Re: [wsjt-devel] UNSUBRIBE ME

2017-12-18 Thread Joe Taylor
You must do this yourself. Links at bottom of message. On 12/18/2017 4:44 AM, donato maniello via wsjt-devel wrote: Unsubsxribe me -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech

Re: [wsjt-devel] Single Click patch r8339

2017-12-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jerry, On 12/19/2017 11:03 AM, Jerry S wrote: How does one get an updated version 1.8 with the patch installed? It would prevent the momentary transmit when I use the double click. Jerry W8DLD There is no released version of WSJT-X that has the patch you mention. You'll need to wait for

Re: [wsjt-devel] v1.8 release building

2017-12-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dan, On 12/19/2017 12:44 PM, Dan Malcolm K4SHQ wrote: I have obviously missed something.  I still have JTSDK and it still builds v1.7.1 r.  But that is not for prime time code.  How to I set things to build v1.8 devel releases? As has been stated here several times before, the

Re: [wsjt-devel] Single Click patch r8339

2017-12-19 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jerry, On 12/19/2017 4:22 PM, Jerry S wrote: Thanks Joe. I get a build error when I try to compile. Will debug as time permits. The development branch is not usable on the air. You must use v1.8.0 and be patient waiting for a possible v1.8.1. -- Joe, K1JT

Re: [wsjt-devel] Single Click patch r8339

2017-12-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Mike -- This is not a desirable change. Clicking on decoded text windows is often used (especially on VHF bands) to highlight some selected text to copy it to the clipboard, perhaps to post of Ping Jockey or whatever. This is always expected as the behavior of such text windows. That's

Re: [wsjt-devel] Timing

2017-11-16 Thread Joe Taylor
On 11/16/2017 6:27 PM, Gilbert Baron wrote: What is the best timing software for W10? I did not realize the need for 1 sec accuracy when I started thinking about these modes. W0MN EN34rb 44.08226 N 92.51265 W Why not consult the WSJT-X User Guide for relevant advice? It's hard to miss,

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: WSJT-X - translation of the documentation into German Language

2017-11-05 Thread Joe Taylor
GM Enrico, On 11/4/2017 12:47 PM, Enrico Schürrer wrote: Dear colleagues, at the moment I'm working on the translation of the WSJT-X User Guide into German language. Please let me know what I will have to do to give this document to the public. 73's Enrico OE1EQW No special permissions

[wsjt-devel] WSJT Development Team Honored

2017-11-08 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, I write to share the good news that the WSJT Development Group has been awarded the Yasme Excellence Award for 2017. A few details can be found here: http://www.yasme.org/yasme-excellence-awards/

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-x 1.8.0 NA contest mode bug

2017-12-10 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Garry, Thanks for directing attention to this program flaw. Can you reproduce this problem by starting WSJT-X v1.8.0 in MSK144 mode and opening a suitable *.wav file? If so, please send me the .wav file and the exact series of steps that causes the popup message. -- Joe, K1JT

[wsjt-devel] Full Release of WSJT-X Version 1.8.0

2017-10-28 Thread Joe Taylor
The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce the full General Availability release of WSJT-X Version 1.8.0. Changes since "Release Candidate 3" (wsjtx-1.8.0-rc3) are very minor; they are described in the Release Notes posted here:

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Call sign anomaly with 3XY4D

2017-10-29 Thread Joe Taylor
Rich, Jay, and all, The gist of my message was that nobody should be surprised by the behavior of WSJT-X when presented with nonstandard callsigns like 3XY4D (or, for that matter, OX90ABC and other "special event" calls). No doubt you're correct that 3XY has been used for over 18 years. The

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Call sign anomaly with 3XY4D

2017-10-29 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Rich, On 10/29/2017 1:19 PM, Rich - K1HTV wrote: A new FT8 DXCC country popped up today, 3XY4D. When I double clicked on his CQ call, it did not populate the message boxes. ... The behavior you described is no surprise to anyone who has read the definition of what's treated as a standard

[wsjt-devel] Don't use Development Branch

2017-10-29 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, Until further notice, WSJT-X will contain some experimental, potentially unstable code. DO NOT USE revisions later than 8193 on the air! For on-the-air operation, please use WSJT-X v1.8.0. -- 73, Joe, K1JT

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X will not run with debian 9.2

