I am
curious, do we know why the JTAlert people dropped
this feature? They must have had their reasons.
HRD is
my master local LOG and the automatic logging of
JTAlert to HRD is one of the reasons I use it. I am
not sure if I want to run yet another layer of
support for WSJT-X so I will probably stick with
JTAlert 2.8.7 for a while.
Eddy, W6EDY
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On Thu, 5/4/17, Bruce VK2RT <
bruce@...>
wrote:
Subject: [WSJTX] QSO Relay Software -
JTAlertX 2.9.x link to Ham Radio Deluxe 6.x Logbook
#new
Date: Thursday, May 4, 2017, 5:58 PM
Since support for Ham Radio
Deluxe (HRD) Logbook v6.x is no longer
be available from
JTAlertX version 2.9.x., a group of amateurs who
wanted to
maintain this link between the latest
versions of JTAlertX
and HRD, decided to develop an
application to achieve this
end.
The software was designed and developed by Chris
VK2BYI
who some of you may know, developed
and designed FTRestore
for managing menus and memories for
the FT-991, FT991A,
FTdx1200 and FTdx3000 radios. JTAlertX
adds
significant functionality with audio and visual
alerts for
WSJT-X (and JT65-HF etc) and now with
QSO Relay we are able
to keep using the latest JTAlertX
application (2.9+) in
conjunction with the latest Ham Radio
Deluxe software
(6.4+).
QSO Relay is a Windows desktop
application that runs
as a System Tray application that
listens for contacts being
forwarded from WSJT-X and JTAlertX via
the User Datagram
Protocol (UDP). As datagrams are received, they are
logged
locally
in a SQLite database and then relayed via
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to a Ham Radio
Deluxe
Logbook v6.x database.
QSO Relay was developed as a proxy
application that
interacts with JTAlertX the same way
as one of the alternate
logging applications supported by
JTAlertX – Log4OM. This
allows JTAlertX to verify that that
QSO has been logged by
querying the SQLite database, before
the contact is relayed
to the HRD Logbook database.
As confirmations of contacts are
subsequently
received from various sources such as
LoTW, eQSL.cc and QSL
Cards, the corresponding rows in the
HRD Logbook database
are updated. QSO Relay has a feature
whereby contact
confirmations in the HRD Logbook
database can be made to the
QSO relay database as well. This
synchronisation process is
requested by selecting a QSO Relay
menu item.
This in turn should be followed by a
‘Scan Log and
Update…’ in JTAlertX to update its
Wanted Alert
requirements.
Features
Runs as a minimised application with
an icon in
the System Tray.Works with HRD Logbook
v6.x with
full support for logbooks hosted on
the following database
platforms:Microsoft Access (Standard
Jet
Database *.mdb files);Microsoft SQL
Server;Oracle MySQL
Server.Synchronisation between the HRD
Logbook
database and the QSO Relay database
can be triggered when
desired to ensure updates are
replicated back to QSO
Relay.
I have been part of the testing team
and have
been using this application for some
time now with complete
success. I recommend this application
to those who wish to
keep using the latest Ham Radio Deluxe
with the latest
JTAlertX.The software is available at
downloading the software, please
ensure that you download
and read the associated
documentation.The following
link will take you to the VK2BYI-QSO
Relay Forum where
support will be available:
you join this Forum in order to keep
up to date with any
software changes and maybe provide
constructive feedback,
this will be the sole source for
software update information
and software support.
ISSUEThere is currently an issue
with Windows Regional
Settings where a comma "," is being
used as the Mhz separator as shown in
the WSJT-X/JTDX etc.
frequency window.Quick FIx - if
your Windows Regional
Setting is a comma "," change it
to is a dot "."A new release of QSO
Relay will be
available shortly that fixes this
issue.
DE BruceVK2RT
