HI Al.
As I understand it, the zero to 4 characters we can insert into a standard CQ message must be letters only – no numbers – if the recipients are to be able to double-click and respond to them. That’s why I’m using “CQ PLUS”. It’s a limitation of the message compression – not enough bits to code letters AND numbers in that field. If we use numbers, the message changes to a normal free-text message format … with no indication to the user that it is unclickable at the far end … Yes, the disappearing custom 73 messages can be a bit annoying at times. Also, it would be nice if clicking the ‘Generate std messages’ button re-generated the complete set of standard messages on demand, for those occasions when we mess up our custom messages, typing ineptly against the clock! 73 Gary ZL2iFB From: Al Pawlowski <k6...@almont.com> Sent: 29 November 2018 14:19 To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] 2 more bug reports on RC5 I have used “CQ 77 …..” a few times for the same thing and it is not very sticky also. In fact, even saved free text messages revert to the standard after any attempt to answer a call. In addition, it appears double-clicking a received message with <CQ_XXX>, which is what other non-standard CQ messages I’ve seen decode as (probably my 77 also, will not initiate a return/answer sequence on double click - you have to start one manually (type callsign, generate messages, select TX1, enable tx). So, I only send a couple of the CQ 77 messages and followed by a standard CQ, or CQ DX. Al Pawlowski, K6AVP Los Osos, CA USA Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 12:36:29 +1300 From: "Gary Hinson" < <mailto:g...@isect.com> g...@isect.com> To: "'WSJT software development'" < <mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [wsjt-devel] 2 more bug reports on RC5 ………. I've tried sending "CQ PLUS ZL2IFB RF80" and little free text messages to give more of a clue that I'm using the new 77 bit version . but I've noticed that the "PLUS" in my CQ message is not very sticky………….
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