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Locked Re: No audio after installing 2.2

Bill Somerville
 

On 25/06/2020 02:23, Bill Murrell wrote:
Just installed the latest release on a Win10 laptop.  Now input audio is not adjustable and no decodes on Ft8.  Any ideas?

Bill Murrell
AD4DN
Hi Bill,

assuming you have selected the correct audio device for input in the WSJT-X settings, then the next place to look is the Windows 10 Camera and Microphone Privacy settings to ensure WSJT-X has access to microphone devices.

73
Bill
G4WJS.


Locked Re: Very embarrassed and humbled

Bill Somerville
 

On 25/06/2020 02:09, Jon Ermels via groups.io wrote:
Joe, Bill and Steve. I'm feel pretty stupid for jumping in with my header problem.  I should have read the previous messages but was in a hurry to snag the next QSO.
73
Jon N0IGU
Hi Jon,

I not sure why you feel embarrassed or humbled, you found a defect in WSJT-X that should not have happened, it is us who are at fault! We welcome issue reports from users.

73
Bill
G4WJS.


Locked Re: WSJT to N1MM Logging.

Bill Somerville
 

On 25/06/2020 01:21, Rick Ellison wrote:
Sometime tomorrow there will be either a new full build or an Experimental
version of N1MM built for interaction with WSJT for the upcoming Field Day.
It was brought to the developers attention tonight that the Exchanges that
WSJT-X used last year for logging the FD exchange information were not the
same this year. So the class and section were not being logged correctly. I
went back thru all of the revision notes for WSJT-X and I find this
mentioned no place in those notes. This is not something that should have
been missed a couple of days before the contest. Unless the N1MM team is
notified of changes that need to be made there would have been a lot of un
happy users this weekend.

73 Rick N2AMG
HI Rick,

that's a surprise to me. Can you summarize where you are seeing differences please?

73
Bill
G4WJS.


Locked Re: Should I have to enter CLASS and SECTION for every contact when I have Advanced>>Special Operating Activity>>ARRL Field Day selected?

neil_zampella <neilz@...>
 

You shouldn't have to if you are on the >>>  TAB 1 <<<< of the messages.      Contest modes to not populate if you use TAB 2.

Neil, KN3ILZ

On 6/25/2020 12:33 AM, Dave - K7DCJ via groups.io wrote:

For Field Day, when Logging a QSO with Advanced>>Special Operating Activity>>ARRL Field Day selected, I have to enter both the "Exch sent" and "Rcvd" manually.

Is this correct?!  I have the "FD Exch" set to my values.

Or, is there something else I need to set?

73,
Dave
K7DCJ


    


Locked Re: WSJT-X on an RPi3

EI2KU
 

Hi Hugo,
Good to hear you got it up and running.

Its true that Linux tends to not be very user friendly when selecting a com port, and there will be a gazillion to choose from. But the one you want will almost certainly have either ‘card’, ‘usb’ or some other notable text somewhere in the text string.

In my case I have a somewhat older transceiver and so have audio connected to one USB port and the CAT to another. 

Hope you get it going.

73’s
Ralph


Locked Re: Any issues with WSJT-X in Linux?

Dave_G0WBX
 

I think someone's done good marketing with the Windows plug-n-play advertising.  MS have moved to a subscription model, and also Windows as an Appliance "seems to be a thing too"..

Just because some of it works, most "joe public" users expect *Everything* to work that way, and cant, wont, or don't have the basic thought processes to even start to debug something like WSJTx related sound IO issues logically.

Not helped by all the "Windows Help" websites populated by ex CB "Screwdriver Mechanics".   (Yes, I know there are some stunningly good sites, but people seem to be attracted to the dross these days.)

Bu comparison, anything Linux/BSD based, as the population is probably more tech savy to start with, the quality of on-line help is an order of magnitude better and more to the point, with less rubbish.  (I didn't say no rubbish!  Sadly much of that is Pi based, from Windows users...)

Use the OS of your choice, but learn your way around it, at least the basics, and especially basic security.  Plus, any specialist needs (the crazy sound IO system in this case) for applications etc.

73.

Dave G0WBX.


Of course that is true but I think it is way out of proportion.

73

-Jim
NU0C

    "There are more people running Windows than Linux, so there will be more Windows complaints than Linux complaints."




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Locked Re: Setting up a Yaesu FT-950 for FT8

Roger
 

This thread appears to have degenerated to the stage where it is not serving any useful purpose at the moment.

I don't have time to moderate it this morning so I'm closing it down.

If anyone has anything useful to say please email me privately and I'll reopen it sometime after 1400 GMT

73
Roger
GW4HZA
Moderator


Locked Re: Setting up a Yaesu FT-950 for FT8

JP Tucson, AZ
 

Hi Greg,

Actually, on FD, as I understand it, most work on "low" power of 100W or less - the natural power output of their rig, in order to run on emergency power; i.e. generator or solar & battery.

 

73 - John - N7GHZ


On Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 12:25 AM Greg Winterflood <greg.winterflood@...> wrote:

Too late John!

 

I no longer do paid work, but I spend a helluva lot of time on this computer, what with Win10 v.2004 downloading yesterday, leaving me to sort out the Audio Mess Left Behind [AMLB].