2017-10-29 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi John, AC0ZG wrote> 2) For the wsjtx developers: It's tough to release binary packages that cover the wide range of linux releases.  But you can greatly increase the chance of things working by linking statically against smaller libraries like libreadline. Of course, you could link

Re: [wsjt-devel] NA VHF Contest mode

2017-12-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Peter, Unfortunately, take-up and use of WSJT-X by VK and ZL VHF operators -- at least by those who report back to us -- was rather slow during the "candidate release" periods of v1.8.0-rc1 and -rc2. We can't fix what we don't know is broken. The first we heard of this problem was 10

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Re: [wsjtgroup] DX Mode Test Bug Report

2018-05-08 Thread Joe Taylor
what's already there. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 5/8/2018 10:37 AM, Joe Taylor wrote: In Fox mode WSJT-X maintains several queues. A specified Hound callsign stays in Fox's "available to be selected" list for up to 2.5 minutes after the most recent decode of that Hound. Wh

Re: [wsjt-devel] DxPediton Mode Development utilizing Weak signal favorites Resource

2018-05-14 Thread Joe Taylor
Hello Take, On 5/14/2018 7:14 PM, Tsutsumi Takehiko wrote: Hi David, Thank you for disclosing and sharing the motivation of the current FDM frame architecture of Dxpedition mode. I believe you are responding to comments made by Bill (G4WJS), not by David (K2LYV). Bill's comments were made

[wsjt-devel] Third Public Test of FT8 DXpedition Mode: Early results

2018-05-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, Hearty thanks to everyone who participated in the Third Public Test of FT8 DXpedition Mode! A number participants and would-be participants reported that propagation was spotty, at best. Nevertheless, at AA7A, G4WJS, K1JT, and K9AN we copied 405 unique callsigns of stations acting

[wsjt-devel] Query to N0AN about the test run

2018-05-08 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Hasan, I have some questions about the May 5 test run that you may be able to help with. I am copying this message to the wsjt-devel list in the hope that others with useful information might comment, as well. You are one of six stations that appear in the log of W7/KH7Z three times.

[wsjt-devel] Query on DXpedition Mode test run

2018-05-08 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, If your callsign is in the following list, could you please reply off-list to let me know what program version you were using during the May 5 Fox-and-Hounds test run, and whether you were operating in Hound mode all the time? We are trying to understand why some "R+rpt" (Tx3)

[wsjt-devel] Fwd: Re: [wsjtgroup] DX Mode Test Bug Report

2018-05-08 Thread Joe Taylor
FYI to folks on this list Forwarded Message Subject: Re: [wsjtgroup] DX Mode Test Bug Report Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 10:51:05 -0400 From: Joe Taylor j...@princeton.edu [wsjtgroup] <wsjtgroup-nore...@yahoogroups.com> Reply-To: Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu>

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Re: [wsjtgroup] DX Mode Test Bug Report

2018-05-08 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Gene, On 5/8/2018 1:01 PM, Gene Marsh W8NET wrote:> What it the time for “staying in the queue?> I took a “bio break”, and missed the first try (first pic). The > lag was 4:15.  Second pic is my successful QSO: From the *FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide*, item #19 on p8:

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Re: [wsjtgroup] DX Mode Test Bug Report

2018-05-08 Thread Joe Taylor
Gene -- On 5/8/2018 1:25 PM, Gene Marsh W8NET wrote: I understand.   But, look closely at this pic. The last time I called the Fox was at 153115.  The Fox responded at 153530.  The Fox had my call in queue for 4:15? In Fox mode WSJT-X maintains several queues. A specified Hound callsign

Re: [wsjt-devel] AA7A notes from 5 May 2018 public test

2018-05-05 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Ned, Good job operating as W7/KH7Z! I haven't checked your dupes, yet, but I copied you logging 318 QSOs in 94 minutes. I also noticed most the items mentioned in your email. I confirm that sort-by-grid fails (and program crashes) if there's a grid that displays as "" in the list.

