Joe and Andy,

I came from JT65-HF and for a while I used Tab 2 and I loved it. One day a few 
years ago I decided to try Tab 1, and I have never used Tab 2 since.

I vote for removing Tab 2.


Jim, W7AH










On Jul 28, 2020, at 8:28 AM, Joe Taylor 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Hi Andy,

Any valid call with a valid suffix will fail to generate a Tab 2 Grid message.
Clear DX Call and DX Grid fields
Select Message Tab 2
Press Grid message button - generated message is blank.  As expected.
Enter "CALL" in DX Call field and press Grid - generated message is "<CALL> {my 
call} {my grid}".  As expected.
Enter "CALL/7" in DX Call field and press grid - generated message is "<CALL/7> 
{my call} {report}".  Not as expected.
Select Message Tab 1 - Observe  "<CALL/7> {my call} {my grid}" was correctly 
generated.

I can confirm the behavior you describe.

Tab 2 was originally introduced as as aid to users of JT65-HF.  It's more or 
less what those users were accustomed to.

Tab 2 is currently deprecated, at least by your developers.  We never use it, 
seldom test it, and generally wish it would go away.  It does not fit 
comfortably into the many ways WSJT-X has evolved since the advent of FT8, FT4, 
and other things yet to come.

Would there be huge howls of protest if Tab 2 were permanently removed? If so, 
should we pay attention to them?

-- 73, Joe, K1JT


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