Hello,
it seems users of FLRIg and WSJT-X / Improved are not too common, what I
have found so far is, when WSJT-X starts, it queries the list of rigs from
the HAMLIB DLL (lib-hamlib-4.dll) to create its rig list. This list of
rigs appears to be a dynamic array as when HAMLIB finds any updated
inf
thanks Wolfgang,
I knew Mike was unwell but had no idea he had passed away, that is quite a
loss for the ham community.
regards,
Peter vk5pj
On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM Wolfgang via wsjt-devel <
wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Hello Peter,
>
>
>
> a simple search using 'ReplaceSt
where to look.
Regards,
Peter vk5pj
> On Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 09:22:07 PM EDT, Peter Sumner via wsjt-devel
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> for some time now (all of the 2.7 variants and now 2.8) when I open
> WJST-X or swap between configurations, I end up with a rig control
tamp: 2025-07-28T06:57:34.969Z
There is no COM port in my configuration, CAT is used for PTT so I have no
clue why it is trying to open COM3 (My 1st COM port on the PC)
Regards,
Peter, vk5pj
On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM Peter Sumner wrote:
> Hi,
> for some time now (all of the 2.7 v
have placed the link below. That group
> is active and involves the programs created by W1HKJ, including flrig.
>
> Best of luck,
> 73,
> Andy, ka2uqw
>
> https://groups.io/g/linuxham
>
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 09:22:07 PM EDT, Peter Sumner via w
Hi,
for some time now (all of the 2.7 variants and now 2.8) when I open
WJST-X or swap between configurations, I end up with a rig control error
and the current rig is shown to be "ADAT www.adat.ch" and not the
previously selected FLRIG setting.
I have learned to live with this for a while and to
Hi Jim,
on his web site he has an article about "Beacon Blaster" at this URL:
http://wb6cxc.com/?p=451
"FST4W-120 on Ten Bands Simultaneously" seems to roughly match up with the
freq you mentioned (depending on what Sideband you were using to read the
CW)
Peter, vk5pj
WS8 #2:
Channel 1, frequenc
Hi Mark,
do not want to muddy the waters with what your trying to achieve but yes,
it's pretty well as you described, I have three rigs with WSJT-X connected,
all Icom in the mix, one has external USB sound card, the others have an
internal sound card and CAT from the rig. For me it is ONLY when I
Hi Mark,
for us windows users, the trigger seems to be when good old microsoft plug
and play comes through and sees that the number of audio interfaces have
changed from last time, like when a monitor with an internal sound card is
powered off then at a later time back on again. Was never sure wh
Hello Dick,
Do not select a com port for ptt, please set that option to be "CAT" for tx
and then should be all okay. Use the test CAT and then test PTT buttons to
the green results.
Peter, vk5pj
On Sat, Jul 27, 2024, 09:04 Richard L Kohlhaas via wsjt-devel <
wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrot
Having seen the recent announcement by Joe on behalf of the DEV team that
RC6 was out there and needed testing, it seems to be the right time to jump
on into the SuperFox experience (not used any of the previous RC's in this
stream).
I chose the X64 package for windows and downloaded, extracted it
Hello David,
have you installed one of the heavy handed security packages like Norton
to the PC ? I have seen people caught up in problems where their
connections are deemed unsafe if the USB chip in the serial port is one of
the old Prolific 'pirated' devices. Just a thought as you might be cha
Hello Development team,
this may seem like a cosmetic request but I have what i feel is a valid
reason (I bet we all say that).
I run a few dedicated WSPR setups here in VK5 on the VHF bands, some times
it can be days between decodes and with just the onscreen data showing only
the ZULU time in t
traffic.
>
> Mike W9MDB
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 06:04:08 AM CDT, Peter Sumner via wsjt-devel <
> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello Alex,
> all other web related activities like web browsing, sys
Hello to you all,
this might not be favoured by all but give the idea a chance, on the WSPR
decode window, the UTC time is shown in the left most column, could this
field be augmented with the Julian day of the year also? for those who do
not know what the Julian day is, simply its the day number
WSPRnet?
