Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X app list issue - confirmed repeatable

2022-12-31 Thread Alan Groups via wsjt-devel
worked when I did so from Settings>Apps and Features Maybe something like that is all that's necessary to clear this one up - the installer to suggest a different default folder for each version? Alan G0TLK On 31/12/2022 13:46, Alan Groups via wsjt-devel wrote: Following a system c

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X app list issue - confirmed repeatable

2022-12-31 Thread Alan Groups via wsjt-devel
Following a system clean-up I've looked a bit further into the weird menu and other entries I found on my system and found the same effects arising on version upgrade, so it's a repeatable issue: *The Uninstaller* * Following a system clean of WSJT-X, installation of v 2.5.4 and after a re

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X app list issue?

2022-12-30 Thread Alan Groups via wsjt-devel
stem (not sure why it's doing that, further investigation to follow!) Deleted all the entries in ProgramData and rebooted Installed v 2.5.4, now all seems to be OK with just the single entry for 2.5.4 everywhere. Alan G0TLK On 28/12/2022 17:29, Alan Groups via wsjt-devel wrote: Hi, in d

[wsjt-devel] WSJT-X app list issue?

2022-12-28 Thread Alan Groups via wsjt-devel
Hi, in doing some end of year computer housekeeping, under W10 (latest update), I noticed that in Programs and Features I have WSJT-X versions 2.5.2, 2.5.3 and 2.5.4 showing.  I haven't had time to look at the current RC's so they aren't installed. If I try to uninstall 2.5.2 and 2.5.3 it asks

[wsjt-devel] 2.5.3 crash/issues after computer sleep

2021-12-27 Thread Alan Groups via wsjt-devel
Hi, I left WSJT-X running on Rx while I had to do something else, which unexpectedly took longer than I anticipated and the PC entered sleep mode. On awakening it I completed a QSO and on auto-log WSJT-X crashed, status.txt file error, path not found (it's in temp folder). Clicked OK to the e

Re: [wsjt-devel] Clipping

2021-02-17 Thread Alan Groups
Maybe use a completely different app on the same system and then see if the distortion is still there? Alan G0TLK On 17/02/2021 13:02, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Since I've also verified this on an IC-7300 with it's own USB sound card seems it's a Windows bug.  I think this is a recen

Re: [wsjt-devel] BUG in WSJT-X 2.3 and 2.4rc1 COM port

2021-02-16 Thread Alan Groups
e changed WSJT-X for the next release to override the Hamlib behaviour and enable PTT sharing for all users, that will mean that if the original problem is real then unsuspecting users will have problems even if they have no use or knowledge of PTT sharing between Hamlib clients. Let's see how th

Re: [wsjt-devel] BUG in WSJT-X 2.3 and 2.4rc1 COM port

2021-02-16 Thread Alan Groups
And if I may chip in most importantly please make sure *all* changes are listed in release notes, with a link to release notes for libraries that are used - so users can see them intuitively. Leaving users to find out about changes unexpectedly in what is becoming a large and complex app leads

Re: [wsjt-devel] Rc4 Tx levels will cause future QRM problems

2021-02-15 Thread Alan Groups
Haven't tested this version yet but something else that might be good in my view is to have a CAT command to vary maximum power output available from the rig, for those rigs that support it? Alan G0TLK On 15/02/2021 14:35, Rich - K1HTV wrote: I noticed that while running WSJT-X v2.4.0-rc1, the

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature request for FT8 Band Activity list

2021-02-14 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, use the colour highlighting settings? There are options in there for grids not already in the log, and also grids not in the log by band. Alan G0TLK On 14/02/2021 16:48, jeff millar wrote: Hello all, Sometimes I need to search the Band Activity list for a specific station who is known to

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2.4.0 RC1 - Decodes show no callsign

2021-02-04 Thread Alan Groups
Keeping thermal stress on the system - rig and PSU - by turning power down at least a bit from full output makes sense to me with these modes, whether or not rig ratings demand it, particularly as any reduction in received signal strength will be minor. More heat = more risk of failure regardl

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjtx configuration for setting PC audio IN (microphone)

2021-02-01 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, this adjustment is part of W10 (assuming you have latest version) - Settings>System>Sound>Advanced sound options>App volume device preferences Hope that assists. Alan G0TLK On 01/02/2021 09:10, Maurizio Brameri wrote: Hi everyone, is there a way to set automatically at launch the gain of