Re: [wsjt-devel] DxPediton Mode Development utilizing Weak signal favorites Resource

2018-05-15 Thread Joe Taylor
<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 *From: *Joe Taylor <mailto:j...@princeton.edu> *Sent: *Tuesday, May 15, 2018 9:07 AM *To: *WSJT software development <mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> *Subject: *Re: [wsjt-devel] DxPediton Mode Development util

Re: [wsjt-devel] Expeditionj & Standard Mode Enhancement Requests - from an expeditioner's perspective

2018-05-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Grant, Thanks for your message of May 11, sharing your thoughts after operating as YJ0AG. It's good to hear that you achieved QSO rates as high as 50/hour using standard FT8 mode. You and others will be happy to know that a General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X Version 1.9.0 is

Re: [wsjt-devel] Another Test of DXpedition Mode

2018-05-15 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dick and all, On 5/12/2018 12:51 PM, Dick Hale W7PP wrote:    The test went fine here but.  I connected with the fox sending a -17 signal report without problem. The fox set me the RR73 and the program logged the contact... Then, and I don't know why, the program sent another -17

Re: [wsjt-devel] Subprocess Error (full details captured)

2018-05-15 Thread Joe Taylor
Steve -- You don't mention what code revision you are running. This bug was (supposedly?) fixed in code revision r8646. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 5/15/2018 3:30 PM, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote: Greetings, all. This fired again.  Once again, I was away from the rig, and let WSJT-X continue

Re: [wsjt-devel] Subprocess Error (full details captured)

2018-05-15 Thread Joe Taylor
On 5/15/2018 3:45 PM, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote: I guess the problem is pretty obvious - the forward slash after "\WSJT-X" in the file name... :-) "...ocal\Temp\WSJT-X/houndcallers.txt'? No. Again: this bug was fixed several weeks ago, in r8646.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Signal variation during test

2018-05-15 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dave, On 5/14/2018 5:19 AM, David Birnbaum K2LYV wrote: ... IIRC with multiple channels the amplitudes do not add directly but in quadrature since they are not phase coherent. Others on this list are bettervequipped to answer. No, that's not correct. As explained in the FT8 DXpedition

Re: [wsjt-devel] Menus & Monitor // r8642

2018-05-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Steve, I don't know what you mean by "WSJT-X jumped to Monitor #1". If the Menu box is unchecked, the top-of window menus are not supposed to be displayed. So what was unexpected ?? --Joe, K1JT On 5/16/2018 1:45 PM, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote: Generally, I run WSJT-X on my 2nd

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bug or feature?

2018-05-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Saku, I think we may call it a bug. In r8665 I've made Ctrl+F11 and Ctrl+F12 change the Tx freq only when equal to Rx Freq, and the list of Keyboard Shortcuts has been changed accordingly. These keyboard commands override the setting of "Hold TX freq", which seems OK to me.

Re: [wsjt-devel] PSKReporter and non-standard CQ messages

2018-05-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Al and all, On 5/18/2018 11:21 AM, Al Pawlowski K6AVP wrote: Why not make the FT/JT messages a bit longer to accommodate the compound calls? If a longer tx/rx cycle time would be needed for FT8 - up to 30s would be fine by me. It would be nice to have enough time to manually initiate a

Re: [wsjt-devel] Where is the NA VHF Contest Mode checkbox?

2018-06-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Enable VHF/UHF/Microwave features Enable NA VHF Contest mode On 6/9/2018 5:50 PM, John Pelham wrote: I’m using v1.9.1.  “A special NA VHF Contest mode can be activated for FT8 and MSK144 modes by checking a box on the main window.” I can’t find any such checkbox. I looked in File > Settings >

Re: [wsjt-devel] wsjt-x Eqalization

2018-06-08 Thread Joe Taylor
For what it's worth: on my linux box (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) the button in question is labeled "Close without saving". Steve's comments still apply. Probably we should override the Qt-defined labels, to reduce confusion. -- Joe, K1JT On 6/8/2018 11:52 AM, Steven Franke wrote: Hi Saku, I

[wsjt-devel] FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide in German and Polish

2018-06-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, The WSJT-X web site now has translations of the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide into German and Polish: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html Thanks to Enrico Schürrer, OE1EQW, and Piotr Stuła, SP9TTG, for these translations! -- 73, Joe, K1JT

Re: [wsjt-devel] JT4 SNR

2018-06-18 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Dani, Charlie, and all, As you discovered, I never created a valid scheme for computing S/N in JT4 (as implemented in WSJT-X). I did this today, and tested it with various amounts of simulated Doppler spread. Corrected code will be present in the next released version of WSJT-X. You

Re: [wsjt-devel] Use of FT8 in a VHF rover - observations

2018-06-14 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Ria, Thanks for reporting on your experience using FT8 as a Rover during the VHF QSO Party. We will be working on better solutions for the "/R" and contest-mode issues. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 6/13/2018 11:35 PM, rjai...@gmail.com wrote: This weekend I was part of rover team K2EZ/R.