>
> alex
> K6LOT
>
> > On Jun 1, 2023, at 10:03 PM, Peter Sumner via wsjt-devel <
> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > while WSJT-X is a small part of this puzzle, it is a key one so hence I
> am posting this here. I have f
Hello,
while WSJT-X is a small part of this puzzle, it is a key one so hence I am
posting this here. I have for a long time now been using WSJT-X (v1.8 right
through to the current release for ARM v2.61 ) on a Raspberry Pi for a
dedicated WSPR station with two Icom rigs on VHF. Over time both the P
Hello Alan,
to avoid running the installer all together, you can use the '7ZIP'
utility to uncompress the WSJT-X package EXE file straight into a folder on
the PC, yes it works. This is the path I have taken, it allows me to have
many and varied copies of WSJT-X on a PC and no entries in the inst
Hello,
a lot of my time is spent on 50 MHz looking for contacts out of my local
area, the locals seem to want to call me each day, just because they can.
I usually change the TX 6 line to be "CQ DX VK5PJ PF95" to discourage the
locals from calling me but often get caught out when the default form
Hello Alan,
there is one thing you should keep in mind before making your final
decision, there are limits on the number of endpoint devices for both USB2
and USB3 and these total-up on a per controller bassis, you can see each
USB Controller in Windows Device manager. These endpoints include the
Hi Alan,
I am afraid you will have to get used to this happening (No TX audio),
anytime a Windows PC sees a sound device come or go it reshuffles the audio
device ID assignments and you end up in the situation you see now. I have
a HDMI connected monitor that has a sound device inbuilt. Turning
Hi Marty, it may help if you indicate what exact mode your are using ? FT8
Q65 or one of the others? Also at what point does it not progress?
Regards.
Peter, vk5pj
On Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 12:24 Marty Wayne via wsjt-devel <
wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> When using WSJTx 2.5.4, the auto
Hi Phillip,
It would be nice if the problem could be reduced at the source of the spot
then there is less complexity needed upstream. My thought is the
PSKreporter option in WSJT-X can only be enabled if CAT is defined, this
might filter some of the chaff from the wheat when it comes to spots bef
Hello.
I would like to see the PSKreporter functionality in WSJT-X be restricted
to situations where the CAT control of the rig is active.
Why? oh too often many of us have seen 'false spots' from a busy band
appearing on what is a very quiet band via PSKreporter because an OP
somewhere has cha
Hello Jarmo,
when 'rig' or 'fake-it' is enabled the transmit frequency is moved to
improve the location of your TX tones. As a test, try changing your TX
baseband freq to say 200 Hz and set TX on, note the TX VFO frequency, then
move baseband TX to 2300Hz and repeat, I would bet that you will see
Hi David (AK2L),
this does not have to be the case, if you tick enable the setting "Monitor
returns to last used frequency" in each of your configs on the main
settings page, you may get a pleasant surprise. :-)
regards,
Peter, vk5pj
On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 10:21 AM david--- via wsjt-devel <
ws
Hello Dave,
one way to approach this (what I do) is use the '7ZIP' utility to extract
the contents of the package (right click on EXE file / extract to /
folder-name. &Zip recognises the packaged EXE as a type of archive file
and will allow you to extract the contents without running the EXE
inst
k-Start
> Guide to Q65," so I have no idea what may be causing you trouble. If
> you haven't figured it out, you could send me a copy of file WSJT-X.ini
> in your log directory, and I'll look further...
>
> -- 73, Joe, K1JT
>
> On 1/4/2022 5:16 AM, Pete
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RMdrOT7SVIrTDz4hMdmzZkfXJ2daf0yu?usp=sharing
>
> 73
>
> Charlie G3WDG
>
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 10:24, Peter Sumner via wsjt-devel <
> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> at some point the Q65 decode
Hi,
at some point the Q65 decoder engine has stopped showing decodes from
multiple signals in the WSJT-X passband and I am at a loss to explain how
or when this has occurred.
I have downloaded the sample files from the main Pulsar web site and tried
to follow the Q65 quick start guide to no avai
Hi Bill,
typo on my part, the UDP server value I use is: 224.0.0.0
[image: image.png]
I use this for Gridtracker and also the wsjt 'message_aggregator.exe'
program that shows what each of my many instances are doing.
