Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-x and pulseaudio TX trouble

2021-02-17 Thread Topher Petty
Oddly, WSJT-X DOES show up in pavucontrol for me I don't know why it wouldn't... de AI8W -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/CM/CC/E/IT/TW d-@ s+:+ !a C++$@ UBLVSCX*(on)$>$ P++>$ L+++$ E+@ W++>$ N+++ o+@ K+++ w@ O+@ M-@ V@>$ PS+@ PE@ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X++ R@* tv++ b+>$ DI++ D+ G+

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-x and pulseaudio TX trouble

2021-02-17 Thread Topher Petty
in Pulseaudio, you need to select the input and output sources using "pavucontrol". Just above and to the left of the wsjt-x volume control and level in pavucontrol the device you're sending to is shown. Click that and select your radio's sound device. You should, then, see the radio start transmi

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X v2.2.2 sound card changes by itself

2020-10-06 Thread Topher Petty
A workaround is to use pulseaudio and pavucontrol to route the audio correctly on the system level. This way when the 7300s soundcard comes back online, the system will switch to it automagically. 73 de AI8W, Chris -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/CM/CC/E/IT/TW d-@ s+:+ !a C++$@ U

Re: [wsjt-devel] CAT configuration on Linux

2020-09-26 Thread Topher Petty
orrect serial > permissions by joining the dialout group. > > > On 27/9/20 10:39 am, Topher Petty wrote: > > Not sure if it's been mentioned, but if it's a USB serial, it's never > > /dev/ttyS*... > > You should be using /dev/ttyUSB* > > >

Re: [wsjt-devel] CAT configuration on Linux

2020-09-26 Thread Topher Petty
-BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/CM/CC/E/IT/TW d-@ s+:+ !a C++$@ UBLVSCX*(on)$>$ P++>$ L+++$ E+@ W++>$ N+++ o+@ K+++ w@ O+@ M-@ V@>$ PS+@ PE@ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X++ R@* tv++ b+>$ DI++ D+ G++ e h r+++ y+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 8:39 P

Re: [wsjt-devel] CAT configuration on Linux

2020-09-26 Thread Topher Petty
Not sure if it's been mentioned, but if it's a USB serial, it's never /dev/ttyS*... You should be using /dev/ttyUSB* You'll also want to make sure you add the user you're logging in as to the "dialout" group. 73 de AI8W, Chris -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/CM/CC/E/IT/TW d-@ s+:

Re: [wsjt-devel] Changes to the INSTALL file in the 2.2.2 tarball

2020-08-12 Thread Topher Petty
I currently use an .appimage of Cura for 3d printing, and have been quite satisfied with the stability and "maturity" of the platform. Upgrading is as simple as downloading and integrating the new image, and it is possible to maintain multiple versions without program or library conflicts between t

Re: [wsjt-devel] Rig verification

2020-07-16 Thread Topher Petty
vel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > I can't think of any reason the preamp should randomly turn on. > I believe the 7300 will remember such settings by band...is that what > you're seeing maybe? Or is it coming on during normal QSOs on a single > band...and any idea when?

Re: [wsjt-devel] Rig verification

2020-07-16 Thread Topher Petty
I can verify that the ic-718, ic-7300 (with some bugs such as preamp switching on randomly) and ic-7610 are all working at my qth with both the latest wsjtx and last year's flrig/fldigi (which does not show the same bugs as wsjtx) . My 751A does not currently function so it is impossible to test.

