Re: [wsjt-devel] State QSO Parties

2019-09-25 Thread Jim Brown
On 9/25/2019 5:12 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: but the 7QP will also have a big number. And there's another wrinkle -- 7QP and NEQP (held the same weekend) have five character abbreviations (two for state, three for county). But there's also the question of whether sponsors of these state QSO parti

[wsjt-devel] Confusing build errors 2.1.0

2019-09-25 Thread Barry Jackson
Hi Bill, Just looking at 2.1.0 package for Mageia. Getting this in the build log: -- Checking for module 'hamlib' -- Found hamlib, version 3.3 -- Found hamlib CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:137 (message): Could NOT find hamlib (missing: hamlib_LI

Re: [wsjt-devel] State QSO Parties

2019-09-25 Thread Tom Melvin
>> For non-US QSO parties, similar techniques might work. Consider a QSO party >> with the counties of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales as the activated >> counties. :-) For RSGB it’s between 2 to 8 characters along with the obligatory signal report ’59’ :-) As has been pointed out i

Re: [wsjt-devel] State QSO Parties

2019-09-25 Thread Bill Frantz
On 9/25/19 at 3:52 PM, g4...@classdesign.com (Bill Somerville) wrote: On 25/09/2019 23:42, Bill Somerville wrote: whereas the index into a table of 64 values (48 states + 14 provinces + DC + DX) takes a mere 7 bits to store. This is actually an interesting problem. We can divide the conteste

Re: [wsjt-devel] State QSO Parties

2019-09-25 Thread John Zantek
> index into a table of 64 values (48 states + 14 provinces + DC + DX) takes a > mere 7 bits to store. Hi Bill, Yes, I initially saw that and it's why I attempted to clone the FD table, substituting the 39 WA counties for 58 ARRL Sections. That table obviously fits, right? I'm guessing it wo

Re: [wsjt-devel] State QSO Parties

2019-09-25 Thread Bill Somerville
On 25/09/2019 23:42, Bill Somerville wrote: whereas the index into a table of 64 values (48 states + 14 provinces + DC + DX) takes a mere 7 bits to store. Oops, not quite correct there. It only takes 6 bits. I should add that the actual storage is more complex as the DX serial numbers must al

Re: [wsjt-devel] State QSO Parties

2019-09-25 Thread Bill Somerville
On 25/09/2019 21:20, John Zantek wrote: AKA "All I want for Christmas is something big for WSJT-X 2.2" I just finished the 2019 Washington Salmon Run (our state QSO party), both as a contestant and a coordinator. My DX Club sponsors the event. Seewww.wwdxc.org/salmonrun This year, we were i

Re: [wsjt-devel] State QSO Parties

2019-09-25 Thread Tom Melvin
And for QSO parties that are NOT in the USA? RSGB has a couple they introduced this year - doesn’t support FT? yet but it will come. Pretty sure the abbreviations used for USA states will not match up with other countries. The developers, if they are going to support QSO parties, will be look

Re: [wsjt-devel] State QSO Parties

2019-09-25 Thread Ron WV4P
As a coordinator for the Tennessee QSO Party we fielded the same questions and had to respond the same. MANY wanted to use FT-X Modes. In kind, I don't think TN would be any issue swapping to 3 Letter. Ron, WV4P On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 16:08, John Zantek wrote: > AKA "All I want for Christmas is

[wsjt-devel] State QSO Parties

2019-09-25 Thread John Zantek
AKA "All I want for Christmas is something big for WSJT-X 2.2" I just finished the 2019 Washington Salmon Run (our state QSO party), both as a contestant and a coordinator. My DX Club sponsors the event. See www.wwdxc.org/salmonrun This year, we were inundated with inquiries of "Can we use FT