Re: [wsjt-devel] Field Day mod

2018-06-14 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Gene, On 6/14/2018 9:54 AM, Gene Marsh wrote: Joe (and the group), Jim Wilson, AC8NT, suggested a Field Day mod was bandied about several months ago. Jim says he knows you and worked on some code for you.  Jim is the president of our local club (PCARS).  Can you suggest an

Re: [wsjt-devel] Trying to build a pdf manual

2018-05-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Neil, John, and all, On 5/30/2018 10:39 AM, Neil Zampella KN3ILZ wrote: Not really, the release version is 1.9.0 ... all the previous versions were release candidates, nothing more. Neil, KN3ILZ On 5/30/2018 8:49 AM, John wrote: Hi Bill, The release note needs a minor fix:   

[wsjt-devel] Release of WSJT-X Version 1.9.0

2018-05-29 Thread Joe Taylor
The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce WSJT-X Version 1.9.0. If you have been using version 1.8.0, or a candidate release v1.9.0-rc#, you should upgrade at this time. New features and enhancements since Version 1.8.0 are summarized here:

Re: [wsjt-devel] working stations over 10000 km on 6m

2018-05-31 Thread Joe Taylor
On 5/31/2018 1:16 PM, George Molnar wrote: Would a unique CQ message for contest mode work, or is that asking for confusion? Normal mode: CQ KF2T FM18 Contest mode: CX KF2T FM18 The contest community is smaller than the general population, so it might be an easier “sell." *George J

Re: [wsjt-devel] working stations over 10000 km on 6m

2018-05-31 Thread Joe Taylor
On 5/31/2018 12:22 PM, Jay Hainline wrote: Joe, is it possible to use one of the extra FT8 bits as a flag that you are transmitting in contest mode or not? Would that be useful to keep the program on the receiving end from being confused? 73 Jay KA9CFD Of course this could be done in FT8.

Re: [wsjt-devel] May I be a FOX ?

2018-06-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Pino -- On 6/1/2018 3:40 PM, Pino Zollo ZP4KFX wrote: Hi everybody, I am Pino, ZP4KFX. I am not a DX expedition but it seems that I am the only ZP4 station remained. Years ago the where moretwo went SK... the others seem QRT. If I appear on 20m or 17m a huge pile-up grows over me...and

Re: [wsjt-devel] working stations over 10000 km on 6m

2018-06-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Jim -- On 5/31/2018 4:47 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 5/31/2018 9:43 AM, Joe Taylor wrote: Of course this could be done in FT8.  But as I emphasized in a previous email, we did not want to use a different solution for FT8 and MSK144. As currently implemented, MSK144 has no spare bits. Two

[wsjt-devel] Release of WSJT-X Version 1.9.1

2018-05-31 Thread Joe Taylor
WSJT-X Version 1.9.1 is now available for download. This version corrects a flaw in Version 1.9.0 that unintentionally restricted the full use of FT8 DXpedition Mode by "Fox" stations. New features and enhancements to WSJT-X since Version 1.8.0 are summarized here:

Re: [wsjt-devel] working stations over 10000 km on 6m

2018-05-31 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jay, Ned, and all, On 5/30/2018 8:57 PM, Jay Hainline KA9CFD wrote: We had a big opening to JA today on 6m. Some of the contacts were over 10,000 km and I have heard some ops report their WSJT-X software would hang up asking if they want to switch to contest mode. Apparently the program sees

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-01 Thread Joe Taylor
QSOs as SSB. Openings between AJ10 and the US Northeast have been spotty and weak... but I'm happy to have them in my log now on both 20 and 30m. :-) -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 6/30/2018 2:56 PM, Joe Taylor wrote: On 6/30/2018 10:14 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: ... I noticed

Re: [wsjt-devel] Transmitting at the wrong time in Hound mode

2018-06-29 Thread Joe Taylor
On 6/29/2018 8:26 PM, David Fisher wrote: I have the “ALL LOG” excerpt of this if you want to see it.  You’ll have to take my word on the rest. The code version is 1.9.0-rc4 R8642.  I built it from source a while back. Version 1.9.0-rc4 was a program version made available for short-term