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.1 GA Release

2020-06-10 Thread Topher Petty
changing bands and quickly transmitting is causing > some sort of burp that turns on the preamp randomly > > Mike W9MDB > > > On Sunday, June 7, 2020, 07:54:55 AM CDT, Topher Petty > wrote: > > > Bill: > You seem to be under the impression that I run these program

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X and PSKReporter

2020-06-07 Thread Topher Petty
- "Hi, I'd like to hear a TCP joke." - "Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?" - "Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke." - "OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke." - "Ok, I will hear a TCP joke." - "Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?" - "Yes, I am ready to hea

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.1 GA Release

2020-06-07 Thread Topher Petty
@ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X++ R@* tv++ b+>$ DI++ D+ G++ e h r+++ y+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 8:38 AM Bill Somerville wrote: > On 07/06/2020 13:27, Topher Petty wrote: > > Better than a screenshot, I present to you my config file. > > > > This entire

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.1 GA Release

2020-06-07 Thread Topher Petty
-- On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 8:27 AM Topher Petty wrote: > Better than a screenshot, I present to you my config file. > > This entire exchange has felt like the time when Yaesu called me > everything except a HAM radio operator because their bad sourcing of finals > in their FT-100Ds c

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.1 GA Release

2020-06-07 Thread Topher Petty
uld have any effect. > > As another test move the WSJT-X into a subdirectory in WSJT-X and then > move them back one at a time and see if any particular file breaks things. > Most likely to be rigctld-wsjtx. > Can you send a screen shot of SKCClogger's setup referring to hamlib

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.1 GA Release

2020-06-06 Thread Topher Petty
ld contact the hamlib team about symptoms that only appear when I use a software that is statically linked to hamlib and is the only place where the symptoms occur. On Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 20:17 Bill Somerville wrote: > On 07/06/2020 01:08, Topher Petty wrote: > > For example: > > I wo

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.1 GA Release

2020-06-06 Thread Topher Petty
s+:+ !a C++$@ UBLVSCX*(on)$>$ P++>$ L+++$ E+@ W++>$ N+++ o+@ K+++ w@ O+@ M-@ V@>$ PS+@ PE@ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X++ R@* tv++ b+>$ DI++ D+ G++ e h r+++ y+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 7:50 PM Topher Petty wrote: > Bill: > You tell me. All I know is that

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.1 GA Release

2020-06-06 Thread Topher Petty
; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20 > (0x7fac78f6e000) > libnsl.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1 (0x7fac78d54000) > libFLAC.so.8 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libFLAC.so.8 > (0x7fac78add000) > libogg.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-g

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.1 GA Release

2020-06-06 Thread Topher Petty
on. 73 de AI8W, Chris On Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 15:11 Bill Somerville wrote: > On 06/06/2020 19:55, Topher Petty wrote: > > Out of curiosity, why not list hamlib as a prerequisite and have > > people install it separately, so that those of us that already use it > > and keep i

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.2.1 GA Release

2020-06-06 Thread Topher Petty
Out of curiosity, why not list hamlib as a prerequisite and have people install it separately, so that those of us that already use it and keep it updated don't have duplicated libraries on our systems that can potentially cause version conflicts? Hamlib has installers for windows and Mac on the gi

Re: [wsjt-devel] IC-7300 and IC-9700 USB Audio

2020-02-12 Thread Topher Petty
You might look into UDEV rules... and setting up aliases for each device based on its identifiers. I've got a similar thing going on with a RigBlaster and another USB audio device... The Serial control lines were getting mixed up until I set the RB to always come up as /dev/ttyUSB-RB and the serial

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request - Reconfigure Split Tx freq upon QSY while in Split: Rig mode

2020-01-10 Thread Topher Petty
It seems that having WSJT-X send the the new RX frequency to both VFOs when a band change happens would be the simplest solution. The user could then hit the TUNE button while still in split mode, get a match, then set up the split TX freq on the other VFO... Another option would be for the user t

Re: [wsjt-devel] Callsign lockout

2019-12-01 Thread Topher Petty
I'd love to be able to lock out operators who like to answer your CQ, but never get beyond their report to you... 20 minutes of cycling back and forth, until you just change bands to get away from them... On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 8:08 PM Al Pawlowski wrote: > The lockout que/buffer idea seems a

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 bug/oddity.