Regards,
Peter, vk5pj
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 1:21 PM Bill Barrett via wsjt-de
Hello Bill,
yes those displays are indeed different as on one you have defined a UDP
broadcast address of 244.0.0.1 which then prompts the WSJT software to
offer you a selection for an interface to apply this to. Ethrnet or
loopback normally, plus the multicast TTL, whereas the other version is th
a fixed version of the Q65 decoder is to be made available it would be
great if we could all get access as Lance's time left at FO/W7GJ is fast
running out as it is impacting both ends of the QSO.
Regards,
Peter Sumner, vk5pj
Below is a snip from my log on 17th Oct showing what we see when L
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
On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 2:51 AM Bill Somerville via wsjt-devel <
wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> On 26/08/2021 17:49, Bill Somerville via wsjt-devel wrote:
>
> On 25/08/2021 02:32, Peter Sumner via wsjt-devel wrote:
>
> Hello,
> was curious if anyone has
across many regional frequencies on 50
MHz, it is getting harder to keep an eye on each of the frequencies but
with the Q65 mode in MAP65 it might help me and others with this, plus be
handy for 50 MHz EME when the moon has multiple Q65 QSO's in progress.
regards,
Peter Sumner,
Oh you venturing down the rabbit hole of Dmarc are you.. been there and
have my scars ☹️
Peter, vk5pj
On Thu, 15 Jul 2021, 21:29 Bill Somerville via wsjt-devel, <
wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Just testing message handling where DMARC is used.
>
>
>
>
Hello to the WSJT-X community,
Would the DEV team consider including some logic to abort the upload of
decodes in progress to spotting sites like PSKreporter when a change of
band is detected from within WSJT-X?
It would seem to be a regular thing where stations are reported on the
wrong band whe
Hello Joe,
while not wishing to hijack the thread, I am a great believer of the use
of configurations for each setup ( I have one for each mode I use ) , the
one niggle is the "RC expires on " warning message we get when changing
from one to another configuration from the Release Candidate ver
Hello Joe,
may I ask for one item to be added to the Quick Start Guide for Q65?
"If using Q65 on EME the option on the setting page for 'Decode after EME
delay' must be ticked before you use Q65 for EME." or similar wording that
conveys the needed message.
I spent many nights seeing zero decodes
Hello Max,
I think you have forgotten to tick "Enable VHF and submode features" on
page one of the Setup menu, works 100% here on JT65
Regards,
Peter, vk5pj
On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 10:32 AM Max Mucci, N5NHJ (I8NHJ) via wsjt-devel <
wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Hello Joe,
> Looks li
Hi,
for a while now I have been using a PI 4 for my WSPR activities and it has
always been hit n miss as to whether my spots get to WSPRNET. In the end it
was like 3 months of unsuccessful activity reporting that forced me to
reformat the SD card and update to the BUSTER release of Raspian.. All
epends on
> the option "Settings->General->Monitor returns to last used frequency".
>
> 73
> Bill
> G4WJS.
>
> On 21/11/2020 20:16, Peter Sumner wrote:
>
> Hello Bill,
> does your explanation of behavior hold for when the mode is changed via
> the sel
Hello Bill,
does your explanation of behavior hold for when the mode is changed via
the selection of a different configuration? In my experience the correct
frequency is never selected when I change to a different configuration, I
have multiple configurations with matching modes for both my HF a
Hello,
I am not sure if this is a defect in behavior or done by design. When I
use the 'Lookup' button from the main screen to get grid information from
call3.txt for a new value in the "DX Call" field, should there be an
existing "Dx Grid" value in the box from a previous QSO, the updated grid
i
Seems my original send did not make it to the list as it has been
extremely quiet for the last 5 days here.
