WSJT-X is open source. You can make those changes you are suggesting,
thereby customizing your station operations. There is no licensing
restrictions that would stop you from doing so (see GPL 3).
However, do not be surprised if you actually loose a lot of
confirmations. Yes, I am one of those stations that expect the basic
exchange format as outlined in the User Guide to be completed in order
to be confirmed. My station. My logbook. My rules. I will always
complete any QSO regardless. I just don't log for confirmation the ones
that have missing pieces. I strongly believe this helps maintain the
integrity of awards. But... that is me. Someone else may feel
differently. It's all good in the rf hood.
On 5/6/21 3:28 PM, Martin Davies G0HDB 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.
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