Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT on DXpedition

2017-08-16 Thread Alex, VE3NEA
Hi Joe, The HF pileup QSO sequence that you suggested in your email is perfect for the normal case, when both parties copy each other without problems, but some edge cases need to be discussed in more detail. The communication channel can fail at any stage during the QSO, in one direction or an

[wsjt-devel] Volume 1.8.0-rc1

2017-08-16 Thread Pino Zollo
Every time that I run WSJT-X 1.8.0-rc1 I find that the volume of input has been reset to a very high level ...100% ... I have to lower it to "no amplification" (running on Linux Mint 18.2) ...1.7... on Mint 17.3 had not this behavior. 73 Pino ZP4KFX ---

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT on DXpedition

2017-08-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi John and all, On 8/8/2017 12:19 PM, John Zantek KE7B wrote: This past weekend, I attended the Pacific NW DX Convention, where the buzz of JT/FT was tangible. ... The biggest news for me was the talk about the upcoming DXpedition to Mellish Reef (VK9MA) and the stated intention to try JT65 a

Re: [wsjt-devel] Strange packets being received by pskreporter

2017-08-16 Thread Philip Gladstone
On 16/08/2017 11:30, Bill Somerville wrote: On 16/08/2017 12:02, Philip Gladstone wrote: I'm getting a bunch of strange packets sent to pskreporter that (I think) are coming from wsjt implementations. For example: AD BC CB DA 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 4D 53 48 56 00 00 00 01 00 00

Re: [wsjt-devel] TX6 patch

2017-08-16 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
I think this behavior works pretty well.  Double-click on TX6 makes the message sticky (I call it "locked" in the tooltip) and disables the textbox for a visual indication.  Double-clicking again enables and resets the CQ message.Any protocol with the freq offset message turns it off too and doe

Re: [wsjt-devel] Strange packets being received by pskreporter

2017-08-16 Thread Bill Somerville
On 16/08/2017 12:02, Philip Gladstone wrote: I'm getting a bunch of strange packets sent to pskreporter that (I think) are coming from wsjt implementations. For example: AD BC CB DA 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 4D 53 48 56 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 04 31 2E 34 32 I think that this is wsjt

Re: [wsjt-devel] Wrong country

2017-08-16 Thread Rich - K1HTV
Thanks Bill for the software fix for this issue and for all that you do as part of the WSJT-X Development team. 73, Rich - K1HTV PS I'm now up to 116 DX countries worked on FT8 with low power. FT8 is GREAT! = = = From: Bill Somerville mailto:g4...@classdesign.com > To: wsjt-devel

Re: [wsjt-devel] TX6 patch

2017-08-16 Thread Bill Somerville
On 16/08/2017 13:54, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Should we ask if anybody expects to reset on band change? What mode of operations would that be that has a band-sensitive CQ format? And is that common enough to make that the default case? Or is it much more common to do the "CQ XX" n

Re: [wsjt-devel] TX6 patch

2017-08-16 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
This patch still updates the CQ NNN. Should we ask if anybody expects to reset on band change?  What mode of operations would that be that has a band-sensitive CQ format?  And is that common enough to make that the default case?  Or is it much more common to do the "CQ XX" no matter the band? Or

Re: [wsjt-devel] TX6 patch

2017-08-16 Thread Bill Somerville
On 16/08/2017 13:17, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Is there any reason we can't leave TX6 alone once filled with anything? Improved patch here with tooltip. TX6 only gets auto-set if empty or using Tx CQ 280 option . Which normally happens once after startup of WSJT-X and, as far as I kn

Re: [wsjt-devel] Strange packets being received by pskreporter

2017-08-16 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
Decoding the bytes (come on guys) it says MSHV 1.42 -- the latest version. http://lz2hv.org/mshv  de Mike W9MDB From: Chuck Yahrling To: WSJT software development Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Strange packets being received by pskreporter wsjt it

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Mode Does Not Stop Transmitting

2017-08-16 Thread Jordan Sherer
Thanks Bill. Running Ubuntu 16.04 here. If you want, feel free to send over a patch file with the instrumentation too. I can apply it to my local copy and build myself. Best, Jordan On Aug 16, 2017, 6:17 AM -0400, Bill Somerville , wrote: > On 15/08/2017 18:05, Jordan Sherer wrote: > > Thanks f

Re: [wsjt-devel] Wrong countrty

2017-08-16 Thread Bill Somerville
On 16/08/2017 04:47, Rich - K1HTV wrote: While using FT8 I noticed this anomaly. 031330 -14 0.1 1769 ~ CQ E51 W3BTX !S. Cook Is. With the "Show DXCC entity and worked before status" box under the " General" tab checked, instead of W3BTX being flagged as U.S.A. it used the E51 prefix in th

[wsjt-devel] TX6 patch

2017-08-16 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
Is there any reason we can't leave TX6 alone once filled with anything?   Improved patch here with tooltip.TX6 only gets auto-set if empty or using Tx CQ 280 option .  Which normally happens once after startup of WSJT-X and, as far as I know, never again unless using the Tx CQ. Is there any opera

Re: [wsjt-devel] Wrong countrty

2017-08-16 Thread Neil Zampella
The message is NOT a standard message as shown the Protocol Specifications in the User Guide. In order to target specific countries, you must use the format: CQ xx KN3ILZ FN00 (CQ location Callsign Grid), heres the specific paragraph: "Finally, the message compression algorithm supports m

Re: [wsjt-devel] Strange packets being received by pskreporter

2017-08-16 Thread Bill Somerville
On 16/08/2017 12:02, Philip Gladstone wrote: I'm getting a bunch of strange packets sent to pskreporter that (I think) are coming from wsjt implementations. For example: AD BC CB DA 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 4D 53 48 56 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 04 31 2E 34 32 I think that this is wsjt

Re: [wsjt-devel] Strange packets being received by pskreporter

2017-08-16 Thread Chuck Yahrling
wsjt itself or maybe wsjt-x, which is currently undergoing a lot of rework regarding format of exchanges? On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Philip Gladstone < pjsg-w...@nospam.gladstonefamily.net> wrote: > I'm getting a bunch of strange packets sent to pskreporter that (I think) > are coming from

[wsjt-devel] Strange packets being received by pskreporter

2017-08-16 Thread Philip Gladstone
I'm getting a bunch of strange packets sent to pskreporter that (I think) are coming from wsjt implementations. For example: AD BC CB DA 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 4D 53 48 56 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 04 31 2E 34 32 I think that this is wsjt because of the adbccbda header (which google

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Mode Does Not Stop Transmitting

2017-08-16 Thread Bill Somerville
On 15/08/2017 18:05, Jordan Sherer wrote: Thanks for reaching out. I have the KX2 connected to the PC via a KXUSB cable. I have K3/KX3 rig selected since the KX2 operates the same rig control serial commands. This configuration provides rig control with CAT and PTT. Everything seems fairly stra

Re: [wsjt-devel] Wrong countrty

2017-08-16 Thread Wolfgang
Title: Re: [wsjt-devel] Wrong countrty additional to my previous message: "CQ OE SM4DHF JN88" (as an example, but can happen) is a 'Std. msg', because there are only two letters behind the CQ. Wonder if this becomes flaged with '!Austria' or '~Austria' ? Will check this with my portable rig +