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjtx v2.3-rc4 TX6 oddity

2021-01-30 Thread Alan Groups
I changed the text message in Tx6 by adding a call prefix  so it became "CQ JA..." Worked OK until I tried to change it back to just "CQ" - then the change wouldn't stick.  It kept reverting to "CQ JA" several times, but eventually it did hold. Not sure what happened, but I may have been a b

Re: [wsjt-devel] Question about QRZ Integration

2020-12-05 Thread Alan Groups
A prime concern with all software is development time, but in my experience that's dwarfed by maintenance time requirements as that usually grows at a faster rate than the development time as an app gets bigger. For example something changes in the core application, the plugin enabling code (

Re: [wsjt-devel] Question about QRZ Integration

2020-12-03 Thread Alan Groups
It occurs to me that this may also need to be checked the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?  It's very wide in effect! Alan G0TLK On 03/12/2020 16:32, Bill Frantz wrote: Given the number of cultural differences in naming, it is a difficult question which name is the given name and

Re: [wsjt-devel] Halt Tx error?

2020-11-29 Thread Alan Groups
Got on with something else, and on another try RC02 is now decoding again. Alan G0TLK On 29/11/2020 17:24, Alan Groups wrote: And now RC2 won't decode anything, 2.2.2 is fine! Alan G0TLK On 29/11/2020 17:21, Alan Groups wrote: Hi, running 2.3.0 RC2, Kenwood TS590S: * Double cl

Re: [wsjt-devel] Halt Tx error?

2020-11-29 Thread Alan Groups
And now RC2 won't decode anything, 2.2.2 is fine! Alan G0TLK On 29/11/2020 17:21, Alan Groups wrote: Hi, running 2.3.0 RC2, Kenwood TS590S: * Double click a station to call it * Rig goes into Tx * Click halt TX * RC2 brings up a rig control error asking me if I wish to reconf

[wsjt-devel] Halt Tx error?

2020-11-29 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, running 2.3.0 RC2, Kenwood TS590S: * Double click a station to call it * Rig goes into Tx * Click halt TX * RC2 brings up a rig control error asking me if I wish to reconfigure * If I click no then RC2 quits 2.2.2 doesn't do this, same rig, computer etc (I have the RC in a separate fol

Re: [wsjt-devel] Ver 2.2.2 crash codes

2020-10-20 Thread Alan Groups
This article also gives a full explanation - updated in 2019. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ask-the-performance-team/the-basics-of-page-faults/ba-p/373120 Alan G0TLK On 20/10/2020 15:23, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Hmmm...not what this says...they claim a hard fault is asking f

Re: [wsjt-devel] DT

2020-10-20 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, just tested 2.3.0 RC1 for this: * Running Meinberg NTP, time.is reporting exact (+/- 0.01s) * Looking at 7MHz FT8 Rx - by eye most DT numbers seem to be in the 0.3 to 0.4 range with quite a few outliers at even greater offsets including +1's * On 14MHz FT4 (no FT4 signals on 7MHz!) m

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2.3.0-rc1 UI on adding a new configuration

2020-10-04 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, testing this by adding a new configuration for a Funcube SDR as my main rig doesn't cover these low bands. On changing between configurations once the new one was set WSJT-X restarted but when it did the main screen went top left of my monitor, with most of the title block off screen, and

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X defect report - Incorrect tab 2 grid message

2020-07-28 Thread Alan Groups
For what it's worth until this afternoon I didn't know what they are! Alan G0TLK On 28/07/2020 17:18, Andy Durbin wrote: Hi Joe, Thanks for your reply. "Would there be huge howls of protest if Tab 2 were permanently removed? If so, should we pay attention to them?" Perhaps the first questio

Re: [wsjt-devel] Rig verification

2020-07-17 Thread Alan Groups
25018  AMSAT-UK   FUNcube Dongle Pro+ 20200112.0  Beta    RIG_MODEL_FUNCUBEDONGLEPLUS WSJT-X 2.2.2 works fine in FT8 mode, including changing bands, but with some notes: * I altered the main settings rather than create a new configuration, by selecting the Funcube in t

Re: [wsjt-devel] v2.1.2 Radio On/Off CAT Problem?

2020-06-09 Thread Alan Groups
Omitted to add that with my tests below, no I don't have that box set either. Alan G0TLK On 09/06/2020 09:36, Alan Groups wrote: Hi, I've just checked my Kenwood: * Turned the rig on and changed the frequency from that last used with WSJT-X 2.2.1 * Turned rig off at

Re: [wsjt-devel] v2.1.2 Radio On/Off CAT Problem?

