On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 2:27 AM Neil Zampella <ne...@techie.com> wrote:

> The only reason you'd add RTTY to WSJT-X is if there were some way to
> improve it for weak signal work, the program and its protocols were not
> designed for any other reason.
>
And to make contest operation more convenient.


>    The other reason is one you overlooked in Dave's post:
>
> Quote:
>
> 3. Each candidate development task has an "opportunity cost". The time spent 
> extending WSJT-X to support RTTY is time that can't be spent improving WSJT-X 
> in other dimensions. The WSJT-X developers are in a unique position to 
> improve their product; there are many other developers who can further 
> improve RTTY applications. David and Alex continue to improved their 
> applications, and MMTTY is open source.
>
> Thus I strongly recommend that the WSJT-X team continue to apply that 
> all-too-rare skill among software developers: focus.
>
> Unquote.
>
> Neil, KN3ILZ
>
>
>
> I didn't overlook it. In that post, I was responding to the strawman
argument offered. I have addressed the other point in another post.

73,
Frank
KF6E
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