Hello Joe, Thanks for that very quick reply. I must say that I somehow missed the part of the RC-5 announcement that you cited. My eye sight is not getting any better with age. Thank you for educating me. I am now going to wash the egg off of my face... 🤔 and go back to read and re-read all available RC-5 documentation so as to preserve precious list bandwidth. Thanks again for a great new mode.
Best regards, Gary, K7EK Sent from BlueMail On Apr 30, 2019, 14:51, at 14:51, Joe Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >Gary -- > >Did you read the -rc5 announcement before downloading the new package >??? > >"Windows users will discover that WSJT-X v2.1.0 has been made available > >as a 64-bit MS Windows build for 64-bit versions of Windows since >Vista. >This version has one known defect. The audio input device level will be > >reset to 100% when WSJT-X is started, when the input audio device is >changed, and when switching to a new configuration. This is a Qt >framework defect that we have reported and is being fixed in a future >release; until then users should take care to set the device audio >level >back to 0dB or lower depending on requirements. Note that many sound >cards and chips have real gain ahead of the ADC, as much as 14dB, which > >will be turned to the maximum due to this defect and is usually >undesirable when using WSJT-X. > >"Despite this annoying defect, we recommend the 64-bit version of >WSJT-X >on MS Windows as it has significant advantages in decoding speed." > > -- 73, Joe, K1JT > >On 4/30/2019 14:45, Gary Kohtala - K7EK [email protected] [wsjtgroup] > >wrote: >> >> >> >> I have discovered that the receive audio level in FT4 is much more >> sensitive than the other modes. I had initially kept my receiver >> audio at the same level as I had been using for FT8 but quickly >> discovered that it was too high, causing many cycles of no decode. >> Dropping the receive audio down to a much lower level seemed to >> improve the decode rate rather significantly. This may or may not >> be the case with the systems in use at other stations but I thought >> I would report my finding as it might assist others just coming onto >> FT4. >> >> I also found that upon execution of FT4, my microphone audio slider >> in Windows went from +0.4 db to +30 db, or maxed out. The only way >> to get the receive audio input correct was to go back into the >> Wi! ndows Audio panel and manually set it as close to 0.0 db as >possible. >> Has anyone else encountered this? >> >> So far I have thoroughly enjoyed the new FT4 mode. Thus far I have >been >> using it >> in the S/P mode, not RTTY RU mode. Thus far I have bagged almost two >> dozen contacts in record time. Much faster than any of the other JT >modes. >> Thank you, developers! As long as there is FT4 activity I feel that >> I will adopt this new mode for general use, not particularly for RTTY >> contest use. I hope that a large portion of the FT8 crowd follows me >> over to FT4 because it is MUCH faster. I love it! >> >> Best regards, >> >> Gary, K7EK >> >> Radcliff, KY (EM77at) >> >> >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Posted by: Gary Kohtala - K7EK <[email protected]> >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> To unsubscribe, send an email to: >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> Visit Your Group >> ><https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wsjtgroup/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJldDU3bDQ1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzU3NjQyNTQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYzMTA4BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTU1NjY0OTk1MQ--> > >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups >> ><https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJkZXYwc2RvBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzU3NjQyNTQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYzMTA4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxNTU2NjQ5OTUx> > >> >> • Privacy ><https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> >> • Unsubscribe >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • >> Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> >> >> __,_._,___
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