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 1.9.1 strange indication

2018-06-22 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Pat, Please send us a screen shot showing the behavior you describe. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 6/22/2018 4:16 PM, patrick hamel wrote: Working HF with 1.9.1 - more than once I have called a station unsuccessfully and then called another station later to have the red line come up with

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-06-30 Thread Joe Taylor
For the record, here's the "Most important advice for Hounds" that I posted to wsjtgroup yesterday: 1. Read the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide. Read it all! http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT8_DXpedition_Mode.pdf 2. You must select Hound mode. 3. The *Tx even/1st* box (grayed out)

Re: [wsjt-devel] Translations of FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide

2018-06-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jarmo and all, On 6/30/2018 10:54 AM, jarmo wrote: Translations of the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide into German, Polish, and Norwegian are available on the WSJT-X web page http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html And into Fin, Saku OH1KH done and can be seen at:

[wsjt-devel] Translations of FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide

2018-06-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, In case you were not aware, and one of them would be helpful to you or someone you know: Translations of the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide into German, Polish, and Norwegian are available on the WSJT-X web page http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html Many thanks to

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-06-30 Thread Joe Taylor
On 6/30/2018 10:14 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: ... I noticed the the Baker team gave a lukewarm endorsement of FT8 on their news update ... I do not consider their endorsement of FT8 to be lukewarm, at all. Currently they have uploaded 12,319 QSOs to ClubLog: CQ 4,735 SSB

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jarmo, On 7/1/2018 10:14 AM, jarmo wrote: My observations, what more guys making contacts, that smoother it goes. And also "hounds" are learning. We have to remember, that this is really first dxpeditio with FT8. But, suggest that next versions, no change to click other than DX. This

Re: [wsjt-devel] Double click on DX station fails

2018-07-02 Thread Joe Taylor
On 7/2/2018 10:13 AM, Ed Stokes wrote: running 1.9.1 on a Mac Mini generally double clicking on DX station works as expected: call sign changes and transmit is enabled. sometimes, the software just keeps transmitting to the previous station. It doesn’t matter if you turn off enable or halt

Re: [wsjt-devel] Possible error 1.90rc4 Mac

2018-05-01 Thread Joe Taylor
Tnx George -- This bug (visible only in MacOS, I believe) has been fixed in code revision r8646. -- Joe, K1JT On 5/1/2018 11:57 AM, George Molnar wrote: I’ve had this reproducible error occur a few times now. 1.90rc4 (8642) downloaded from the WSJT-X homepage crashes when

Re: [wsjt-devel] v1.9.0-rc4, mode change problem

2018-05-02 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Hideo-san, On 4/27/2018 2:37 AM, JH3XCU wrote: WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc4, mode change problem: It will not be displayed correctly when WSPR - JT9etc mode changed. Please see attached e-file 73, Hideo - JH3XCU 1. Use the mouse to grasp the right edge of the text window. You can set its width

Re: [wsjt-devel] using freqcal on a single VHF beacon

2018-05-02 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Peter, For completeness, this message is an addendum to the one sent a few minutes ago. You asked whether the variance in measured frequency offsets might be too high. As you point out, it goes from -126 to -131 Hz across the 30 second period. In your file fmt.all the variation

Re: [wsjt-devel] bug in wsjt-x v1.9.0 rc4 ??

2018-05-02 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Ray, Probably you should not have selected "Settings -> Enable VHF/UHF/Microwave features", since you are operating on an HF band. You should not select "NA VHF Contest", since you are not operating in a North American VHF contest. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 5/2/2018 1:38 PM, Reinhard

Re: [wsjt-devel] using freqcal on a single VHF beacon

2018-05-02 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Peter, The semi-automated calibration procedure assumes that you will use calibration signals on at least two different frequencies. You have used just one, at 144.450 MHz. Nevertheless, I think you can do a good job of calibration with your existing data, using "by hand" the individual

Re: [wsjt-devel] DXPedition test manual / FIN

2018-05-02 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Saku, Thanks for your translation to Finnish of the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide! -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 4/29/2018 2:55 PM, Saku wrote: Hi ! I have translated ( Google did, and I fixed it to understandable Finnish form ;)  ) latest DXPedition mode manual's part for hounds

