Hi I am running my rigblaster blue via a bluetooth 4.0 dongle on a WinXP -Notebook as well as on a win7-netbook in both the latest Versions of wsjt-X and jtdx 147 without any problems in ft8 and ft4 and for sure with fldigi as well.
But both my rigblasters, the -blue and the advantage I could never get to Run the rs232 catcontrol of my two Kenwood-radios...the ts440sat and the Ts950s. Have spoken to Sholto at WMR abt IT Years ago...no solution so far for that...So I am using a Hardware solution for catcontrol . ..beside the rigblasters. Gud luck Es 73 de Alois DL8RBL Srivathsa Satya <[email protected]> schrieb am Fr., 21. Feb. 2020, 16:10: > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Srivathsa Satya > *Sent:* Friday, February 21, 2020 11:00 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] <[email protected]>; WMR Support < > [email protected]>; WMR Support <[email protected]> > *Subject:* WSJT-X with Rigblaster Blue from West Mountain Radio. > > > Hi > > I have been successfully operating all JT and FT modes over the last 5 > years! I have used the PC sound card earlier and then I moved to using a > *Rigblaster > Advantage* from West Mountain Radio. I read a QST article on Rigblaster > Blue (http://www.westmountainradio.com/pdf/QST-RIGblaster-Blue.pdf) and > decided to buy one as I could be away from my Radio / Desktop computer and > still operate FT8 from around the house! > > > > I am using a Bluetooth dongle 4.0 from TP-link. It took me over 30+ > hours to get the audio and the rig control working with WSJT-X v2.1.0. (I > have also tried with JTDX v2.1.0-rc146 and the wstjx2.1.2-Darwin.dmg) I > have tried using both Microsoft Bluetooth Stack as well as the CSR stack. > and my findings noted below are the same or very similar!! > > - Nothing seems to work in sync. Everything is erratic. > - Decode intermittent, not every cycle, many cycles – blank screen > - TX – Power out ok > > > - TX delay from TRX to RB Blue – couple of seconds, > 2 seconds > - Receiving cycle after TX, waterfall freezes, no scrolling and hence > no decode. I have to restart WSJT-X / JTDX a couple of times before I > can see some decodes > - If I TX and attempt a QSO with a station I have seen on my screen, > Water Fall freezes after my TX over and hence no decode, I will not know > even if the station I have called has replied to me! I did check on > JT Alert and some stations have copied me!!! More attempts to call > the same station is of no avail! Waterfall freezes and no decode. I > will have to disconnect RB Blue in “Bluetooth and other Devices” in Windows > 10 and reconnect the same, only then I can see decodes of FT8 signals. > - When I call CQ on a particular cycle, I can hear many stations but > nothing gets decoded. Waterfall is not scrolling down any more! Water > falling stops upon my TX! No decode upon restarting WSJT-X, only on > disconnecting the RB Blue under “Bluetooth devices……” will I see some > decode. > - If I access settings in WSJT-X and exit, there will be no decode. > - Very poor decoding. Clearing DX in the s/w window freezes the > waterfall and hence no decode. > > Setting > > PTT VOX > USB Mode > > PTT VOX > MODE None > > PTT CAT > Rear Data > Mode None > > PTT CAT > Front Mic > Mode None > > PTT CAT > Rear Data > USB Mode > > PTT CAT > Front Mic > USB Mode > > Observation > > No Decode > PTT OK > > No Decode > PTT OK > > PTT Xmit no power out; > Decode OK > > PTT Xmit, power out; > Decode inconsistent; > restart decodes > > Decode OK > PTT Xmit-no power out > > WF OK > PTT Power out > No decode after Tx > > > > After going back and forth with Sholto, the Expert Customer support at > West Mountain Radio, he wrote to me as below > > Vatsa, > > I heard back from the developer but it is not good news as he does not > know why WSJT-X seems to have this issue. It may be related to recent > Windows updates. > > It is strange because other digital mode programs such as Fldigi & > MultiPSK have no trouble with Bluetooth audio so perhaps it is limited to > recent versions of WSJT-X? > > Certainly I remember using WSJT-X v1.8 very successfully for months with > the RIGblaster Blue but now I observe similar behavior you mentioned in > your email on this Windows 10 PC here. > > My Windows version is v1903 (OS Build 18362.592) incidentally. > > I will keep looking but perhaps a direct request to Joe Taylor may be able > to shed light on the issue? > > > > So it appears that the earlier version of WSJT-X (Ver 1.8) worked very > well and Rigblaster Blue and the problems are with the latest version. Hence, > I am sharing this information and requesting you to check and identify the > source of the problem at the software level. I have extensively tested > the software with various settings and have many screenshots and video of > the erratic behavior (which I can share if required). I have marked a > copy of this email to Sholto at West Mountain Radio as well. > > > > 73 > > Vatsa > > VU2AE > > 8T8S – Contest Call > > VU3BLR earlier > > > > PS: Can I get a link to download the earlier Ver 1.8 to check. > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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