[wsjt-devel] Best S+P

2021-08-26 Thread Larry Libsch via wsjt-devel
I'm prepping for the WW Digi DX Contest. Reading through the documents on the contest website I found reference to and instructions for the "Best S+P Button." I'd be interested in trying this in the WW Digi DX Contest, but can't get it to work. I have the instructions from the WSJT-X 2.4 User Guid

[wsjt-devel] Best S+P not functioning

2021-06-03 Thread Koen Bijl
Will you please look in 2.4 why button Best S+P do not works since earlier versions. If I restart wsjtx 2.4 ga and I be lucky then in ft start after a cq from other station connect and start exchanging data. But that is also a lower data of the ft4 because he starts always at the right time, and th

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P Issues

2021-03-28 Thread Bill Somerville
On 28/03/2021 18:39, Harry E. Hoffman wrote: Hi, I am running V2.4.0-rc4 under Windows 10 Home 20H2 and I have noticed that when running FT4 BEST S+P does not always function as expected. I will engage the BEST S+P mode and it may or may not respond and try to contact the strongest signal cal

[wsjt-devel] Best S+P Issues

2021-03-28 Thread Harry E. Hoffman
Hi, I am running V2.4.0-rc4 under Windows 10 Home 20H2 and I have noticed that when running FT4 BEST S+P does not always function as expected. I will engage the BEST S+P mode and it may or may not respond and try to contact the strongest signal calling CQ that would be a NEW contact for me. I

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-18 Thread Kari
Still, it's nice feature, just made 2 contacts on 20m FT4  with just 4 mouse clicks. ( Enable S+P, Log QSO, Enable S+P, Log QSO ) ... 'Kari On 7/18/19 5:28 PM, Joe wrote: Thanks Joe, This explanation is what I was missing! a OK, so then forget this button, because I'm 99.% all set up

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-18 Thread Joe
Thanks Joe, This explanation is what I was missing! a OK, so then forget this button, because I'm 99.% all set up for contesting with the N1MM+ telling WSJT-X all that, who is dupes, who is good, who is a new mult etc.  so this S&P button is more or less don't worry about it. Joe WB

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Joe -- On 7/18/2019 9:10 AM, Joe WB9SBD wrote: I will double check the colors, BUT Thinking   Why should those make any difference at all anyway? It is not just listening to all who is CQing, and then grab who is the strongest? Why should any of those choices below make any differen

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-18 Thread Bill Somerville
On 18/07/2019 14:10, Joe wrote: I will double check the colors, BUT Thinking   Why should those make any difference at all anyway? It is not just listening to all who is CQing, and then grab who is the strongest? Why should any of those choices below make any difference? Joe, WSJT

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-18 Thread Joe
und it mentioned in the dev mailing list archives which mentioned the FT4 protocol guide, which I had to use Google to find. Would it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourcef

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-17 Thread Kari
de, which I had to use Google to find. Would it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this do? And how does one use it? Joe

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-17 Thread Joe
mentioned in the dev mailing list archives which mentioned the FT4 protocol guide, which I had to use Google to find. Would it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.n

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-17 Thread Joe
ld it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this do? And how does one use it? Joe

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-17 Thread Kari
t archives which mentioned the FT4 protocol guide, which I had to use Google to find. Would it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-17 Thread Joe
which mentioned the FT4 protocol guide, which I had to use Google to find. Would it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this d

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-17 Thread Neil Zampella
Would it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this do? And how does one use it? Joe __

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-17 Thread Joe
point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this do? And how does one use it? Joe ___ wsjt-devel

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-17 Thread Neil Zampella
d the FT4 protocol guide, which I had to use Google to find. Would it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this do? And

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-17 Thread Joe
some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this do? And how does one use it? Joe ___ wsjt-devel

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-16 Thread Kari
le to find. Would it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this do? And how does one use it? Joe

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-16 Thread Neil Zampella
which mentioned the FT4 protocol guide, which I had to use Google to find. Would it be possible at some point to update the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this d

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-16 Thread Joe
pdate the main documentation to include this? *From:*Joe *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM *To:* wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this do? And how does one use it? Joe ___ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.s

Re: [wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-16 Thread K2DBK-WSJT
uesday, July 16, 2019 2:59 PM To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [wsjt-devel] BEST What does this do? And how does one use it? Joe ___ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel

