Follow-up, for information on the wsjt-devel list:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: WSJT-X Beta Version 1.4 -- Report
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 18:49:05 +0800
From: Paul A. Keating <keat...@msn.com>
To: Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu>
QSL, Joe -
Agree with all you say - have been using "work-arounds" quite frequently
to help the "uninitiated" realize that I am calling them and not just
throwing QRM their way! ;-)
Thanks for considering my input. Am waiting for that next release as
Version 1.4 is (IMHO) a considerable step up.
73 & GL,
Paul DU2/WA8UGN
Sent from my Xperia™ tablet
---- Joe Taylor wrote ----
>Hi Paul,
>
>Thanks for calling my attention to the fact that the second message
>under "Calling CQ" on Tab 2 is not generated correctly. It will be
>fixed in the next release.
>
>On Tab 1 I am presently inclined to leave things as they are. The idea
>is that when you double-click on, say, "CQ DL1SBY JN49" the
>automatically generated messages on Tab 1 give you the choice of
>responding with Tx1 ("DL1SBY WA8UGN PK08") or Tx2 ("DE DU2/WA8UGN
>PK08"). Tx1 is usually preferred, and therefore the default. It makes
>it perfectly clear who you are calling, but it does not identify your
>special status in DU2 and probably does not contain your legally
>assigned callsign. Tx2 satisfies these concerns, but DL1SBY might not
>realize you are calling him.
>
>If you are using Tab 1 and calling CQ, double-clicking on a responding
>callsign will automatically generate something like
>"DL1SBY WA8UGN R-15" for Tx3. You can use this to respond; or better
>still, use Tx3 but manually change "R-15" to "-15".
>
>We could, of course, generate "DL1SBY WA8UGN -15" for Tx2... it's a
>judgment call whether that would be more useful than generating
>"DE DU2/WA8UGN PK08".
>
>I am taking the liberty of copying this response to the "wsjt-devel"
>mailing list, so that others in our development group will know what we
>have discussed.
>
> -- 73, Joe, K1JT
>
>On 10/7/2014 10:51 AM, Paul Keating wrote:
>> Am testing “wstjx-1.4.0-rc2” (Beta Version 1.4) and noted a problem when
>> generating standard messages:
>>
>> For either Tab 1 Message “Tx 2” or Tab 2 Message “dB” the beta program does
>> not generate the proper message of “Call1 Call2 dB” but generates the
>> message of “DE Call2 Locn” in its place.
>>
>> Problem appears to be peculiar to “My Call” using a portable designator and
>> 10 characters in length.
>>
>> Examples of all messages generated, using “My Call” of DU2/WA8UGN:
>>
>> Tab 1 Tab 2
>>
>> DL1SBY WA8UGN PK08 Tx 1 CQ: CQ DU2/WA8UGN PK0
>> DE DU2/WA8UGN PK08 Tx 2 Grid: DL1SBY WA8UGN PK08
>> DL1SBY WA8UGN R-15 Tx 3 Db: DE DU2/WA8UGN PK08 ß
>> DL1SBY WA8UGN RRR Tx 4 R+Db: DL1SBY WA8UGN R-15
>> DE DU2/WA8UGN 73 Tx 5 RRR: DL1SBY WA8UGN RRR
>> CQ DU2/WA8UGN PK08 Tx 6 73: DE DU2/WA8UGN 73
>>
>> In “WSJT-X v1.3, r3673,” a similar problem exists, but only on Tab 2 Message
>> “Grid” (so work-around via Tab 1 is possible):
>>
>> Tab 1 Tab 2
>
>> DE DU2/WA8UGN PK08 Tx 1 CQ: CQ DU2/WA8UGN PK08
>> DL1SBY WA8UGN -10 Tx 2 Grid: DE DU2/WA8UGN PK08 ß
>> DL1SBY WA8UGN R-15 Tx 3 Db: DL1SBY WA8UGN -10
>> DL1SBY WA8UGN RRR Tx 4 R+Db: DL1SBY WA8UGN R-15
>> DE DU2/WA8UGN 73 Tx 5 RRR: DL1SBY WA8UGN RRR
>> CQ DU2/WA8UGN PK08 Tx 6 73: DE DU2/WA8UGN 73
>>
>> Platform: SONY VAIO model VPCCB25FX
>> O/S: Windows 7
>> Interface: SignaLink USB
>> Ancillary Program: JTAlert-X 2.4.20
>>
>> Best regards& 73,
>>
>> Paul A. Keating
>> DU2/WA8UGN
>> Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
>
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