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

2021-10-11 Thread Neil Zampella via wsjt-devel
Grant, I have no idea where you got the idea that I said a 'clear frequency' doesn't matter, not sure that James said anything of the sort either.  You always check for a clear spot to Tx from, no matter what mode or special contest activity you're using.    For Fox/Hound, you wait one period

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

2021-10-11 Thread Grant VK5GR via wsjt-devel
-Original Message- From: James Shaver (N2ADV) [mailto:n2...@windstream.net] Sent: Monday, 11 October 2021 11:58 PM To: WSJT software development Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode "Not sure where in fantasy land you had these conversations but the dev list isn’t the

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

2021-10-11 Thread James Shaver (N2ADV) via wsjt-devel
“ Neil and James don't believe a clear frequency matters based on past conversations I have had with them.” Not sure where in fantasy land you had these conversations but the dev list isn’t the place to float personal issues. > On Oct 11, 2021, at 12:22 AM, Grant Willis via wsjt-devel > wr

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

2021-10-11 Thread Jim Brown via wsjt-devel
On 10/11/2021 2:22 AM, Bill Somerville via wsjt-devel wrote: that space is basically an illusion. The reason is that the main window layout is largely shared by all modes and variants, the exceptions to that are WSPR, FST4W, Frequency calibration, and EME Echo mode. What appears to be empty spa

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

2021-10-11 Thread Bill Somerville via wsjt-devel
On 11/10/2021 08:45, Jim Brown via wsjt-devel wrote: On 10/10/2021 11:02 PM, Peter Sumner via wsjt-devel wrote: Rather than extra buttons / tick boxes on the existing busy screen I hardly see the FT8/FT4 main screen as "busy" -- indeed, I see plenty of empty real estate for these two tick box

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

2021-10-11 Thread Bill Somerville via wsjt-devel
Jon, that was an attempt to defeat some of the more trivial robot stations, unfortunately the mass opinion was that it was a misfeature so perhaps everyone is quite happy for the FT8 sub-bands to gradually fill with unattended robot operations? 73 Bill G4WJS. On 11/10/2021 03:48, Jon Anhold

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

2021-10-11 Thread Jim Brown via wsjt-devel
On 10/10/2021 11:02 PM, Peter Sumner via wsjt-devel wrote: Rather than extra buttons / tick boxes on the existing busy screen I hardly see the FT8/FT4 main screen as "busy" -- indeed, I see plenty of empty real estate for these two tick boxes with labels (or buttons with labels within the but