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Locked Re: MODE vs. SUBMODE for FT8 or FT4 #adiFiles #logging #FT4 #FT8

Rick Ellison
 

Rick..

Someone post to your message in the N1MM group that in his version of DX4WIN there is a way to mark it as a submode of FT4 and the program will indicate that after it was done.

 

73 Rick N2AMG

 

From: main@WSJTX.groups.io [mailto:main@WSJTX.groups.io] On Behalf Of Rick Tavan
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2021 1:31 PM
To: main@wsjtx.groups.io
Subject: Re: [WSJTX] MODE vs. SUBMODE for FT8 or FT4 #adiFiles #logging #FT4 #FT8

 

Thanks, Phil. Far be it from me to question the work of The Committee, regardless of inconsistencies and consequent obligations upon downstream developers. My loggers (N1MM, RUMlog, WSJT-X Windows, and WSJT-X MacOS) all display actual mode, translating correctly from the spec. But my all-QSOs database (DX4WIN) does not. It displays my digi QSOs as either FT8 or MFSK (with no sub-mode reported). I may have to edit all inbound logs manually before importing to DX4WIN but I'm trying to get more recent info on possible updates to that program - what I've found so far is discussion from 2019 showing that the problem was understood but nothing about any fix. And I wonder what will happen if I submit these Qs to LoTW. Any idea?

 

73,

 

/Rick N6XI

 

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 7:02 AM Philip Rose via groups.io <gm3zza=btinternet.com@groups.io> wrote:

Rick,

 

When the ADIF committee were asked to add FT8 as a mode – it was rushed through and the MODE FT8 was added. When asked to add FT4, there was more notice and in line with ADIF 3 policy was added as MODE=MFSK and SUBMODE=FT4.

 

It’s up to your logger how it chooses to display the resultant MODE/SUBMODE to the user. ADIF is ONLY a data interchange format – unfortunately it is also human-readable.

 

73 Phil GM3ZZA

 

Sent from Mail for Windows

 

From: Rick Tavan
Sent: 29 August 2021 21:22
To: main@wsjtx.groups.io
Subject: [WSJTX] MODE vs. SUBMODE for FT8 or FT4 #adiFiles #logging #FT4 #FT8

 

It appears that ADIF files produced by WSJT-X say FT8 for FT8 and MFSK FT4 for FT4. Why the difference? I'm seeing this in ADIF files produced directly by WSJT-X and also ADIF files exported by N1MM Logger when interfaced to WSJT-X. 

 

I'm running experimental V2.5.0 with some K4 fixes. Is this a bug related to the experimental version? I'd prefer not to regress to 2.4 because 2.5.0 expires 8/31 and by then should have been replaced with a non-experimental version.

 

Thanks,

 

/Rick N6XI

 

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Rick Tavan
Truckee and Saratoga, CA

 


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73 Phil GM3ZZA



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Rick Tavan
Truckee and Saratoga, CA


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