There is a program called "timefudge" which achieves that manual adjustment. I use it occasionally. No need for the developers to duplicate its functionality.
"Jay Hainline" <ka9...@mtcnow.net> wrote: > OK Bill. It was just a thought and I knew the feature had been available > before. Getting people to get their computer clocks accurate is like > herding cats. Thanks and GL. > > > > Jay KA9CFD > > > > From: Bill Somerville <g4...@classdesign.com> Sent: May 6, 2019 11:36 To: > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Dsec control > for WSJT-X > > > > On 06/05/2019 11:49, Jay Hainline wrote: > > In the older WSJT 10 program, there is a control labeled Dsec where the > users UTC clock reading can be adjusted to manually synchronize with your > QSO partners computer. I wonder if this feature would be useful in WSJT-X > to help with FT8 decodes if your attempted QSO partners computer clock > appears to be off. It could be helpful if they are starting transmit too > early. Might be something for the developers could look at. > > > > 73 Jay > > > > Jay Hainline KA9CFD > > Colchester, IL EN40om > > Hi Jay, > > WSJT-X is an Open Source application, considered contributions are welcome > but there are no guarantees of acceptance. Such a change is possible > although quite complex given that time is read in several places and it > would be disruptive of an already complex application to maintain a > separate source of time consistently. TBH we would prefer that users take > the relatively simple steps necessary to keep their PC time synchronized > to UTC, within a few milliseconds, automatically. The new FT4 mode > requires tighter control of time synchronization, currently ±0.5 S, so > manual setting is not really sufficient. > > 73 Bill G4WJS. > > > -- Brian G3VGZ _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
