We are all experimenters. Give us a tool that is new and we will use it
and shake it until it exhauts.
You know we would use the DXp side of WSJT-X as soon as you released
it. Because it's new, because it's shining, because it's what we
expected, because we don't know what to expect but we are curious.
Comme on: you release the monster... now you know that we will not
listen to reason: it is your responsibility to limit the effect of the
beast, for your developers' team has got the means to do it.
Now, I shall be on the aire on April 7th to shake the ether.
See ya
Serge
On 29/03/2018 21:15, Joe Taylor wrote:
Everyone paying attention should already know what's contained in this
message -- but it's clear that some do not.
The current General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X is v1.8.0.
That program version does not include FT8 DXpedition Mode.
We have made beta-level "release candidates" available for the
explicit purpose of testing FT8 DXpedition Mode. The release
candidates have included cautionary warnings to the effect that in its
present form, DXpedition Mode should be used only for controlled testing.
A few operators or groups have ignored our warnings and tried to use
FT8 DXpedition Mode in true pileup situations. The consequences are
predictably bad -- especially when the offending operator(s) have
chosen their frequencies badly and other operators are using a mix of
program versions including v1.8.0, v1.9.0-rc2, v1.9.0-rc3, some
version of JTDX.
FT8 DXpedition Mode is not yet ready for “production” use. Until
WSJT-X v1.9.0 is fully released -- not a beta-level "release
candidate", but a full General Availability release -- DXpedition Mode
should be used only in controlled test situations.
The next public test of FT8 DXpedition Mode conducted by the WSJT
Development Group will be conducted on April 7, a little over a week
from now. You are cordially invited to join us for this test. See
the announcement posted here yesterday (Subject: WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc3:
Testing of FT8 DXpedition Mode) for details.
-- 73, Joe, K1JT
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