Hi Dave and Joe 

Yes, I had the truncated message thing going on
and could not figure it out. I spent the afternoon before the constest
using V2.0 in the normal FT8 mode and was busy DXing on 40 and 20 with
no problem. During the contests I made 1 QSO (K5CM) with difficulty and
then nothing as I noticed my messages were severely truncated. 

All was
set up with correct checks on the Advanced Tab and the Red Notice on the
main window. But I still could only transmit 13 characters. If a 6
character call, they only got KX1XXX_VE3CV_ (=13) when I called
them...no report at all. 

If a 5 letter call they got KX1XX_ VE3CV_ 5_
(=13) 

I tried all permutations of checks on the Advanced Tab. With the
Exchange left blank I was able to send 23 or 25 characters when I used
the Free Message entry window. Eg., KX1XXX_VE3CV_539_ONS_0001 ...or
something like that. 

Loved the program and the contest, and glad (sad)
to see I wasn't the only only suffering the truncated message error.


Hope this helps 

73 

Jeff VE3CV 

On 27 Sep 2018 10:06, Dave wrote:


> First off, Joe and team thank you for this great software. Also to
Don for confirming what I saw here. I can only assume that I have
something set incorrectly but it's actually rather simple to go from
normal mode to RTTY RU mode. 
> 
>> From: "Don Hill AA5AU"
<[email protected] [1]>
>> To: "'WSJT software development'"
<[email protected] [2]>
>> 
>> 3. I had two stations
(W3DLQ and VE3CV) call me where it appears their
>> message wasn't fully
sent (see screenshot below for W3DLQ example). W3DLQ
>> answered me with
"AA5AU W3DLQ 5" and VE3CV did the same thing "AA5AU VE3CV
>> 5". I'm
guessing they didn't have something set up correctly on their end?
> 
>
I'm using V2.0 rc-2. I have used this version to make contacts with no
contest selected so I know it is working properly. I cloned my normal
operating configuration and renamed the clone to RTTY RU. When setting
up for the ARRL RTTY Roundup I have that ticked and have entered MDC in
the Exch: box. I have "FT8 message types" ALWAYS GENERATE and DECODE
ONLY 77-BIT MESSAGES ticked. Everything else is the same except I
cleared all default frequencies and added only 7.078 and 14.078. 
> 
>
As soon as I click on OK the messages are converted to RTTY RU mode.
e.g. AA5AU W3DLQ 539 MDC and Tx2.0 RTTY is highlighted in a red box on
the main screen. This also works when I enter a callsign in the DX Call
box and click "Generate Std Msgs" When I clicked on a CQ message the
messages are changed to that caller. 
> 
> When I clicked on a CQ in the
Band Activity window, the messages changed, and TX started. However, in
the Rx Frequency window my messages are truncated to AA5AU W3DLQ 5. This
also shows in the last message sent TX box. 
> 
> This occurs if either
I send a CQ and the program answers and sends the response message, I
click on a CQ message or I click on a message sent to me. In the
exchange with AA5AU I clicked on his call to me. 
> 
> I also clicked on
a call CQ RU K9OM EN65. My response TX to him was K9OM W3DLQ 55. 
> 
>
In summary, any TX I make is truncated. I think I'm set up correctly or
there is something strange in my set up which is Windows 10 with a
FLEX-6500. I was running two slices last evening, one for 20M and the
other for 40M. Nothing on 20M but many on 40M were decoded. 
> 
> Looked
like fun but after I saw what was happening when I transmitted I stopped
participating. I didn't want to get flamed for not reading the FTM, not
following Joe's directions for setting up the program or other smarta$$
comments. Comments like Don's are appreciated. He made no accusations
and merely stated the facts. 
> 
> Dave W3DLQ
 

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