Re: [wsjt-devel] Optimum computer for WSJT-X?

2020-02-08 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
I concur with several others; 16GB of RAM is what I consider to be the baseline on any desktop PC I build. While I can't specifically comment on JT65 EME ops, I can say that the current machine I'm running seems to easily handle the mess that is 20m FT8. It's not unusual for there to be upward

Re: [wsjt-devel] Lid operators or bad design?

2019-07-28 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
No user interface design will ever be idiot proof. The supply of idiots far outstrips the supply of programmers. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 28, 2019, at 11:53 AM, Andy Durbin wrote: > > Everyone who uses WSJT-X for FT8 must have noticed the number of operators > who answer a CQ and then, when

Re: [wsjt-devel] Monthly ALL.TXT archives

2019-06-25 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
Try Notepad++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bug report: WSJT-X fails to output sound after several minutes idle

2019-06-15 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
Oh, also running W10 1809 and WSJT-X 2.1.0 RC7. On 6/16/2019 04:01, Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel wrote: I'm not a programmer or developer, but I'd like to know the precise hardware configuration of those having this issue. Down to the minute details of motherboard, sound interface, e

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bug report: WSJT-X fails to output sound after several minutes idle

2019-06-15 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
I'm not a programmer or developer, but I'd like to know the precise hardware configuration of those having this issue. Down to the minute details of motherboard, sound interface, etc. I do not see anything like this at all, and my system runs for days at a time. Sometimes the system runs for a

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc7

2019-06-03 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
Tried that. Still getting the error. On 6/4/2019 00:27, Bill Somerville wrote: Hi Jim, you need to install the 64-bit version of the OpenSSL libraries. Follow the instructions in the WSJT-X v2.0.1 User Guide but pick the Win64 variant of the OpenSSL package. The one you need is the Win64_Op

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc7

2019-06-03 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
Windows 64-bit version seems to be running fine on W10 Pro. I did find 1 issue. Trying to fetch the latest LoTW .csv file results in a "SSL/TLS support not installed" message. WSJT-X 2.0.1 32-bit does not have this problem. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.

Re: [wsjt-devel] State names?

2019-05-30 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
As others have said, JT-Alert is built for this. If you use WSJT-X on Windows, you really need to be using JT-Alert as well. I won't use WSJT-X without JT-Alert. On 5/30/2019 12:00, Greg wrote: I'm working on multiband WAS and am nearing the end. (getting difficult) Is there anyway to see the

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bugies in 2.1.0

2019-04-29 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
There's always a more determined LID. ;-) On 4/29/2019 17:29, Bill Somerville wrote: Christoph, not disagreeing but there are reasons for this that I can't reveal. Let's just say it is to deter LIDs. Sorry. 73 Bill G4WJS. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.av

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 Beta download

2019-04-22 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
James, Staggers the imagination, doesn't it? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel

Re: [wsjt-devel] Installation of WSJT not possible

2019-04-20 Thread Jim Nuytens via wsjt-devel
While I too am no longer amazed, I’m still highly disappointed that so few people read documentation at all. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 20, 2019, at 11:23 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel > wrote: > > I've gotten over the hump of being amazed at people not reading > anything...just the way

Re: [wsjt-devel] adif log error

2018-12-10 Thread Jim Nuytens
I also had an error message about my ADIF file. Turns out that 1 record had  ,call:4>  instead of . I have no idea how that happened, but it threw the color highlighting off, giving me notices about new continents on 20m (the band I was tuned to at the time) that were completely bogus. Once I

Re: [wsjt-devel] 2.0 RC5

2018-12-08 Thread Jim Nuytens
*reaches for the whiskey bottle* On 12/8/2018 01:18, Unni Tharakkal wrote: I tried different selections and procedures still I am not able to resolve my RX decoding on RC 5.00. Request help I synchronized the system clock also System is ACER with Win 10 and Dig. interface is a BY product Link 3

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 User Guide

2018-12-04 Thread Jim Nuytens
You can lead them to the manual, but your can't make them RTFM. ;-) Just saying :-P On 12/4/2018 20:29, Joe Taylor wrote: Hi all, I have posted what I'm calling a "minimally acceptable" WSJT-X 2.0 User Guide on the WSJT web site: http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/ws

Re: [wsjt-devel] independent time check

2018-12-04 Thread Jim Nuytens
That's a lot of work for no reason. Install Meinberg NTP, or Dimension 4, or some other NTP client and you'll never have to that again. On 12/4/2018 17:16, Roy Gould wrote: The method I use to set the clock in Win 10 is: 1) Right click on the time displayed at the lower right of the task bar

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt rc5

2018-11-30 Thread Jim Nuytens
My liver is never going to survive this. On 11/30/2018 11:27, w...@frontier.com wrote: wsjt 2.0.0.5c5  install rc5 and I can not get anything in the band activity water fall is ok rc4 and rc5 is the same . I run rc3 and it work great but rc 4 rc5 can not work any one I can not see. I run wi

Re: [wsjt-devel] LoTW / No LoTW

2018-11-28 Thread Jim Nuytens
As a non-LoTW user, I'd have to agree with Uwe. I'd much prefer there be a way to highlight non-LoTW folks. Maybe that way, folks in the USA who do use LoTW would stop calling me, especially when I'm calling for DX. On 11/28/2018 15:14, DG2YCB, Uwe wrote: May I ask you for a slight change

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC 4 testa.