Re: [wsjt-devel] jt49sim jt4 mode producing jt9 code. correction to code given below

2018-04-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Roger, On 4/27/2018 11:52 PM, Roger Rehr W3SZ wrote: Here I find the following: When jt49sim is commanded to produce a jt4 wave file it produces a jt9 wave file, e.g. the command: jt49sim "K1ABC W9XYZ EN37" 4C 1 0.0 0.0 1 -15 produces a JT9C wave file instead of the expected JT4C

Re: [wsjt-devel] v1.9.0-rc4, mode change problem

2018-04-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Hideo-san, On 4/27/2018 2:37 AM, JH3XCU wrote: WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc4, mode change problem: It will not be displayed correctly when WSPR - JT9etc mode changed. Please see attached e-file 73, Hideo - JH3XCU 1. Use the mouse to grasp the right edge of the text window. You can set its width

Re: [wsjt-devel] a project for some one who likes to code?

2018-04-30 Thread Joe Taylor
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 stability and accuracy is not always easy. There is a diverse group

[wsjt-devel] Third Public Test of FT8 DXpedition Mode: May 5, 1400-1700 UTC

2018-05-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, I write to remind you of the third public test of *FT8 DXpedition Mode* scheduled for Saturday, May 5, 1400-1700 UTC. You are cordially invited to participate -- the more participants, the better! Our main goal is to simulate pileups in which many "Hounds" call and attempt to work

Re: [wsjt-devel] Capter 13.1 Freq Cal document problems 1.8-RC3

2017-10-23 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Neal, I am sorry that you find the WSJT-X User Guide vague and unclear. There is no description as to how many local station editions are sufficient, or if we should delete ALL frequencies that are difficult to receive locally.   How many WWV and local broadcast stations are enough? One

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: synchronization with Prosystel PST rotators

2017-10-23 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Unni, The error messages you posted are from PSTRotator, not from WSJT-X. Apparently you need to tell the PSTRotator program the location of file wsjtx_status.txt. Normally in Windows this will be the directory %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\WSJT-X. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 10/23/2017 11:32 AM,

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Take, On 7/3/2018 8:03 PM, Tsutsumi Takehiko JA5AEA wrote: Joe, Just “listened and watched the show“??? I saw a critical message last night on a Japanese SNS that KH1/KH7Z FT8 OP should pay their respect to K1JT repeated calls and must promptly return RR73. Never fear, I have worked

Re: [wsjt-devel] Tuning in Hound mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi David and all, You should know that CW ID cannot be used with any FT8 transmission. The blank interval (only ~2 seconds) at the end of an FT8 transmission is much too short for a callsign at 25 WPM. Sending it at 60 WPM does not seem very useful, either. -- Joe, K1JT On

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
On 7/3/2018 9:47 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: That sounds like a jolly good ideabut why only 7dB improvement? Wouldn't you recover all the loss from 5 slots=-14dB? No. With one signal handling 5 QSOs the information payload must be increased from 72 to nearly 360 bits. The

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
of occasions) I lost them and could never complete the QSO. It was from that perspective that I made my observations. FWIW and further comment? Regards, Grant VK5GR -Original Message- From: Joe Taylor [mailto:j...@princeton.edu] Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2018 10:55 PM To: WSJT software development

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Grant, Take, and all, I think the Fox operators are learning to manage their pileups reasonably well. I listened and watched the show on 40m this morning for ~2.5 hours, with good signals from Fox. The Op was doing a good job: he was using 2 slots, thereby keeping the queue moderately

Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Taylor
Mike -- On 7/3/2018 10:43 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Surely you jest...nobody reading directionslarge % calling in the blindand they are going to learn how to control themselves based on sig reports and slots?  Not only do the majority not understand how slots affects

Re: [wsjt-devel] how to get off

2018-01-17 Thread Joe Taylor
Click on the link at the bottom of all these messages, including yours: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel ... and scroll down, look for "Unsubscribe", etc... On 1/17/2018 11:00 AM, James Barron wrote: Someone  please tell me how to get off this list? Thank you very much

