Hi Bill.
It sounds to me as if you may have double-clicked a CQ message containing a number e.g. “CQ 1908 AB1CDE”: I think WSJT-X interprets that number as a frequency and automatically QSYs the radio for you – like it or not. I don’t know what kind of validation or bounds checking there is, but I suspect if I sent “CQ 2010 ZL2IFB”, I might be sending callers well outside the 160m band. [Please don’t try this at home!] Generally speaking, we should NOT be sending numbers in our CQ calls on HF. The workaround is NOT to double-click CQ messages containing numbers. If you want to call someone sending numbers, you can manually enter their callsign into the DX call box, generate the messages then call the station without QSYing. FWIW on HF, I would prefer to be able to disable the auto-QSY function, either as a user-option or by default. In fact, it would be much more useful to allow directed CQ messages to contain up to 4 letters and/or digits e.g. “CQ E51 ZL2iFB”. At present, directional CQs can only contain up to 4 letters, no numbers – possibly due to conflict with the auto-QSY function. However, that would require a change to the software … 73, Gary ZL2iFB From: Bill <brightl...@gmail.com> Sent: 07 March 2019 03:50 To: WSJT software development <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [wsjt-devel] Automatic QSY on 160m!! I just ran into an issue while operating on 160m FT8. When I try to work JA stations on 160m I normally go into the WSJT-X preferences and turn the Radio Split operation from RIG to NONE then manually set my radio for a 1840 transmit and 1908 receive split. Before transmitting I make sure that I am on a clear frequency within the 1840 segment. This method has always worked well. This morning while calling a regular CQ on the standard 1840 allocation (split control set to standard RIG control - normal 160m operation) WSJT-X displayed a purple line in the RX window saying "QSY 1908" and my rig was automatically sent to both transmit and receive to 1908. Where did this come from and more importantly how do I turn it off!! Some online research showed some information about a QSO partner requesting a QSY but I don't want someone else controlling my radio and possibly making it transmit outside of my frequency allocations. I've never seen this before and needless to say I was more than surprised. I'm glad that I caught it in time. Thanks! 73, Bill - AK6A
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