Hi. I just joined this list. I'm enjoying using FT8 on HF bands. Many thanks to Joe Taylor and Steve Franke. I'd like to report what I think is buggy behavior in the FT8 auto-sequencing state machine. In future I hope to contribute to development of this very cool software.
Environment My radio is a Flex 6300. My computer is a MacBook Pro running macOS 10.12.6. I'm using VMware Fusion Pro 8.5.10 to run a Windows 8.1 VM, which is up-to-date with "important" patches. I'm using SmartSDR 1.11.12 and WSJT-X 1.9.0-rc3. Example 1 In the following QSO, I responded to his CQ but didn't hear back right away and disabled transmission. A minute later I received a -19 signal report from him (A) and double-clicked on it. The software sent a -20 signal report to him (B). I think it should have sent R-20, with an R. (Nonetheless, the QSO proceeded to a successful conclusion.) 015730 -20 -0.2 1378 ~ CQ N0GOS DN70 015747 Tx 2258 ~ N0GOS W6SDD DN70 015815 Tx 2258 ~ N0GOS W6SDD DN70 ... 015930 -20 -0.2 1377 ~ W6SDD N0GOS -19 <<-- (A) 015946 Tx 2258 ~ N0GOS W6SDD -20 <<-- (B) 020015 Tx 2258 ~ N0GOS W6SDD -20 020030 -22 -0.3 1377 ~ W6SDD N0GOS R-22 020046 Tx 2258 ~ N0GOS W6SDD RRR 020100 -20 -0.3 1377 ~ W6SDD N0GOS 73 020115 Tx 2258 ~ N0GOS W6SDD 73 Example 2 This next QSO proceeded normally up to the point where he sent RRR and I sent 73. I have the software configured to disable transmission once I have sent 73. A minute later he sent RRR again (C). I double-clicked on it. The software sent him an R-18 signal report (D). I think it should have sent 73. I selected 73 from the list of messages and the software sent 73 on my next turn. 041145 -17 0.4 1433 ~ CQ KK4EUN EM60 041201 Tx 2228 ~ KK4EUN W6SDD DN70 041215 -15 0.4 1433 ~ W6SDD KK4EUN -23 041230 Tx 2228 ~ KK4EUN W6SDD R-15 041245 -20 0.4 1433 ~ W6SDD KK4EUN RRR 041300 Tx 2228 ~ KK4EUN W6SDD 73 041315 -10 0.4 1423 ~ F8NHF KE8EF R-04 041415 -7 0.4 1423 ~ F8NHF KE8EF 73 041415 -18 0.3 1433 ~ W6SDD KK4EUN RRR <<-- (C) 041432 Tx 2228 ~ KK4EUN W6SDD R-18 <<-- (D) 041500 Tx 2228 ~ KK4EUN W6SDD 73 I hope this is helpful. Best regards, Scott Davis W6SDD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
