Bill, Thank you for the detailed explanation... I'm an engineer myself, and I understand when compatibility issues arise. You didn't need to take all that time to respond, but I certainly do appreciate it!
I can share this positive news for you, however... I provided the FT8 digital station for my club (GARS - W4GR) during Field Day, and my station made as many contacts on FT8 as the average for one of our CW stations! I can't wait for FT4 to be widely released! Thanks again, 73, -Dave W3DJS On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 5:26 PM Bill Somerville <g4...@classdesign.com> wrote: > On 24/06/2019 18:46, Dave Slotter wrote: > > I was wondering, if WSJT-X uses HamLib, and at least some rigs are > > capable of setting and getting the transmit power, why do users have > > to fill in the Log QSO Field, "Tx power", manually? Is there a reason > > for not implementing this feature? > > Hi Dave, > > the main reason is inaccuracy. Using AFSK modes allows the power to be > controlled in many ways including using the audio level into the rig. > The power setting on the rig may have little bearing on the actual > radiated power. The rigs that allow metering the power leaving the > transceiver PA could be more accurate but require constant polling of > the Tx power meter level while transmitting. Even if the above were not > an issue, an individual station may be using a PA after the transceiver. > In summary, the user has a much better idea of the radiated power than > any indirect measurement available via CAT commands. > > For a counter example, measuring SNR of received signals is far more > deterministic and reliable and we happily support that as an automated > feature in the WSJT-X modes. > > 73 > Bill > G4WJS. > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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