[wsjt-devel] BEST

2019-07-16 Thread Joe
What does this do? And how does one use it? Joe ___ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-15 Thread Carey Fisher
As wonderful technically as the software is, it would be nice if some aspects of the S/W were more intuitive. The SW was written by technical people for technical people. http://www.uxdesignedge.com/2010/06/intuitive-ui-what-the-heck-is-it/ On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 3:04 PM Jon Anhold wrote: > >

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-15 Thread Jon Anhold
On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:45 PM Joe Taylor wrote: > > > That seems unnecessary / counter-intuitive. > > Intuition can be misleading, and by itself may not provide optimum > understanding. > > Perhaps not, but it does factor into UI/UX design. > -- Joe, K1JT > > > __

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-15 Thread Joe Taylor
On 6/15/2019 10:21, Jon Anhold KM8V wrote: ### 3. On the Settings | Colors tab, select ONLY the following: "My Call in message", "New DXCC", "New Call on Band", "CQ in message" and "Transmitted message" (readi

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-15 Thread Jon Anhold
I believe I did follow these (and all other) instructions, but we'll have to wait for the next version / mock test to find out. Is there a reason that the colors selected would impact the Best S+P working? That seems unnecessary / counter-intuitive. 73 de KM8V On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 4:33 PM Joe

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-15 Thread Kari
Hi, For me the "Best S+P" feature worked as advertised. ( Contrary to common practice I actually read and followed the instructions shown below ... ) The problem with S+P I had was that there was this one DX station whom I received with good SNR and who was the "best" for me, so the program ca

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-14 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jon and Uwe, On 6/14/2019 16:10, KM8V wrote: For what it's worth, my experience matches David's. Multiple times I tried to "arm" Best S+P and it never called anyone, despite eligible stations calling CQ being decoded. On 6/14/2019 16:22, DG2YCB, Uwe wrote: Same experience here. Best S+P

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-14 Thread DG2YCB, Uwe
Same experience here. Best S+P never ever called anyone! 73 de Uwe, DG2YCB Von: Jon Anhold [mailto:j...@anhold.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 14. Juni 2019 22:11 An: WSJT software development Betreff: Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button For what it's worth, my experience matches Da

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-14 Thread Jon Anhold
For what it's worth, my experience matches David's. Multiple times I tried to "arm" Best S+P and it never called anyone, despite eligible stations calling CQ being decoded. 73 de KM8V On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 2:07 PM David Kaplan via wsjt-devel < wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Thanks

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-07 Thread David Kaplan via wsjt-devel
Thanks Joe, It wasn’t clear to me that eligible CQer meant one I needed. I had mistakenly thought that as a default at the bottom of the list it would call anyone if one I needed wasn’t available. Please ignore my comment about the FT4_protocol file… I’m all set now, and appreciate the clari

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-07 Thread Joe Taylor
David -- On 6/7/2019 10:46, David Kaplan WA1OUI wrote:> If there is no station that will give me a new multiplier/call on band/etc, will it call anyone, or just sit there (or call CQ) as I experienced? I gave you the whole sequence of priorities. If a new multipler has called CQ, it calls th

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-07 Thread David Kaplan via wsjt-devel
Thanks for the reply. If there is no station that will give me a new multiplier/call on band/etc, will it call anyone, or just sit there (or call CQ) as I experienced? If this is my problem, you might want to mention something to that effect in the FT4_Protocol file. David, WA1OUI On Jun 7,

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi David, On 6/7/2019 7:36 AM, David Kaplan WA1OUI via wsjt-devel wrote: Can anyone tell me how Best S+P is supposed to work, as opposed to how it did work for me during the mock ru? Apparently I’m not alone in having it work for me the way it did. We may not have it coded exactly right, but

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-07 Thread David Kaplan via wsjt-devel
“Bump” Can anyone tell me how Best S+P is supposed to work, as opposed to how it did work for me during the mock ru? Apparently I’m not alone in having it work for me the way it did. David, WA1OUI == I’ll add my comments that the FT4 mock test went well. One problem I did have, which of c

