Scott, thanks a lot for spotting this for me.
Now it is very clear to me, and I want to share that information with all of
you (again):
“As things are presently coded, retuning your rig with front panel controls
(the "big knob") does NOT change the nominal frequency that you have selected
from the drop-down list. That's the frequency that will be written to ALL.TXT
and posted to PSK Reporter, etc.
One reason this can make sense is that you want to be on 14.074 MHz, say
-- or perhaps on 1296.065 MHz, for EME -- but you know that on that band your
dial calibration is off by -220 Hz. So, you select 14.074 in the drop-down
list and then tweak the dial by the necessary +220 Hz.
Everything will then be recorded and posted correctly.
If you want to be on 14.091 and have things recorded and posted as 14.091, type
"14.091" into the drop-down control. Better still, put
14.091 into your frequencies list. If you're already on 20 meters, say 14.074,
you can type "91k" (for kHz) into the drop-down list.
-- 73, Joe, K1JT”
I see that it would be a challenge to make a fail-safe code that allows VFO
turning in all cases to set the base frequency. Perhaps a new confirmation
window would be needed stating e.g. “Do you want to use the new indicated
frequency as the base frequency?” each time you turn VFO. I don’t want to start
that discussion again unless someone it willing to code it and “all” frequency
control situations are clearly defined on the user point of view.
To me the typing of the frequency into the drop-down control for a temporary
change or an additional entry to the frequency list for a more permanent
selection option is good enough.
73, Reino OH3mA
From: Scott Armstrong via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Monday, March 3, 2025 2:38 AM
To: WSJT software development <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Scott Armstrong <aa5am.sc...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Frequency Reporting Anomaly WSJT and FT8/FT4
Reino,
Took a bit to find this one...
I think the thread you are referring to is this one "ALL.TXT RX freq is not RX
DIAL freq" from July 2024.
73,
Scott AA5AM
On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM Reino Talarmo via wsjt-devel
<wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> >
wrote:
Fred,
>From some earlier discussion on this behavior, I got feeling that the program
>is designed in that manner. The to be reported frequency needs to be set by
>wsjt-x not by VFO. I am not familiar enough to tell the reason for that
>behavior, but a proposed change was rejected at that time. I am not sure
>whether the discussion was on this mail-list, but most probably.
73, Reino OH3mA
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