disabled.

3) WIP: I am working on a merge of jt9 and wsjtx based on a decode 
callback interface. This is going well, currently I have a new Fortran 
module that has modified copies of symspec.f90, decoder.f90 and, 
jt65a.f90 within it. Also a new program jtdecoder.f90 that utilizes the 
new module to do the job of a standalone decoder similar to the jt9 and 
jt65 programs. jtdecoder has no Qt dependencies. Once I have these in 
good shape I will start on implementing the wsjtx changes to use the new 
module directly. I can envisage many possible features that could flow 
from this, one that I like the possibility of is making the waterfall 
more interactive with popup information for the signal traces that have 
been decoded.

I have a few questions about some of the spectrum, JT9 and, JT65 hard 
coded constants related to whether they are really fundamental or could 
be left open as parameters to the new module thus making it more generic 
by using assumed size arrays or allocated arrays. As you are busy these 
can wait until I have a better grasp of the internals, I will have 
plenty to keep me busy working on the above.
>
>       -- 73, Joe, K1JT
>
> PS: For a few examples of what was going on at Dwingeloo, see the
> following links:
>
> http://www.camras.nl/index.php?lang=en
>
> https://www.astron.nl/about-astron/press-public/news/renovated-dwingeloo-telescope-opened-nobel-prize-winner-joe-taylor/re
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/nobel-prize-winner-joe-taylor-k1jt-helps-reopen-dutch-radio-telescope
73
Bill
G4WJS.

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