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-05 Thread Matthew Miller
, June 05, 2019 3:06 PM To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: David Kaplan Subject: [wsjt-devel] Best S+P button I’ll add my comments that the FT4 mock test went well. One problem I did have, which of course could be operator error, was the “Best S+P” button. The FT4 Protocol pdf says

[wsjt-devel] Best S+P button

2019-06-05 Thread David Kaplan via wsjt-devel
I’ll add my comments that the FT4 mock test went well. One problem I did have, which of course could be operator error, was the “Best S+P” button. The FT4 Protocol pdf says: "Clicking this button during an Rx cycle arms the program to examine all CQ messages decoded at the end of the 6-second R

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best Practice Sound Card for the FT-817

2017-04-01 Thread George J Molnar
I'm reluctant to endorse using one of these PC to rig audio adapters since they use your computer's sound card. Thus, any computer sounds are at risk for unintentional transmission. Many times, I've heard JT-Alerts, OS sounds, even music and other media that an operator might be enjoying while

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best Practice Sound Card for the FT-817

2017-04-01 Thread John Simon
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[wsjt-devel] Best Practice Sound Card for the FT-817

2017-04-01 Thread RadioW9hgo
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Re: [wsjt-devel] Best way to handle platform dependent widgets in WSPR-X?

2015-04-01 Thread KI7MT
Hi Joe, Thanks, that's even better, one less thing to worry about :-) 73's Greg, KI7MT On 04/01/2015 12:14 PM, Joe Taylor wrote: > Hi Greg, > >> For those updating / building WSPR-X sources, the KVASD download routine >> needs to be addressed as well, ... > > Actually it just needs to be rem

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best way to handle platform dependent widgets in WSPR-X?

2015-04-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Greg, > For those updating / building WSPR-X sources, the KVASD download routine > needs to be addressed as well, ... Actually it just needs to be removed. KVASD is not used by WSPR-X, and was never a part of it. -- Joe, K1JT

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best way to handle platform dependent widgets in WSPR-X?

2015-04-01 Thread KI7MT
Just FYI, For those updating / building WSPR-X sources, the KVASD download routine needs to be addressed as well, as the current download URL points to a non-existent location on Joe's web-site rather than pulling from the WSJT SF kvasd-binary location(s). FWIW, in the current SVN state, I had to

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best way to handle platform dependent widgets in WSPR-X?

2015-03-31 Thread Bill Somerville
On 31/03/2015 20:54, John C. Peterson wrote: Hi John, > On 03/30/15 14:31, Bill Somerville wrote: >> On 30/03/2015 20:37, John C. Peterson wrote: >>> I'm working a cleaning up some other small problems with WSPR-X and one >>> of them is getting the ComboBox widgets with serial port entries (for >>>

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best way to handle platform dependent widgets in WSPR-X?

2015-03-31 Thread John C. Peterson
On 03/30/15 14:31, Bill Somerville wrote: > On 30/03/2015 20:37, John C. Peterson wrote: >> I'm working a cleaning up some other small problems with WSPR-X and one >> of them is getting the ComboBox widgets with serial port entries (for >> CAT, PTT) to have entries that are meaningful for the given

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best way to handle platform dependent widgets in WSPR-X?

2015-03-30 Thread wa7oef
On 03/30/15 14:31, Bill Somerville wrote: > On 30/03/2015 20:37, John C. Peterson wrote: > Hi John, >> I'm working a cleaning up some other small problems with WSPR-X and one >> of them is getting the ComboBox widgets with serial port entries (for >> CAT, PTT) to have entries that are meaningful fo

Re: [wsjt-devel] Best way to handle platform dependent widgets in WSPR-X?

2015-03-30 Thread Bill Somerville
On 30/03/2015 20:37, John C. Peterson wrote: Hi John, > I'm working a cleaning up some other small problems with WSPR-X and one > of them is getting the ComboBox widgets with serial port entries (for > CAT, PTT) to have entries that are meaningful for the given target > platform (e.g. MACX, UNIX or

[wsjt-devel] Best way to handle platform dependent widgets in WSPR-X?

2015-03-30 Thread John C. Peterson
I'm working a cleaning up some other small problems with WSPR-X and one of them is getting the ComboBox widgets with serial port entries (for CAT, PTT) to have entries that are meaningful for the given target platform (e.g. MACX, UNIX or WIN32). On WIN32, meaningful entries would be COM1... while