Hi Frode,
Thanks for your proposed corrections to the WSJT-X User Guide, and
please accept my apology for failure to publish your Norwegian
translation of the v2.3 Guide. With concurrent work on Q65, WSJT-X 2.4,
Hamlib 4.2, and MAP65 3.0, some required tasks have been on hold for too
long. We hope to catch up with these items very soon.
-- 73, Joe, K1JT
On 5/24/2021 5:57 PM, Frode Igland wrote:
Thanks to the WSJT-X Development Team for WSJT-X 2.4.0.
*Where to send translations?*
I have downloaded and tried WSJT-X 2.4.0 as well as the User Guide. I
have also reviewed the WSJT-X 2.4.0 User Guide for translation and have
completed the Norwegian translation. Having submitted a number of
translations for v2.3 (GAs and release candidates), in accordance with
the User Guide section 1.4, without seeing them published, I wonder
where to send them for publication?
I don’t know if translations for other languages have not been
forthcoming, or if they just haven’t been published, but apparently,
translations for several languages have been lagging behind the version
numbers.
*Proposals for corrections in WSJT-X 2.4.0. User Guide*
During my review, I have come across a few issues that requires the
attention of the editor of the User Guide. Some of these issues have
been reported previously, but apparently they have survived into the
2.4.0 GA version.
*Section 3.1*
The links for */Win32 OpenSSL Light Package /*and */Win64 OpenSSL Light
Package/* are incorrect. They link to version 1_1_1j:
https://slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL_Light-1_1_1j.msi
<https://slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL_Light-1_1_1j.msi> and
https://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL_Light-1_1_1j.msi
<https://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL_Light-1_1_1j.msi>
Version 1_1_1j is no longer available on the linked page.
The latest versions are 1_1_1k, and the correct links are
https://slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL_Light-1_1_1k.msi
<https://slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL_Light-1_1_1k.msi> and
https://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL_Light-1_1_1k.msi
<https://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL_Light-1_1_1k.msi>
*Section 10.1.4 Mode menu*
The mode menu shown in the v2.4.0 User Manual is the mode menu from
v2.3, containing the now deprecated modes QRA64 and ISCAT.
In v2.4.0 theses two modes have been replaced by /Q65/. The mode menu
illustration needs updating.
*Section 10.1.9 Help menu*
The previous section /10.2 Button Row/ has lost its numbering and the
previous section title has now been replaced by:
=== Button Row
// Status=edited
The /Button Row/ obviously has no place under /Section 10.1.9 Help
menu/, and should have its number 10.2 reissued, requiring a renumbering
of the current sections 10.2 – 10.9 to 10.3 – 10.10.
**
*Section 14. Cooperating programs*
JTAlert has been updated to version /2.50.1/, with a considerable layout
makeover from v2.14.
It may be worthwhile to update the illustration.
**
*Section 16. Frequently Asked Questions*
Question #7.
/I am using WSJT-X with Ham Radio Deluxe. All seems well until I start
HRD Logbook or DM780 running in parallel; then CAT control becomes
unreliable./
You may see delays up to 20 seconds or so in frequency changes or other
radio commands, due to a bug in HRD. HRD folks are aware of the problem,
and are working to resolve it.
I am a Ham Radio Deluxe user myself, having never experienced any
massive delays, nor have I noticed any attention on this issue in the
various user forums. Consequently, I have contacted HRD Support
regarding this information. According to HRD Support the delays have
nothing to do with the HRD software, nor WSJT-X, and HRD developers are
not working to solve this issue. If this had been a problem, HRD Support
would have had a large number of support requests on this matter, and
they don’t. The problem is caused by operators trying to run a number of
softwares on computers with insufficient processing power.
According to HRD Support, the information in the preceding paragraph has
been conveyed to the WSJT-X Development team on a number of occasions,
aiming to correct the information in the User Guide, but it has been
impossible to have this corrected, so they have just given up. I
promised them to make another attempt.
Having spent considerable time translating the User Guide over the last
several years, as well as having made proposals for corrections (which
have been corrected), it is my firm belief and opinion that the WSJT-X
User Guide shall be accurate, reliable and up to date, like it is on the
workings of WSJT-X, and not convey incorrect information about other
softwares or other software suppliers.
Isn’t it time to correct this error, and delete this FAQ?
*Section 17.2.10 Summary*
/Table 7/
*Mode*
*FEC Type*
*(n,k)*
*Q*
*Modulation type*
*Keying rate (Baud)*
*Bandwidth (Hz)*
*Sync Energy*
*Tx Duration (s)*
*S/N Threshold (dB)*
*FST4-15*
LDPC
(240,101)
4
4-GFSK
16.67
67.7
0.25
9.6
-20.7
Assuming that Bandwidth equals (Keying Rate) ×(number of
tones/frequencies in the Modulation Type), like it is for the other FST
modes, I guess the Bandwidth should amount to 16.67 ×4 = 66.7 Hz, not
67.7 Hz, or is there something special about the bandwidth for the
FST4-15 mode?
73, Frode LA6VQ
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