Agreed, completely. My use of the word “knob” tends to be generic, influenced
by 40 years of high-end software development. An operational parameter,
controlled by some UI gadget.
Thinking about this over lunch, if I were implementing it, I would tend towards
a delta-t adjustment that was reset to zero each time the program transitioned
from “In QSO” to “Not in QSO”. I would not automatically set the delta-t when
going “into QSO”, but would leave that as a manual option once the QSO was
being attempted. That would encourage correct operation (getting the time
right), but would still allow one to make the QSO with the DX station when they
can’t (or won’t) get the time right.
It’s a small thing – but Mellish Reef on 160 !!!!
Dave / NX6D
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From: David Tiller <dtil...@captechconsulting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2017 2:03:08 PM
To: WSJT software development
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] DXPedition System Clock Sync
David wrote:
"A knob could adjust WSJT-X’s notion of the time of day to “zero beat” the DX
station, both in RX and TX so you can communicate, regardless of how far off
the DX station’s clock may be."
There's no need for anything as programmatically complex or real estate hogging
as a knob - a simple checkbox either on the config page (to set the time track
option for all stations attempted) or next to the call sign box (to enable time
track for the current station only) would enable the program to use the DX
station's delta-T as your adjusted time value.
Again, all of these solutions presuppose that an internal delta-T value is used
for framing timing as opposed to the actual wall clock time.
> On Nov 12, 2017, at 16:17, David Fisher <dsfis...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> As I see it WSJT-X could do the same. A knob could adjust WSJT-X’s notion of
> the time of day to “zero beat” the DX station, both in RX and TX so you can
> communicate, regardless of how far off the DX station’s clock may be.
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