Hello Dev team,
the function to skip over sending a 'TX1' message is lost when I change
configuration to another mode, then come back to the original configuration
I started on, in this cas
Hello Dev team,
the function to skip over sending a 'TX1' message is lost when I change
configuration to another mode, then come back to the original configuration
I started on, in this case my FT8 configuration but other modes behave this
way too. Is this an expected behaviour or could the skip
On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 9:36 PM Bill Somerville
wrote:
> On 25/06/2020 10:33, Peter Sumner wrote:
> > Hi Deve team,
> > when starting WSJT-X with the Dark Theme, if I then open the
> > 'Astronomical Data' view I am greeted with an all white display,
> > Dopp
Hi Deve team,
when starting WSJT-X with the Dark Theme, if I then open the 'Astronomical
Data' view I am greeted with an all white display, Doppler Tracking
checkbox is there but no text description, it would seem the text is now
white but the background is still white. There appears to be no opt
Hello Don,
as this is a new install of Windows 10, you may find the inbuilt Windows
10 security is preventing WSTJ-X from accessing a 'microphone device'.
Please go to Windows 10 start menu / Settings / Privacy and then
Microphone and ensure the slider to allow all apps to access your
microphone
Hello Development team,
while I know any QSO automation features are out of the question I would
like to ask that a 'dead band beacon' be considered for some future release
of WSJT-X.
My thought process sort of goes along these lines.
Enable Deadband beacon option tick box, and set "enable. TX"
Hi Adrian, messages via TCP put a requirement on the local PC to handle
errors which all add complexity and resources to do it. The messages have
to be sent, an answer waited for and if no answer, sent again until a time
out is received, then handle this time out... UDP on the other hand is a
send
Hi Jim,
you should consider using different configurations for the modes and try
to not use the MODE selector when possible, using a Configuration for each
mode will return you to exactly where you were before on that mode. I use
it exclusively on the three computers here (2 are PI's) and find it
Hello Joe.
thanks for the advance notice, I am sure the VHF Tropo and EME
communities will be eager to see what comes in the package and maybe after
all this time the now old and well worn war between WSJT 10 and WSJT-X for
JT65 can be put to bed : - )
VK has a very active VHF WSPR community so
Joe,
in WSJT-X on the settings menu, you have to put WSJT-X into contest mode
as the others have hinted at... Only THEN will it auto log, the Auto log
for normal use was disabled a few releases back to stop people creating QSO
robots.
Regards,
Peter vk5pj
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 12:56 AM Joe w
Hi Tim
the only down side I have found of not adding it is . . . If you go into
the CONFIG menu and click okay (even just for a look and make no changes)
when you come out WSJT-X will flip to the closest defined frequency in the
list for that mode. In my case I found this when working EME on 50
Hello list members
I have a friend trying to start using WSJT-X under Win 7 x64 and connect to
his Icom 9700 via the USB cable which uses the Icom Audio Codec.
He can see the output audio device in the pull down list all okay but there
is no corresponding entry for the Input audio selector for the
Hi Dick,
you can run as many versions as you like, the best way is to create
seperate config spaces by using the "wjstx.exe -r NAME"
I do this for each of my radio's with short cuts that look like this:
C:\ham_radio\wsjtx\bin\wsjtx.exe -r 7600
C:\ham_radio\wsjtx-2\bin\wsjtx.exe -r 910
Hi,
over the years I have tried many of the time sync options from Dimension 4
through to Meinberg NTP on a collection of PC's.
Over the last 5 years I have been using BKT time sync from here:
https://www.maniaradio.it/en/bkttimesync.html it has performed flawlessly
for me since install and now h
dates applied
Is it possible for others to please check the behaviour of the JT65 modes
(VHF/UHF features enabled) ?
Regards,
Peter, vk5pj
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 10:17 AM Peter Sumner wrote:
> Hello Dev team,
> I was asked today about the tone markers in the Wide Graph when using
> JT65 a
Hello Dev team,
I was asked today about the tone markers in the Wide Graph when using
JT65 as it would seem in V2.x these have been dropped. Could not see any
mention of this in the release notes but guess it was a development
decision, just want to make sure it was not an unexpected outcome?
A
Hello to the Dev team,
with the impeding release of version 2.0 'gold' in December I have
started to put threads into some of the more active local forums in VK to
alert those who may not know that a new MAJOR update of WSJT-X is coming
and that FT8 and MSK modes will be changing. I have requeste
Hello Alan (vk2ziw),
CAT is sort of important to WSPR users as this allows us to do automated
band hopping, it also helps to stop spotting of activity on the wrong band
(WSPR and other modes) as if WSJT-X has a CAT link then it will know when
you change the frequency on the rig and then change the
Gary,
please try enabling the "CQ Only" filter (left side of WSJT-x) and that
limits the display to those people sending only a CQ when using FT8, this
reduces the number of updates to the decoded screen, which should give you
time to react. you can un tick it later if you want to see the RAW feed
Hello John and maybe others who might be interested.
a simple chinese built multi pupose interface might be you saving grace
for your Icom 7700, I use them on multiple Icom rigs, (7600, 910, 275H,
475H etc).
