On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 11:19 PM Neil Zampella <ne...@techie.com> wrote:
> There is already a F/H mode, safely placed where it can't be > accidentally checked as the old VHF contest box (at least I believe it > was the VHF contest) was at one point. > > The suggestion has been to clone your current FT8 configuration, and set > up the frequencies in that clone to the DXPedition frequencies. All > you have to do is switch to that configuration, and you're already set > to go. > > However, if you're talking about being able to switch because you see > what looks like F/H in the standard FT8 frequencies, its not WSJT-X > DXPedition mode, but another program using the FT8 sources for > encode/decode but a different 'multi-thread' mode that does NOT block > out the standard frequencies. > That's not completely accurate. Initially, most F/H operation was in the regular band segment, but as those segments filled up, DX stations moved to the alternate frequencies. I have worked DX stations in F/H mode in the regular band segments. That's becoming less frequent, though. Since I mostly hunt DX, I don't just look for DX on the band activity window in WSJT-X. I use a DX cluster and jump to the indicated frequency directly. Since clusters now indicate the transmitted frequency instead of the QRG, I have to manually change the VFO frequency to the correct one. Then I look for the DX station, and decide if it's using F/H mode. It would be convenient to switch to F/H with one click. 73, Frank KF6E > > I would not want to see such a change as it then rewards bad behavior > (IMHO). > > Neil, KN3ILZ > > On 4/20/2019 5:46 PM, Frank Kirschner wrote: > > Between the Hold Tx Freq checkbox and the Call 1st checkbox, there is > > room for several more checkboxes. One I would suggest is Fox/Hound > > mode. I would also suggest this automatically set Split to either Rig > > or Fake It, which could be selected somewhere else. > > > > If the menus are turned off, it takes a while to turn them on and > > navigate to the correct spot to set fox/hound and split mode. This > > sometimes is long enough to miss a weak one. A checkbox would not only > > make it faster, but it would encourage using that mode for those who > > are still learning FT8 operation. > > > > 73, > > Frank > > KF6E > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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