2019-07-31 Thread Topher Petty
A false decode... which resulted in a log entry? With signal reports that bear no resemblance to the previous completed QSO? Something's off, here... de Ai8W On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 4:06 PM F6BHK wrote: > It's not a bug. Just a false decode > > On 31/07/2019 21:11, Topher

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 and LOTW

2019-07-31 Thread Topher Petty
Dave, AA6YQ: I'm almost certain that LOTW, eQSL, etc store all those logs in a relational database of some sort, so, yes, at some point, all those contacts are stored in a datastructure... Unless you're inferring that the ARRL has a single monolithic .adif *file* somewhere that's got EVERYBODY's

[wsjt-devel] FT4 bug/oddity.

2019-07-31 Thread Topher Petty
I had an interesting one today... Got a call from 2W2UHM/P grid square RA74 (I know, unlikely), which terminated oddly... By "terminated oddly" I mean the station "called" me, the software auto-replied RR73, and the log window popped up... I went ahead and logged it, "just in case", but.. it's st

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 and LOTW

2019-07-31 Thread Topher Petty
That would require the re-working of every database and logging system that's out there, now... and, in the case of LOTW, that could bring the main database down for DAYS, as anyone who's ever had to migrate/modify datastructures in SQL can tell you... the amount of data that would have to be conve

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 and LOTW

2019-07-31 Thread Topher Petty
age: image.png] > > -- > Dave Slotter, W3DJS <https://www.qrz.com/db/W3DJS> > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 1:34 PM Topher Petty wrote: > >> I believe Serge is concerned that his FT4 contacts won't get matched to >> other FT4 contacts in LOTW... though, LOTW direc

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 and LOTW

2019-07-31 Thread Topher Petty
I believe Serge is concerned that his FT4 contacts won't get matched to other FT4 contacts in LOTW... though, LOTW directly accepts .adif files generated by WSJT-X, there should be no issue with contacts matching, since everyone's using the same software, all of which follows the ADIF standards set

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJTX wont accept 3DA callsign

2019-07-10 Thread Topher Petty
Isn't EM49 in Louisiana or Mississippi somewhere? On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 12:04 PM Philip Gladstone < pjsg-w...@nospam.gladstonefamily.net> wrote: > I suspect that the root cause is that he can't see any reports on psk > reporter. This is probably for two reasons -- there is no locator in the CQ

Re: [wsjt-devel] Field Day time problem

2019-06-23 Thread Topher Petty
Example from a quick search: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Aviation-Vehicle-Positioning-Receiver-G-MOUSE-Glonass-Navigation-USB-GPS-Module-Dongle-Tracking-Replacement-Alarm-Car/33006770294.html 73 de AI8W, Chris On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 6:11 PM Topher Petty wrote: > GPSD (Linux and OSX sho

Re: [wsjt-devel] Field Day time problem

2019-06-23 Thread Topher Petty
GPSD (Linux and OSX should be able to run this) can sync time to the computer from a GPS receiver... I've used that in the past on where internet access is problematic and time sync was critical. A cheap USB GPS unit could then be purchased (I've seen them as low as $5 on US sites, and around $2 on

Re: [wsjt-devel] Ubuntu dependencies

2019-06-18 Thread Topher Petty
upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 8 not upgraded. > 1 not fully installed or removed. > After this operation, 30.2 MB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 5:49 PM Topher Petty wrote: > >> sudo dpkg -i wsjtx..

Re: [wsjt-devel] Ubuntu dependencies

2019-06-17 Thread Topher Petty
sudo dpkg -i wsjtx..deb sudo apt install -f On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 10:50 AM Jonathan Morrison < jonathan.morri...@gmail.com> wrote: > How do I install on Ubuntu 19.04? The issue I am running into is that > 19.04 has upgraded from readline 7.* to 8.* > > https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/l

Re: [wsjt-devel] official ICOM response to ALC deflection on their rigs

2019-06-15 Thread Topher Petty
Mike: I'm getting 100 Watts from my IC-718 without any ALC deflection, if I choose to run at the full 100 Watts. The 718 and the 706 are from the same era of ICOM design, so the fact that you're only able to get to 90 Watts without deflection surprises me. I'll have to de-mothball my 706 and see h

