Put me down for also wishing to have that on the main screen. Or more accurately in my case, having a check box or link on the main screen that is linked to Special Operating Activity. Yes, handy to quickly go to and from F/H mode but also convenient at the start and end of one of the contests listed on the Advanced tab. I have, for example, operated an NA VHF Contest over a weekend and then forgot to uncheck the box after the contest. And then been bitten for a moment later in the week when operating normal FT8 or MSK.
I am not a programmer and not interested in becoming one (again). It’s great that the source code is available for anyone to modify to their heart’s content but I’m not interested in doing that. I did a lot of programming and compiling of code several decades ago, and spent MANY an all nighter doing that. That ship has now sailed for me, and I’m not interested in getting on board again. I am hugely appreciative of K1JT and the entire WSJT-X team for their work. I for one know how much time and effort goes into this. It’s truly a labor of love. --Dennis NE6I From: Jeff Stillinger via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2021 9:53 AM To: WSJT software development <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Cc: Jeff Stillinger <kb6...@zohomail.com> Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Feature Request: Hound Mode Not exactly a secret. For building on Microsoft virus, the sdk is located here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jtsdk/ It is my understanding that it's going through some updates, but what is posted should work. Last time I played with it was back in version 1.7. I haven't kept up with that platform since I do everything on Linux. On 10/10/21 10:43 AM, Jon Anhold wrote: Hi Jeff, Yes, I agree - I am a contributor to some other open source projects. Thanks for your helpful suggestion. I've given that some thought, but at least the last time I looked the build process / toolkit for building WSJT-X on Windows is like top secret or something, and I haven't spent any time recently trying to uncover it or get it to build. Also, unfortunately, it doesn't seem that the authors are very open to pull requests, so I make feature suggestions here. Thanks & 73 de KM8V Jon On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 9:37 AM Jeff Stillinger via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > wrote: How about an alternative to your prediction. WSJT-X is open source. You have complete access to the source code, and one of the wonderful conveniences of the package is the ability to customize the software to a specific style of station operations. That is the fancy and PC way to say, if you want a button somewhere specific, then you are free to put it there. There are no licensing restrictions, other than your modification would stay local to your station. All of the compilers and libraries are also free and open source. Have at it and let us know about your progress. On 10/9/21 9:05 PM, Jon Anhold via wsjt-devel wrote: I know that this is going to get ignored, or I'm going to be told to "make a configuration" to "solve" this problem, but I'll again put in a vote to have a Hound mode checkbox on the main screen to switch in and out of that mode. There are several DXPeditions right now, some running Fox/Hound mode, others running multi-stream NOT fox/hound mode, and I've found myself switching a LOT back and forth. Maybe an option to enable an "expert" mode to then display some of these controls in an easy to use location? 73 de KM8V
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