Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Jeff Stillinger via wsjt-devel
How about an alternative to your prediction.   WSJT-X is open source.  You have complete access to the source code, and one of the wonderful conveniences of the package is the ability to customize the software to a specific style of station operations. That is the fancy and PC way to say, if y

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Jon Anhold via wsjt-devel
Hi Jeff, Yes, I agree - I am a contributor to some other open source projects. Thanks for your helpful suggestion. I've given that some thought, but at least the last time I looked the build process / toolkit for building WSJT-X on Windows is like top secret or something, and I haven't spent any

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Jeff Stillinger via wsjt-devel
Not exactly a secret.  For building on Microsoft virus, the sdk is located here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jtsdk/ It is my understanding that it's going through some updates, but what is posted should work.  Last time I played with it was back in version 1.7.  I haven't kept up with th

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Dennis Younker NE6I via wsjt-devel
Put me down for also wishing to have that on the main screen. Or more accurately in my case, having a check box or link on the main screen that is linked to Special Operating Activity. Yes, handy to quickly go to and from F/H mode but also convenient at the start and end of one of the contests l

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Neil Zampella via wsjt-devel
In your case I would suggest create a separate CONFIGURATION for each mode you're using.    You can setup one for regular use, then one for other special modes such as the NA VHF contest, Field Day, Fox & Hound, etc. All you need to do is switch over to the mode you're going to use by selecting t

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Grant Willis via wsjt-devel
Neil, I wish to take a moment please to outline what I see is the problem with the configuration options as a solution that everyone keeps answering with when this comes up. I dont think the case why the configuration mode changes annoy many has ever been clearly articulated. If I am tuning aroun

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Neil Zampella via wsjt-devel
Grant, as F/H specifically requires you to reply to a Fox CQ above 1000 hz, and since the decoder decodes the entire passband based on the base frequency set, you would not need any 'waterfall history' to determine where to Tx your reply. Maybe I'm missing the point. That said, my reply was spe

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread James Shaver (N2ADV) via wsjt-devel
The check box used to be on the main screen of the UI and people kept checking it by mistake and causing all sorts of issues and questions so it was moved to the menu and those questions and issues ceased to be replaced by a less frequent request to put it back where it was. The needs of the man

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Jon Anhold via wsjt-devel
This seems like similar logic to that that led to the ill-conceived "move the log-it button randomly" feature. On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 10:45 PM James Shaver (N2ADV) via wsjt-devel < wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > The check box used to be on the main screen of the UI and people kept >

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Jim Brown via wsjt-devel
Well said, Grant. From where I sit, very active on 6M, and both DX chasing and contesting on HF and MF, the only poor decisions made by by the design team are based on their lack of broad experience below VHF. That's the only possible explanation for how 40M FT4 ended up where it did. Your com

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Jim Brown via wsjt-devel
On 10/10/2021 7:12 PM, Neil Zampella via wsjt-devel wrote: as F/H specifically requires you to reply to a Fox CQ above 1000 hz, and since the decoder decodes the entire passband based on the base frequency set, you would not need any 'waterfall history' to determine where to Tx your reply. Su

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Grant Willis via wsjt-devel
Jim, FYI - Neil and James don't believe a clear frequency matters based on past conversations I have had with them. I contend they have never tried chasing DX where every path starts at 8000 miles (ie out of VK). The standard FT8 channels are so congested these days that trying to target working p

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode

2021-10-10 Thread Peter Sumner via wsjt-devel
for the F/H - Contest brigade Rather than extra buttons / tick boxes on the existing busy screen for a dedicated group of users, would a small pop-out window like that used for the Astronomical data display be a better proposal? I know its a bit of a radical shift of thinking and of course would