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 & FT8 and ALC

2019-06-13 Thread Topher Petty
I've never seen the need for an ALC meter in digital modes... Put the power output on the rig to max, hit the tune button in the app, turn the audio drive up until you just barely reach your desired power output on the watt meter, click the tune button again to turn the signal off, and start making

Re: [wsjt-devel] AF Mute

2019-05-13 Thread Topher Petty
If you can remember to click a button in WSJT-X, couldn't you also remember to turn your AF on your rig down before starting WSJT-X? I'm not trying to be contentious, here, but this sounds like trying to cure a hardware issue in software (like Samsung does with their phones), when the solution is t

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 decoding sensitivity: WSJT-X vs. JTDX

2019-05-02 Thread Topher Petty
nal, it is usually due to their clock being off or two > signals on top of each other. > > > > *From:* Topher Petty [mailto:ai8...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, May 2, 2019 12:53 PM > *To:* WSJT software development > *Subject:* Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 decoding sensitivity:

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 decoding sensitivity: WSJT-X vs. JTDX

2019-05-02 Thread Topher Petty
I've noted situations similar to this.. though I'm not running JTDX. There have been multiple times where a reply was strongly visible in the waterfall, yet nothing was decoded on that AF, and it took another TX/RX cycle to get the reply to decode a message. At first, I thought it was because I was

[wsjt-devel] Might be off topic...

2019-05-02 Thread Topher Petty
I'm simply curious about one thing... What TX power levels does everyone run while working FT-8? I don't own an amplifier, and generally run at around 50W output on an IC-718. I know I *CAN* push it to 100W (50% duty cycle) but I like to leave some "headroom" to keep the radio cool while working

Re: [wsjt-devel] Error in Sound Output Message

2019-04-06 Thread Topher Petty
Microsoft will force you to update whenever they see fit It's their thing. One of the myriad of reasons why I run Linux at home for nearly everything. 73 de AI8W, Chris On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 11:53 AM August Treubig wrote: > That is an indication of RFI issues. Grounding and moving things

Re: [wsjt-devel] Someone released an Auto CQ mod - my 2 cents

2019-04-03 Thread Topher Petty
Jari: Just keep doing what you're doing. As a fellow handicapped HAM, I say do what you enjoy. I've been known to send off the occasional email to other operators who are experiencing issues with their rigs, and I do so in as helpful of a tone as I can... Some really try to fix it, and others cou

Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request

2019-04-01 Thread Topher Petty
Personally, I'd like to see some improvement to the "Coffee Brew" code... The coffee my WSJT-X makes isn't nearly strong enough. Happy 1 April! 73 de AI8W On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 3:28 PM Frank Kirschner wrote: > George, > > I believe you've explained the anomaly. > > LOL > > 73, > Frank > KF6E

Re: [wsjt-devel] Someone released an Auto CQ mod

2019-03-30 Thread Topher Petty
That's not only against the spirit of Amateur Radio, but it's also against FCC rules regarding unattended operation. FT8 is NOT a beacon, and doesn't fall under those rules. Anyone who uses this deserves to be flogged repeatedly with a wet noodle, and, if they're in the States, fined to the fulles

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X: Linux users who use the KDE desktop - please read

2019-03-16 Thread Topher Petty
tems, or OSs, and this may be the reason I don't see the behavior. Thanks for sharing the information so others who do see this behavior can fix the issue for themselves. 73 de AI8W, Chris On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 7:38 AM Bill Somerville wrote: > On 16/03/2019 02:42, Topher Petty wro

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X: Linux users who use the KDE desktop - please read

2019-03-15 Thread Topher Petty
Bill: Oddly, I run under KDE and have noted no such misbehavior. I will, however, perform the edit and see if there is any change in functionality. 73 de AI8W, Chris On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 1:54 PM Bill Somerville wrote: > Hi all, > > for some time there has been an annoying issue with the WSJ

