On 22/05/2015 00:06, Steven Franke wrote: Hi Steve,
A couple of comment below which are probably relevant: > Joe - > I have it running here now. I’m having a couple of problems: > > 1. I am not seeing the WSPR frequencies in the Frequencies tab or in the > Dropdown menu on the GUI. Do I need to enter these manually somewhere? > Perhaps this will explain the next two issues: Currently the best way to reset the frequency list to the defaults, which now include the WSPR working frequencies, is to delete the "Frequencies" line from the .INI file. The .INI file is: %LOCALAPPDATA%\WSJT-X\WSJT-X.ini I am currently working on improving the working frequencies list such that it will have per mode frequencies and a reset to defaults button. > > 2. I can control the radio (TS-480) ok, but I am not getting any rig > frequency changes with band-hopping selected. From the sound of my external > antenna switch, the user_hardware script is being called according to the > requested hopping schedule, but the rig frequency is not changing. That may be due to the missing working frequencies. > > 3. If I select a new band from the drop-down menu, then the rig is properly > tuned to that band (but not to the WSPR frequency for that band) but in that > case the user_hardware script is not called. Again, my mods will make it such that only WSPR frequencies are shown when in WSPR mode. For now you need to add the frequencies manually or reset them in the .INI file by deleting the "Frequencies" line. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions, > > Steve k9an 73 Bill G4WJS. > >> On May 21, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> WSJT-X v1.6.1 now includes a "Band Hopping" capability for WSPR mode. >> It's basically similar to that in the older, Python-based WSPR, but in >> addition it allows different choices of active bands for four daily >> periods: Sunrise Grayline, Day, Sunset Grayline, and Night. >> >> You can set up the desired bands on the main window's "Tab 4". Here's >> the setup I'm using at present: >> >> Sunrise: 160 80 40 30 20 >> Day: 30 20 17 15 >> Sunset: 160 80 40 30 20 >> Night: 160 80 40 30 20 >> >> Tune: 80 60 40 30 17 12 >> Duration: 60 >> >> The first four lines list the bands selected for each of the four daily >> periods. >> >> The "Tune" entries list the bands that require a brief (2.5 s long) >> tuneup transmission, so that an automatic ATU can retune a multi-band >> antenna. The tuning signal will be emitted during the last few seconds >> before the start of a WSPR sequence on one of the listed bands. >> >> Band-switching is effected by using the standard WSJT-X rig-control >> features. The program knows the standard WSPR frequencies on the bands >> from 160 through 10 meters. >> >> Depending on your station and antenna setup, band changes might require >> other switching besides retuning your radio. To make this possible in an >> automated way, whenever WSJT-X executes a successful band-change command >> to a CAT-controlled radio in WSPR mode, it looks for a file named >> "user_hardware.bat", "user_hardware.cmd", "user_hardware.exe", or >> "user_hardware" in the same directory as wsjtx[.exe]. If one of these >> files is found, WSJT-X tries to execute it, passing the band as a single >> argument. For example, >> >> user_hardware.cmd 40 >> >> for a switch to 40 meters. You will need to write your own program, >> script, or batch file to do the necessary switching at your station. I >> wrote a simple Python program for this purpose. >> >> The band-hopping algorithm is as follows. Starting at the top of a UTC >> hour, the "designated band" for each 2-minute WSPR interval goes through >> a sequence as follows >> >> Band (m) 160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 >> -------------------------------------------------- >> UTC Minute 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 >> 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 >> 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 >> >> Thus, each band is visited 3 times per hour if all 10 bands are active. >> If a designated band is not in the active list for the current time of >> day, the program makes a random choice among the specified active bands. >> Unless there is no other available choice, the same band will not be >> selected for two consecutive WSPR sequences. >> >> Since the setup for WSPR mode is rather different that that for JT65, >> JT9, and JT4 I find it convenient to run WSPR mode with the command >> >> wsjtx -r WSPR >> >> The WSPR settings will then be kept separate from your normal WSJT-X >> settings. Those remain available by starting the program in the usual >> way, e.g., >> >> wsjtx >> >> at the command prompt (or double-clicking on a WSJT-X screen icon). >> >> For those interested, I posted two WSPR-mode screen shots at: >> >> http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/WSPR_Main_Window.png >> http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/WSPR_Wide_Graph.png >> >> There are probably some new bugs in the program, and in various ways it >> could use some cleaning up in both code and appearance. However, it >> seems to be very usable now (as of revision 5414). Suggested >> improvements will be very welcome! >> >> -- 73, Joe, K1JT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
