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>    1. Re: Windows compatibility WSJT-X and improved (Hasan N0AN)
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> Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 06:44:29 -0500
> From: Hasan N0AN <hbasri.schie...@gmail.com>
> To: WSJT software development <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: "Uwe, DG2YCB" <dg2...@gmx.de>, Andy Durbin <a.dur...@msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Windows compatibility WSJT-X and improved
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> For anyone on a tight budget, this NUC runs WSJT-X, DXLab Suites, Browser,
> JTAlert, PJ Client and a host of other software, including zoom video, all
> at the same time, with no more than 25% CPU use (and that is peak usage
> during 50 decodes on FT8)
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> It is available, new, on Amazon, priced as low as $149, 16 gB RAM, 512 gB
> SSD, USB 2 and 3, BlueTooth, Wireless ...Windows 11 Pro. 3 HDMI out,
> Ethernet. It  has all the bells and whistles.
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> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRV3G7G1?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3&th=1
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> I bought two, one for me and one for my wife to replace Win10 machines and
> they run all my ham software better than an 8 gB, I5 Lenovo Refurb that I
> paid $249 for 3 years ago.
>
> If you want a cheap, but effective computer for Windows 11 Pro that will
> run all your ham software and then some, $150 to $200 (price fluctuates)
> should end your sorrows.
>
> 73, N0AN
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> Hasan
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> On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 9:08?AM Uwe, DG2YCB via wsjt-devel <
> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
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> > Hi Andy,
> >
> > You are causing a lot of confusion with such half-baked statements. Like
> > always, and for good reasons, the Windows installation packages for all
> > WSJT-X Improved versions are being created using Qt 5.12.12. This gives
> the
> > best possible backwards compatibility (down to Windows 7), as well as the
> > rest results in terms of rendering the various controls (also when Dark
> > Style is enabled). This tool chain has not been changed over the past
> > months.
> >
> > As you know, we've spent many days of work trying to help you with your
> > "special" setup on an old Windows 8.1. system. During these tests, you
> > confirmed that all is working well on your Windows 10 computer. And no
> one
> > else has ever reported similar issues than you with your setup.
> >
> > Please do me a favor and stop confusing others. If you don't understand
> > why we invest months of work to offer a data set for Qt6 in addition to
> the
> > existing Qt5 source code, then any further discussion about it here is
> not
> > worthwhile anyway. Other OMs who know what this is for are very grateful
> > for this work. And if at some point in the future you should buy more
> > modern equipment (maybe even Linux-based), then you will be grateful to
> us
> > one day why we were so wise and foresighted in 2024 and 2025 to develop
> the
> > necessary source code for it and keep it up to date.
> >
> > 73 de DG2YCB,
> > Uwe
> > ________________________________________
> > German Amateur Radio Station DG2YCB
> > Dr. Uwe Risse
> > eMail: dg2...@gmx.de
> > Info: www.qrz.com/db/DG2YCB
> >
> >
> > Am 01.05.2025 um 13:55 schrieb Andy Durbin via wsjt-devel:
> >
> > "Both Windows 7 or 8.x version support will not be available for Qt 6.
> > Microsoft discontinued the support for both Windows versions some time
> ago,
> > and as a vendor, we can no longer maintain support for these windows
> > versions in Qt 6. Windows 7 (both 32bit and 64bit) was supported as a
> > target in Qt 5.15 LTS and Windows 8.1 (both 32bit and 64bit) as a target
> in
> > Qt 5.12 LTS. This means that we will not have 32bit Windows support
> > available. Additionally, it will no longer be possible to create UWP
> applications
> > on Windows 10."
> >
> > ref - https://www.qt.io/blog/qt6-development-hosts-and-targets
> >
> > I have found that 2.8.0 improved is not compatible with Win 8.1 and no
> one
> > has said that it works for them.
> >
> > Should the WSJT-X Windows compatibility statement be revised?  It
> > currently states - " (Windows 7 and later)" which was true for 2.7.0 but
> > may not be true if later official releases use Qt6.
> >
> > 73,
> > Andy, k3wyc
> >
> >
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