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problems with LOTW Text Color appearing

2019-03-10 Thread Topher Petty
Could be an ownership/permissions issue on the file used to store the LoTW data, too... On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:57 PM David Kaplan via wsjt-devel < wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Thanks for the correction. I mis-interpreted the field. Reading the manual > now helped :) > > 73, > >

Re: [wsjt-devel] Linux (Ubuntu) not picking up on /dev/ttyXXX symlinks in config

2019-03-08 Thread Topher Petty
m wondering if there isn't another method that could be used to be able to (at least) use the /dev/serial/by-id links. Thank you for the time you took to answer. 73 de AI8W, Chris On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 12:22 PM Bill Somerville wrote: > On 07/03/2019 17:01, Topher Petty wrote: > >

[wsjt-devel] Linux (Ubuntu) not picking up on /dev/ttyXXX symlinks in config

2019-03-07 Thread Topher Petty
I've been trying to find a way around this issue for quite some time, but to no avail. I've got several USB->Serial port devices on my machine, including a RIGblaster Advantage, and an Edgeport/8. I've got UDEV rules set up so that it doesn't matter which order the devices come up; they're all ass

Re: [wsjt-devel] Mac Mini (late 2014) Problem with 1.9 and 2.0 with Mojave 10.14.2

2018-12-20 Thread Topher Petty
It could be a config file issue with wsjtx. Try renaming the config to a .conf.bak and re-starting wsjtx, then proceed as if you've installed wsjtx for the first time (enter callsign, location, rig control config, etc)... I haven't run into this issue myself, but maybe it's worth a try? 73 de AI8W

Re: [wsjt-devel] Frequency selection dropdown truncated

2018-12-11 Thread Topher Petty
6.1 / LXDE > > In some version change during wsjt-x history I saw it truncated. If I > remember right resetting frequencies restored also this view. > But it was quite long ago. > > lxsession-edit > > > -- > Saku > OH1KH > > Bill Somerville kirjoitti 8.12.2018

Re: [wsjt-devel] use of NTP with WSJT-X disrupted by Windows 10 updates

2018-12-05 Thread Topher Petty
Also.. as for time servers... what, precicely, is wrong with time.google.com (other than it being free, and alphabet)? de AI8W, Chris On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 9:27 PM Topher Petty wrote: > The solution is simple: For Amateur Radio, dual-boot into Linux and give > Micro$oft the finger... Wh

Re: [wsjt-devel] use of NTP with WSJT-X disrupted by Windows 10 updates

2018-12-05 Thread Topher Petty
The solution is simple: For Amateur Radio, dual-boot into Linux and give Micro$oft the finger... When you need to do something that you can only do in Windows (what, I don't know... other than MMORPGs and the like), boot back... On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 8:41 PM Kevin Utzy wrote: > I was wondering

Re: [wsjt-devel] TX not moving on double-clcik

2018-12-03 Thread Topher Petty
This happens to me on Linux using 1.9.1. The only solution I've found is to disable xmit, then doubleclick the first station you called from the "receive" window, which (if you have doubleclick enables transmit turned on) will then return to the original station you called. It's messy, but that beh

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0.0-rc4 Linux Mint 19 run error & solution

2018-11-16 Thread Topher Petty
You could've also done a sudo apt install libqt5* from the start and installed every dependency ever needed by any program that uses QT5, ever. Oddly, that issue doesn't seem to exist under KUbuntu. I had other dependency issues that were easily overcome. Did you try the .deb package for RC4 on

[wsjt-devel] Thoughts on RC4

2018-11-15 Thread Topher Petty
It's interesting being in a band FULL of signals, but being unable to decode most of them... However, that's not what this email is about. First, a system rundown: OS: Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit Computer: 2006 era iMac, Core2Duo, 3GB RAM Rig: IC-718, RIGblaster Advantage, and some random wire on a balun