Re: [wsjt-devel] Use of GPU

2018-01-16 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Philip, WSJT-X knows nothing about GPUs and makes no use of one. I run PSKreporter alongside WSJT-X all the time, with no noticeable effect on decoding performance. -- Joe, K1JT On 1/16/2018 10:51 AM, Philip Gladstone wrote: One of the pskreporter users reported that when he

Re: [wsjt-devel] choosing the best CRC for short data blocks

2018-01-25 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Don, Thanks for your message and your interest in FT8, etc. We're well aware of the tables of "good CRC polynomials" published by Koopman, though admittedly we have not always used them to best advantage. Steve Franke, K9AN, did an extensive series of tests with different CRC generators

Re: [wsjt-devel] choosing the best CRC for short data blocks

2018-01-25 Thread Joe Taylor
Don -- One other matter... Is there a more detailed description of the various modes available to members of this list?  I am a new ham, but did waveform design and optimal detection for many years until I retired last May.   I may be able to help in some manner. For detailed descriptions

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Save Directory

2018-01-25 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Mike, As has been described here on a number of occasions before, all incoming audio is saved to a *.wavfile. If you have *Save | None* checked, these files will be deleted about 3/4 of the way through the next T/R sequence. Thus, these files should not be accumulating unless you

Re: [wsjt-devel] Remove me from the mailing list.

2018-01-25 Thread Joe Taylor
If you receive this email, the list believes you are a member. You must remove yourself: click on the link at the bottom every message from this reflector. On 1/25/2018 5:33 PM, iz6gvc--- via wsjt-devel wrote: Please, remove this email from your mailing list, I'm not member. Thanks and 73s

Re: [wsjt-devel] PSK Reporter ANTENNA

2018-01-25 Thread Joe Taylor
On 1/25/2018 8:45 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Yes they do.  But the main problem for this is all the different antennas one may have make it a band-specific value in a lot of cases. Not so useful in that case. This is not correct. WSJT-X reports Antenna Description information

Re: [wsjt-devel] txboth code

2018-01-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Mike -- It's harmless -- and it's useful. You may comment it out if you choose. -- Joe, K1JT On 1/30/2018 11:10 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Is this code still needed?  Or is "testing" done now?  Was checking some events and noticed this file check firing constantly.

[wsjt-devel] FT8 DXpedition Mode

2018-02-02 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, You have probably heard something about recent efforts to develop a special "FT8 DXpedition Mode" in WSJT-X. This message aims to bring you up-to-date on our progress, and generally to make our plans more widely known. The basic goal of *FT8 DXpedition Mode* is to enable

[wsjt-devel] Updating the WSJT-X User Guide; OS X sample rate

2018-02-08 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi all, In preparation for an upcoming release candidate of WSJT-X v1.9.0, I am updating the WSJT-X User Guide. If you are aware of anything that needs work in the User Guide, please post a message here or otherwise let me know. Here's a specific question for Mac users. In Section 3.3 we

Re: [wsjt-devel] Enable TX on next - feature request for FT8

2018-02-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Erik, On 2/9/2018 8:43 AM, Erik Icket wrote: Would it make sense to implement a feature so that CQ messages do not start transmitting in the middle of an interval ? Today, if one wants to launch a CQ message at the next interval, one has to (1) observe the time, (2) select the appropriate

Re: [wsjt-devel] 1.9.0 User Manual

2018-02-12 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Neil, Many thanks for catching these omissions in the v1.9.0 User Guide. Much appreciated! Even when we "know" about the need for such updates, at some level, we don't always remember. It's good to be reminded. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 2/11/2018 8:32 AM, Neil Zampella wrote: Hi

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 Extended Free Text QSO Experiment

2018-02-12 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Jordan, My guess is that (at least at present) the interest here is minimal. Your idea for exchanging much longer messages is pretty far from the core goals of the modes supported in WSJT-X. Please don't let my comment discourage you from proceeding as you wish, toward something new.

