Some hams on there end will not log a QSO unless they receive the confirmation 73 after their RRR/RR73.
I am not saying its wrong or right just that it's the practice of some hams Dave, AA6RE On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 1:34 PM Martin Davies G0HDB <marting0...@gmail.com> wrote: > The FT4 mode was introduced in WSJT-X version 2.1.0 in 2019; the release > notes and announcements state that the mode is intended for use in HF > digital contesting where 'quick-fire' exchanges such as those achieved > using RTTY are desired. I'd like to suggest a change that would help > achieve this aim a bit better; the following applies to v2.1.0 and all > subsequent versions up to and including v2.3.1 (I haven't yet tried any of > the RC versions of v2.4.0). > > An FT4 (and an FT8!) QSO generally looks something like the following: > > CQ K1JT FN20 > K1JT G0HDB IO82 > G0HDB K1JT -10 > K1JT G0HDB R-08 > G0HDB K1JT RR73 > K1JT G0HDB 73 > > Currently, the logging window only pops open on my screen to prompt me to > log the QSO when the final (Tx5) '73' message is being sent - this is to > all extents and purposes superfluous because the QSO has been successfully > completed when K1JT has sent his RR73 (and I've received it). My sending > the superfluous '73' message extends the overall duration of the QSO by > adding a further Tx period at my end of the sequence so I can't move on to > trying to start the next QSO. > > I'd like to suggest that the logging window is opened when I've *received* > the other station's RR73 message and that sending the final Tx5 '73' > message is either removed from the sequence altogether or is made > optional. This would help to improve the overall throughput of FT4 QSOs. > > The code to open the logging window on receipt of an incoming 'RR73' > message and to desist from sending the Tx5 '73' message must already exist > within the app because that's what already happens when I operate as a > Hound in FT8 Fox & Hounds mode - when I receive the Fox's 'RR73' the > logging window pops open and my system doesn't send the unnecessary Tx5 > '73' . > > I'd actually like to see the logging window open in any mode when I either > send *or receive* an RRR or RR73 message - in my opinion that would align > the prompting to log the QSO much more closely with the completion of the > exchange of the essential information for the QSO and would leave the > sending of a final '73' as an optional nicety. > > -- > 73, Martin G0HDB > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_3674534888006593587_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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