Greetings--

Compiled from source on a fully patched Linux Debian 10, Kenwood
TS-590S, running for a few hours today, no bugs noted (for me).  No new
dependencies needed for the compile since the last version.

A big thank you to the team for continuing to develop this great program!

73, KD0KZE / Paul Bramscher

On 6/2/2020 8:53 AM, Joe Taylor wrote:
> The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce the general
> availability (GA) release of WSJT-X Version 2.2.0.  A brief summary of
> new features is provided here; for further details see the Release Notes:
> 
> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt
> 
> ... and of course the updated WSJT-X 2.2 User Guide:
> 
> http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.2.0.html#NEW_FEATURES
> 
> 
> New Features in WSJT-X 2.2.0:
> 
>  - Significant improvements to the decoders for FT4, FT8, JT4, JT65,
>    and WSPR.
> 
>  - New format for "EU VHF Contest" Tx2 and Tx3 messages
> 
>    When "EU VHF Contest" is selected, the Tx2 and Tx3 messages (those
>    conveying signal report, serial number, and 6-character locator)
>    now use hashcodes for both callsigns.  This change is NOT backward
>    compatible with earlier versions of _WSJT-X_, so all users of EU
>    VHF Contest messages should be sure to upgrade to version 2.2.0.
> 
>  - Accessibility
> 
>    Keyboard shortcuts have been added as an aid to accessibility:
>    Alt+R sets Tx4 message to RR73, Ctrl+R sets it to RRR.
> 
>    As an aid for partial color-blindness, the "inverted goal posts"
>    marking Rx frequency on the Wide Graph's frequency scale are now
>    rendered in a darker shade of green.
> 
>  - User Interface Translations have been enabled.  Translations are
>    now available for Catalan, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and Hong
>    Kong Chinese.  Additiional languages will follow, when available.
> 
>    Note that UI translation is automatic, based on your system primary
>    language. If you do not want the WSJT-X UI translated to your local
>    language then start WSJT-X with the '--language=en' command line
>    option:
> 
>    wsjtx --language=en
> 
>    If you wish to contribute by authoring WSJT-X UI translations
>    please join the new discussion group wsjtx-l...@groups.io
>    (https://groups.io/g/wsjtx-l10n), where help from other translation
>    authors and coordination with the development team is available.
> 
>  - Minor enhancements and bug fixes
> 
>    "Save None" now writes no .wav files to disk, even temporarily.
> 
>    An explicit entry for "WW Digi Contest" has been added to
>    "Special operating activities" on the "Settings | Advanced" tab.
> 
>    Contest mode FT4 now always uses RR73 for the Tx4 message.
> 
>    The Status bar now displays the number of decodes found in the
>    most recent Rx sequence.
> 
>    The "Highlight Callsign" UDP message has been enhanced to allow
>    clearing of old highlighting for a specified callsign. Please note
>    a recommended restriction on the use of this message in the
>    documentation here: https://tinyurl.com/y85nc3tg
> 
>  - Hamlib - this library which we use for direct rig control has had
>    many defect repairs and enhancements, we thank the contributors to
>    that project for their work.
> 
> Upgrading from earlier versions of WSJT-X should be seamless.  There is
> no need to uninstall a previous version or move any files.
> 
> Please do not continue to use any release candidate -- that is, any beta
> release with "-rc#" in the version name.
> 
> Links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh are
> available here:
> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
> 
> You can also download the packages from our SourceForge site:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/files/
> It may take a short time for the SourceForge site to be updated.
> 
> WSJT-X is licensed under the terms of Version 3 of the GNU General
> Public License (GPL).  Development of this software is a cooperative
> project to which many amateur radio operators have contributed.  If you
> use our code, please have the courtesy to let us know about it.  If you
> find bugs or make improvements to the code, please report them to us in
> a timely fashion.
> 
> We hope you will enjoy using WSJT-X Version 2.2.0.
> 
>      -- 73 from Joe, K1JT, Steve, K9AN, and Bill, G4WJS,
>              for the entire WSJT Development Group
> 
> 
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