Hi Joe, 2. Go to "File | Settings | Colors", check "My Call in message" and "New Call on Band", and uncheck everything else. Check the box "Highlight also messages with 73 or RR73." Click OK to dismiss the Settings dialog.
Not on the color page. Where ? 73, Sam W2JDB -----Original Message----- From: Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> To: WSJT software development <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Cc: Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> Sent: Fri, May 27, 2022 11:37 am Subject: [wsjt-devel] ARRL International Digital Contest Hi all, In response to questions I've received, here are some details and suggestions for operating in the new ARRL-sponsored digital contest. Contest Period: 1800 UTC June 4 through 2359 UTC June 5. Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, and 6m Modes: any digital mode, except no traditional RTTY. In practice most contest participants will likely use FT4 and FT8. Exchange: Four-character grid locator Scoring: one point per QSO, plus an additional point for every 500 km of distance or portion thereof, with distances measured between grid centers. Power categories: Low Power (100 W or less) and QRP (5 W or less). No High Power category. Full details and contest rules are available here: https://contests.arrl.org/ContestRules/Digital-Rules.pdf In particular, take note of the recommended sub-bands and advice about operating frequencies. Here are the essentials taken from the Contest Rules document: ############################################################################## FT4 Recommended Sub-bands: 1.836-1.840 3.580-3.590 7.080-7.090 14.080-14.090 21.080-21.090 28.080-28.090 50.330 to 50.340 FT8 Recommended Sub-bands: 1.840-1.844 3.590-3.600 (No Digital above 3600) 7.090-7.100 14.090-14.100 21.090-21.100 28.090-28.100 50.340 to 50.350 When choosing your operating frequency, set the radio dial at the bottom of the sub-band and QSO with stations on audio frequencies within the radio passband typically 2.5-4 kHz wide. If a sub-band becomes crowded, move the radio dial frequency up in 2 kHz increments, as needed. (For example: 7,090, 7.092, 7.094, 7.096 and 7.098). ############################################################################## Finally, a few suggestions for configuring WSJT-X 2.5.4 for the contest: 1. Go to "File | Settings | Advanced", check "Special operating activity" and "NA VHF Contest". (Of course this is not a VHF contest, but the exchange and recommended message sequence is the same.) 2. Go to "File | Settings | Colors", check "My Call in message" and "New Call on Band", and uncheck everything else. Check the box "Highlight also messages with 73 or RR73." Click OK to dismiss the Settings dialog. 3. Select "File | Reset Cabrillo log". 4. Before the contest starts, select "File | Open log directory", and rename the file wsjtx_log.adi to something else, say wsjtx_log.adi.bak. This ensures that you will start the contest with an empty log. (After the contest, you will probably want to append your contest QSOs to your backup log and then rename it back to the original "wsjtx_log.adi".) -- 73, Joe, K1JT _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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