2020-06-09 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, I've just checked my Kenwood: * Turned the rig on and changed the frequency from that last used with WSJT-X 2.2.1 * Turned rig off at it's power button but leaving PSU on * Started WSJT-X 2.2.1 * Rig turned on and WSJT-X changed to the new frequency, rig beeped * Closed WSJT-X, rig st

Re: [wsjt-devel] v2.1.2 Radio On/Off CAT Problem?

2020-06-08 Thread Alan Groups
Well there's one other user here who may find that very useful when controlling the station from somewhere else other than my shack/study having been stuck in there in front of a PC screen for days on end while remote paid working! I tend to agree it's not something for the mainstream though,

[wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.0 GA release

2020-06-02 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, thanks for all the work. Just noticed a bit of messy clutter in the status bar on start-up, cropped screenshot attached.  Lasts a second or two then OK - I had to be quick with alt-prtscreen! Alan G0TLK ___ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@l

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC03 FT8 - fewer completed contacts?

2020-05-31 Thread Alan Groups
, Alan Groups wrote: I've been playing with RC01 to 03 on FT8 at HF - plenty of decodes, certainly many more than 2.1.2, but I haven't worked that many CQ's - they didn't respond. My impression is that using 2.1.2 I was able to get more completed contacts in the same testin

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC03 FT8 - fewer completed contacts?

2020-05-31 Thread Alan Groups
I've been playing with RC01 to 03 on FT8 at HF - plenty of decodes, certainly many more than 2.1.2, but I haven't worked that many CQ's - they didn't respond. My impression is that using 2.1.2 I was able to get more completed contacts in the same testing sessions. Timing is Meinberg controll

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.0-rc2 - Audio input streaming

2020-05-28 Thread Alan Groups
Could there be a Windows Event that could be picked up using Task Scheduler and a warning run? Alan G0TLK On 27/05/2020 21:26, Bill Somerville wrote: On 27/05/2020 21:16, runninge...@gmail.com wrote: Dear developers, Looking at some of the recent “audio in problem“ posts, would it make sen

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X v2.2.0 Issue (Both RCs)

2020-05-27 Thread Alan Groups
Is it related to USB Selective Suspend - see https://helpdesk.flexradio.com/hc/en-us/articles/204290929-How-to-Disable-Power-Management-for-USB-connected-Devices for example? My printer has recently started misbehaving similarly - USB lead sometimes has to be unplugged and plugged back in to g

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.0 rc2

2020-05-27 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, thanks - interesting and useful, but could I suggest putting those words in the User Guide, together with an brief explanation of the various decoder modes? (Sorry if already there but on a quick look I haven't been able to find them) The list of AP information types is a bit long to remem

Re: [wsjt-devel] rc2 UI - 2nd email

2020-05-26 Thread Alan Groups
disconnected albeit with a ground return from the 55m coax feeder available via the rig power leads there were a few decodes and visible QSO's on 40m - impressive given that pickup must have been purely capacitive from the coax! Alan G0TLK On 25/05/2020 11:19, Alan Groups wrote: Hi, in my

Re: [wsjt-devel] rc2 UI

2020-05-25 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, in my view goalposts are fine with the white line beneath the RX one and the waterfall background no longer quite black. Window resize issue on turning menus off has gone. Nothing else checked yet. Alan G0TLK ___ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2.2rc1 - usability comments, second email

2020-05-24 Thread Alan Groups
: Hi Alan, thanks for your considered comments and observations. Some comments in line below from me. On 23/05/2020 16:50, Alan Groups wrote: Hi, I'm concentrating on the UI rather than program function, hopefully not too pernickety!  Some of these may not be specific to RC1 but are j

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2.2rc1 - usability comments, second email

2020-05-23 Thread Alan Groups
prised that it picked up all my 2.1.2 settings? Hopefully the above is of some use, keep up the good work! Alan G0TLK On 22/05/2020 18:05, Alan Groups wrote: Hi, just tried this out on some 10m Es using FT8: I find the two stage display of decodes a little disconcerting; the double flash of

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2.2rc1 - usability comments

2020-05-22 Thread Alan Groups
Hi, just tried this out on some 10m Es using FT8: I find the two stage display of decodes a little disconcerting; the double flash of the decode button doesn't help - adds more visual clutter?  Could the user maybe have a choice to temporarily cache the early decodes and then show them all at

[wsjt-devel] QSO information suggestion

2020-03-08 Thread Alan Groups
I wonder if some additional information could be added, within one of the existing automated fields? This would not only give more personalisation of QSO's but would be valuable for propagation and station comparisons etc. I have in mind a simple short 2 digit number 0 to 9 each digit, for ex