2018-11-19 Thread Jim Nuytens
Better bring a fresh bottle. I'm out. On 11/19/2018 14:27, George J. Molnar wrote: I’m going to take a deep breath or six. Then maybe join in the Scotch Drinking Club. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___

Re: [wsjt-devel] RC 4 testa.

2018-11-17 Thread Jim Nuytens
-18 is perfectly acceptable here. I’ll work any DX station, even if it’s at -23, if I need it. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 17, 2018, at 8:44 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel > wrote: > > PSKReporter shows he saw you at -18dB -- perhaps your path to him wasn't all > that good. > I've heard a

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problems with RC4

2018-11-17 Thread Jim Nuytens
Hasan, That's not entirely correct. RC3 can decode RC4 TXs, but RC4 doesn't decode RC3 TXs, unless you set RC3 to 77-bit messages in settings. I have been running RC4 on and off for the last several days. I can get spots on PSK Reporter from stations running RC3. It's just that if they respo

Re: [wsjt-devel] I do not receive

2018-11-16 Thread Jim Nuytens
Somebody poor me another shot. ;-) On 11/16/2018 12:16, iw2etr Paolo Fiorelli wrote: Hello everyone, can anyone understand why installing the rc4 I do not receive the station? with 1.9.1 everything is ok. thank you --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

Re: [wsjt-devel] Missing Auto Seq and Call 1st in JT9 & JT56 in wsjtx-2.0.0-rc1-win32

2018-09-24 Thread Jim Nuytens
You are correct. Neither of those modes ever had an auto sequence. A fact I had to recently relearn about 2 weeks ago. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2018, at 4:27 PM, Neil Zampella wrote: > > Um ... I don't remember JT65 or JT9 having any auto-sequence setup in WSJT-X. > They are both 42

[wsjt-devel] Non-standard call bug?

2018-09-21 Thread Jim Nuytens
My first attempt at a contact with a non-standard call resulted in the program jumping back to Tx1, instead of Tx5.  Below is the sequence: 132530   9  0.1 1343 ~  CQ OE100KFV 132545  Tx  1700 ~  KJ3N 132600   8  0.1 1343 ~  KJ3N -02 132615  Tx  1700 ~  KJ3N R+08 132630   9  0.1 1343

Re: [wsjt-devel] LOTW indication

2018-09-20 Thread Jim Nuytens
All I know is that I'm all for showing who's not on LoTW. Maybe then I'll get some peace and quiet from people in the USA when they see my call show up in Red. Full disclosure: I'm not on LoTW. On 9/20/2018 16:55, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Is this logic backwards here???  Seems we

Re: [wsjt-devel] TX5T in DXpedition Mode

2018-08-17 Thread Jim Nuytens
How does one switch to GIT? My JTSDK is still pointing to SVN/Sourceforge. On 8/17/2018 12:28, Neil Zampella wrote: Many people build their own version, if you build WSJT-X right now, you'll get 1.9.2. The only difference (as I understand it) between it, and v1.9.1 is that the source code

[wsjt-devel] Did I miss something?

2018-07-09 Thread Jim Nuytens
The last couple of times I've tried to build the latest devel version on Windows, it seems stuck at v1.10.0-devel r8748. Have I done something wrong, or missed an update to the JTSDK? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -

Re: [wsjt-devel] SourceForge repository changes

2018-05-27 Thread Jim Nuytens
I just built a new W10 machine and installed the JTSDK from scratch. My first completed build resulted in v1.10-rc1-8732 as well. Is this the correct result? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ---

Re: [wsjt-devel] Building preferences

2018-05-24 Thread Jim Nuytens
Would you care to elaborate what those advantages are? On 5/24/2018 21:36, Bill Somerville wrote: Hi Jim, yes there are advantages, I recommend switching to Qt 5.5. 73 Bill G4WJS. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

[wsjt-devel] Building preferences

2018-05-24 Thread Jim Nuytens
I've been compiling my own builds on W7-64bit for a couple of years, always using QT5.2. Are there any reasons or advantages to switching to QT5.5? Any disadvantages? -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of

Re: [wsjt-devel] Field day mods?

2018-05-10 Thread Jim Nuytens
I find 20m already useless for casual operation. To be blunt, I find the band a constant shit show. I avoid it as much as possible. It’s not much better on 40m, either. > On May 10, 2018, at 1:07 PM, Gary McDuffie wrote: > >> Not to mention that the FT8 segments are already VERY crowded. Ad