Re: [wsjt-devel] 73 not being detected for auto-logging, CW ID

2018-02-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Ivan, On 2/8/2018 10:12 PM, I Yanasak AI0IA wrote: With the latest GA version of WSJT-X (1.8.0), running Windows 10, I am running into the problem where the auto-logging and CW ID features are highly unreliable, at least using standard messages. As far as I can tell, the only time that

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 DXpedition Mode

2018-02-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Per-Tore, On 2/9/2018 5:24 PM, PTAa LA7NO wrote: I wonder what the rationale behind this is: "Hounds acknowledge having been called and send their “R+rpt” message at a randomly selected frequency between 300 and 900 Hz." If I was heard by the Fox on a certain freq., would it not be best

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 DXpedition Mode

2018-02-09 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Richard, Thanks for your comments and suggestions. On 2/9/2018 5:10 AM, Richard Lamont G4DYA wrote: So there's no need for the Fox to transmit FT8S-type signals using multiple tones. It would be possible to use a new modulation scheme, for the Fox only, which uses the whole of the SSB

Re: [wsjt-devel] extended CALL, FT8 spare bit

2018-02-20 Thread Joe Taylor
Itzok -- On 2/19/2018 11:56 PM, Iztok Saje S52D wrote: Z6 is not (yet) on the list of 330 valid prefixes (prefixes.txt), as it is rather new. Your comment seems to indicate a serious misunderstanding about the way standard callsigns and compound callsigns are handled in the structured

Re: [wsjt-devel] extended CALL, FT8 spare bit

2018-02-24 Thread Joe Taylor
On 2/20/2018 4:23 PM, g...@isect.com ZL2IFB wrote: I noticed that /M and /MM are missing from the "Short-list of Add-on Suffixes" under the Help menu: is that just a little error on the help text or a genuine (if surprising) omission from the list? I'm puzzled because I worked a /MM station

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 DXpedition Mode

2018-02-21 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Per-Tore, On 2/20/2018 3:24 AM, PTAa LA7NO wrote: I wonder what the rationale behind this is: "Hounds acknowledge having been called and send their “R+rpt” message at a randomly selected frequency between 300 and 900 Hz." If I was heard by the Fox on a certain freq., would it not be best

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Memory Leak in jt9 Process

2018-02-21 Thread Joe Taylor
Doug -- Since wsjt-x 1.9.0-rc1 is not a public release, did you build it yourself? Using what SVN code revision? I see no evidence of a memory leak in Windows. Likewise for a short test running under Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS. -- Joe, K1JT On 2/21/2018 2:43 PM, Doug Collinge wrote:

Re: [wsjt-devel] Fwd: Memory Leak in jt9 Process

2018-02-21 Thread Joe Taylor
Mike -- You're barking up the wrong tree. There's no reason that Fortran open() and cloce() statements must be balanced. Many of the files remain in use as long as jt9 is running; on termination all files are closed be default. -- Joe On 2/21/2018 2:55 PM, Black Michael via

Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8 DXpedition PA Linearity

2018-02-21 Thread Joe Taylor
Steve -- On 2/21/2018 3:41 PM, Stephen Hicks, N5AC wrote: If I understand correctly, the process will be for the fox to transmit multiple carriers in the 300-900Hz range.  If this is the case, have there been any experiments run that verify that typical PA linearity will be acceptable?  If

Re: [wsjt-devel] Build Error WSJT-X 1.8 r8345

2017-12-21 Thread Joe Taylor
Ricky, Please be aware that the code development branch, which has revision numbers later than r8193, is presently NOT for use on the air. For normal operation you should be using the released program version, v1.8.0. -- 73, Joe, K1JT On 12/21/2017 12:52 PM, Ricky Scott W7PSK

Re: [wsjt-devel] Suggestion for pctile.f90 change

2017-12-21 Thread Joe Taylor
Jim -- On 12/20/2017 11:19 PM, Jim Record wrote: Has it been considered to replace the use of shell.f90 (a shellsort) that fully sorts before finding the kth element? The quickselect algorithm is much faster as it does only a partial partitioning of the data to find the kth element. Jim

[wsjt-devel] WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc2: Testing of FT8 DXpedition Mode

2018-02-26 Thread Joe Taylor
The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce a Release Candidate of WSJT-X Version 1.9.0. This is a second beta release, so it's called v1.9.0-rc2. A first candidate release, v1.9.0-rc1, has already been tested in the field by a small test group. A General Availability (GA) release of

Re: [wsjt-devel] 1.9 RC2 - UI Suggestion

2018-02-26 Thread Joe Taylor
On 2/26/2018 3:20 PM, George J Molnar wrote: Any chance for 6-place grid squares at VHF & higher? Of course you can send a 6-character locator as part of a free text message. But as a JT-style structured message?? Think about it this way: A 4-character Maidenhead locator fits in a 15-bit

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