Joe, K1JT, wrote: Would there be huge howls of protest if Tab 2 were permanently removed? If so, should we pay attention to them?
One advantage to removing Tab 2 is avoidance of a problem encountered in Field Day by a local club. The FT operator had "Prompt to log QSO" checked but the Log QSO window wasn't popping up with the transmission of TX5. I was asked to look into it and was puzzled for a while until I discovered that Tab 2 (apparently) doesn't trigger the Log QSO window. Using Tab 1 solved the issue and the Log QSO window popped up as expected. 73, Ed W0YK -----Original Message----- From: Joe Taylor <[email protected]> Sent: 28 July, 2020 08:29 To: WSJT software development <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X defect report - Incorrect tab 2 grid message 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 _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
