On 03/12/2018 20:48, David Fisher wrote:
Bottom line – WSJT-X has most of the tools needed for light-duty
contesting. It’s quite useable at that level. If/when it is
integrated with N1MM so we can see multipliers, dupes, etc., in real
time, then we’ll be cooking. I hope someone (Bill perhaps?) will say
a few words about were they hope to go with N1MM integration.
Hi David,
N1MM Logger+ integration is not necessarily the same thing as dupe and
multiplier detection. WSJT-X will almost certainly be enhanced to
highlight multipliers seen in any decodes, maybe also to hide decodes or
at least highlight (lowlight) dupes based on the QSOs logged so far in a
specific contest and the rules of that contest. That's not going to
happen for the v2.0.0 GA release as it's too late now.
There are also obvious requirements to integrate dupe and multiplier
detection with an external contest logging application like N1MM (there
are several other popular candidates). This is probably seen as
necessary when other modes are used, RTTY Roundup being an excellent
example where stations may be worked in FT8 or any other allowed digital
mode including RTTY, PSK etc.. This is a much more complex task
involving both ends cooperating rather than just firing (and forgetting)
data from one program to another like a QSO logged message. TBH it would
probably be easier to write a RTTY and PSK decoder for WSJT-X than get
such levels of inter-application coordination sorted out, but that is
not going to happen. One issue with such integration is the ongoing
maintenance and the inevitable slew of requests to support a.n.other
non-portable logging application on some favoured operating system.
WSJT-X is not a station logbook, it is a weak signal communications
tool, to that end logbook and other general station housekeeping
functionality will always be on little more than a "minimum to be
useable" basis.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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