I’ve never been or ever tried simulating being a fox, yet, but I presume the op can configure the max number of slots in software. I wonder: does the software reduce the actual number of slots used dynamically in some fashion, up to the limit? From the far side, it is certainly frustrating when a weak fox disappears completely as he uses all the slots … but on the other hand, he is maximizing his rate and maybe – eventually, when the pack subsides - I’ll get my big chance!
By the way, lately watching VP6R and 5K0K attempting to share the same chunk of band (on all modes) and the confusion that causes for callers who aren’t sure which one they are working (!), it occurred to me that on FT8 the waterfall above 1000 Hz goes [mostly!] blank when the foxes are transmitting, hence two foxes might share the band using even and odd timeslots respectively to increase band utilization … except I think the software currently gives foxes and/or hounds no choice. Also, even + odd foxes would suffer mutual interference from even + odd hounds, so maybe this is not such a bright idea after all. What do you think? 73 Gary ZL2iFB From: Black Michael via wsjt-devel <[email protected]> Sent: 25 October 2019 11:24 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: Black Michael <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] F/H mode: new slots only when the existing ones are filled up? I believe what he's saying is that the # of slots should be controlled better. For example, if you are responding to a call from a single slot stay in the single slot. Or use the signal report from incoming calls to determine if you can afford to lose the dB going to multislot with them. It was mentioned a while ago about a new possible Fox mode where power loss would not be a factor which would be the best solution. Means more bits and wider bandwidth but that fits the Fox/Hound setup we have now with operators staying > 1000. de Mike W9MDB On Thursday, October 24, 2019, 05:17:04 PM CDT, Jim Brown <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: On 10/24/2019 12:15 PM, DG2YCB, Uwe wrote: > During the current DXpeditions I‘ve observed repeatedly the following: > Signal strength dropped dramatically when number of slots was increased. Have you studied the documentation for WSJT-X? This is inherent in multi-slot transmission. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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