Joe --
On 7/18/2019 9:10 AM, Joe WB9SBD wrote:
I will double check the colors, BUT....
Thinking,,,, Why should those make any difference at all anyway?
It is not just listening to all who is CQing, and then grab who is the
strongest?
Why should any of those choices below make any difference?
Evidently you have not participated in testing recent RC# (beta release)
versions of WSJT-X that include FT4. The FT4 mode is designed for HF
contesting. The "Best S+P" button (not yet described in the User Guide)
is an aid for contest operating. You're not in a contest, but choosing
to playing with FT4 anyway; the button is not particularly useful in
your situation.
Clicking "Best S+P" during an Rx cycle arms the program to examine all
CQ messages decoded at the end of the Rx sequence. The program will
select the best potential QSO partner (from a contesting perspective),
and treat it as if you had double-clicked on that line of decoded text.
Here “best potential QSO partner” means “New Multiplier” (1st priority)
or “New Call on Band” (2nd priority). “New Multiplier” is currently
interpreted to mean “New DXCC”; a more broadly defined multiplier
category (for the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules) will be implemented in due
course. We might also provide additional priority rankings, for example
“New Grid on Band” (useful for North American VHF contests), sorting by
signal strength, etc.
"Best S+P" can be used sensibly only if you have defined what "Best" is
supposed to mean. That's done byy configuring things suitably on the
Settings | Colors tab. It's not the colors themselves that matter; it's
which ones are selected, and in what order. These things determine what
potential QSO partners are "best" in the sense used by the "Best S+P"
button. The best choices may be very different for different contests.
For example, under the RTTY Roundup rules, you should select ONLY the
following: "My Call in message", "New DXCC", "New Call on Band", "CQ in
message" and "Transmitted message" (reading from top to bottom).
-- 73, Joe, K1JT
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