Look for "2018 U5 USB PC linker" on ebay (may ned to set your setting to
world wide)
T
o have VHF/UHF features enabled
as I have been doing a series of experiment with QRA64-D for scatter modes
on 50 MHz.
Regards,
Peter Sumner, vk5pj
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Hello Joe,
the occurrence of the false pop up for "contest mode" has seemed to
decrease for us down here in VK but it still catches some out and leads to
confusion and cursing. For those of us hams NOT in the USA and never
likely to want contest mode ever, could a simple tick box be included on
Hi Dave,
as the audio in you case is going via a signal link, that might be the
problem. Try setting WSJT-X to send the audio to the local PC speakers and
see if the problem persists for you. Then you will know if its the Signal
link drivers or some thing deeper inside the PC.
I have updated th
rig in use on WSPR. My
example with my aging 275H was to see if it could be solved on a typical
older rig.
Regards,
Peter Sumner
On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 3:37 AM, Joe Taylor wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> For completeness, this message is an addendum to the one sent a few
> minutes ago.
Hello,
following suggestions from others on this list I have tried to use freqcal
from WSJT-X 1.9.0-rc3 on a single GPS locked VHF beacon.
This beacon on 144.450 (VK5VF) runs a mixture of carrier and CW ID (on off
keying). Each time I run the process that is outlined in the documentation
when I
:59 PM, Joe Taylor wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> On 4/26/2018 7:56 PM, Peter Sumner VK5PJ wrote:
>
>>as WSPR has been around for a long time now its value is well known on
>> HF and 50 MHz but as frequency increases the ability to find rigs with the
>> needed frequency
Hello to you all,
as WSPR has been around for a long time now its value is well known on HF
and 50 MHz but as frequency increases the ability to find rigs with the
needed frequency stability and accuracy is not always easy.
There is a diverse group of operators in VK that have been running WSPR
Hello Dev team,
I am unsure if this can be done or is really desirable but could selecting
FT8 dxpedetion mode also change the whole colour scheme of WSJT-X to some
bright colour as a warning that is now selected?
It would seem WSJT-X needs to cater for those who have little regard for
others and
em my difficulty is not very common so maybe I should just stop
fiddling : -)
Regards,
Peter, vk5pj
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 7:08 AM, Bill Somerville
wrote:
> On 16/03/2018 20:29, Peter Sumner wrote:
>
>> eg. on WSPR, 144.489 if I type into the box as you suggested (not tried
>> t
16, 2018 at 11:19 PM, Joe Taylor wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> On 3/16/2018 1:28 AM, Peter Sumner VK5PJ wrote:
>
> I would like to see if it would be possible to include a toggle on the
>> main GUI that stops WSJT-X sending frequency set commands to the
>> transceiver.
>>
>
> Hello,
>
firstly my thanks to those who are at the coal face developing WSJT and its
brothers.
I would like to see if it would be possible to include a toggle on the main
GUI that stops WSJT-X sending frequency set commands to the transceiver.
When I control my IC-7600 and my IC-910 with WSJT
e Mike W9MDB
>
>
>
> On Thursday, January 25, 2018, 7:02:45 PM CST, Peter Sumner <
> vk8...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
> first off, sorry if this subject has already been discussed and resolved
> but could not see anything on my searches.
>
> As the owner of an
Hello,
first off, sorry if this subject has already been discussed and resolved
but could not see anything on my searches.
As the owner of an older Icom VHF SSB rig, I have a seemingly common
problem that my TX pass band is not flat, in fact using QRA64-D earlier
today with Rex, VK7MO revealed a
h detail as I can muster.
Regards,
Peter Sumner, VK5PJ from down under
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s but have no friends close by that have the
same JTSDK installed..
any clues please? or should I just run the gold releases?
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