 

You’re lucky you have two working eyes [TWE]. My right eye is permanently asleep after an incident with .303 rifle projectile.  And to add insult to injury, my hair has already gone. [GORN]

 

My vocation now is fighting Microsoft and wrangling with changes in WSJT-X, although I really like doing the latter as it is MAGIC SOFTWARE and I can’t thank the “organizers” enough for the brilliant job they do.  It is nearly 7 years since I began with WSPR and I still have friends around the world, made though early WSPR contacts.

 

In fact, I heard from Hamish GM4SFW on the WSPR chat channel the other day. He mentioned that 120 people had spotted my lone signal on 20m. To my chagrin I had accidentally put a 2W WSPR signal through my 1.3k SPE Amp.

 

120 spots with one 400W signal! Amazing.  Although my pride and joy spot was copied in Venezuela with lowly 180mW from a home built kit from QRP labs.

 

By the way, TUCKS-ON or TOO-SON, is said to have a climate very similar to that of my QTH, Alice Springs, Central Australia. I understand Bermuda Grass is an allergy problem there, as it is here.  So, here’s sneezing at you John!  

 

You guys will no doubt kill us all down here on FD with the QRM from your high legal power limit.  Maybe we will build our own Faraday Cage Wall to keep you out 😉

 

All the best, in jest

 

73s and GL in the FD.

 

Greg -- VK8KMD

 

From: main@WSJTX.groups.io <main@WSJTX.groups.io> On Behalf Of JP Tucson, AZ
Sent: Thursday, 25 June 2020 16:16
To: main@wsjtx.groups.io
Subject: Re: [WSJTX] Setting up a Yaesu FT-950 for FT8

 

Because at 3 am when you've been working for 16 hours, and one eyeball is already asleep & the other is more than halfway there & you've done something silly like doing a windows upgrade... and it blows up your audio settings - it would very nice  to have clearly labelled port settings in order to quickly restore before that big contest.

 

 It comes down to this, most people set this stuff up once, and then may go months or years before something bad happens. By then, they have forgotten how to set it up and have to start from scratch, drag out the misplaced directions and waste hours & hours trying to get it to work right - again.

 

But do as you see fit, it was merely a friendly suggestion, made in order to help prevent hair loss. 

 

 

73 - John - N7GHZ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 8:35 PM Greg Winterflood <greg.winterflood@...> wrote:

Thanks John,

 

I do know the difference between: “I may, and I can”; but I don’t understand why I “should” do what you suggest.

 

You should stop giving people gratuitous advice 😊

 

Greg - VK8KMD

That bloody stroppy Aussie

 

From: main@WSJTX.groups.io <main@WSJTX.groups.io> On Behalf Of JP Tucson, AZ
Sent: Wednesday, 24 June 2020 19:49
To: main@wsjtx.groups.io
Subject: Re: [WSJTX] Setting up a Yaesu FT-950 for FT8

 

Greg & Jerry,

 

Here's a hint to keep your in's & out's straight...

 

In the device manager - you can & should rename your "usb codec" to "SignaLink USB - transmit out" & "AL receive in" & then it will be easy to remember which goes where in the wsjt-x audio settings (or other app for that matter)!

 

See attached...

 

Hope this helps everyone...

73 - John - N7GHZ

 

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 10:20 PM Jerome Sodus <jsodus@...> wrote:

Hello Bill,
Is there a place to which you can direct me to answer these questions?
Several days ago, you referred a ham to post #5077 regarding setting up a Yaesu FT-450.
I have a Yaesu FT-950 (likely a scaled up FT-450 design) and, having followed those #5077 directions, I think I'm set-up ok; no ALC indication at all.
However, the design-engineer in me wants to understand, by way of a flow-chart, what I am doing and right now I cannot finish up that chart.
1. We start with wsjt-x sending "ones & zeros" to my Signalink; here I presume we have frequencies and also an amplitude level (level set by wsjt-x slider).
2. The Signalink makes audio tones (I can change the amplitude level of the tones with the Tx pot and that pot will be my ultimate power level control).
3. But where in the flow-chart do I put the two sliders (mixer and audio playback) I adjusted?
The window's name for the mixer includes "speaker"; confused why a speaker is involved in the transmitter's output level?
If there is a place on the Internet that explains those controls or the over-all process, I've yet to find it.
TIA for any assistance.
73 jerry km3k

 



Locked Re: Setting up a Yaesu FT-950 for FT8

Alan G4ZFQ
 

it was merely a friendly suggestion, made in order to help prevent hair loss.
John,

A little late for some:-)
But yes, even without updates until I found the names could be edited I had difficulty in sorting out the "USB Audio Device", "Advanced USB Audio Device", "USB Sound device"....
Adding "White", "Blue", "Xonar" helped a lot.

73 Alan G4ZFQ

PS I did think "That bloody stroppy Aussie" was being a bit fussy but he did put a :-)


Locked Re: Setting up a Yaesu FT-950 for FT8

JP Tucson, AZ
 

Because at 3 am when you've been working for 16 hours, and one eyeball is already asleep & the other is more than halfway there & you've done something silly like doing a windows upgrade... and it blows up your audio settings - it would very nice  to have clearly labelled port settings in order to quickly restore before that big contest.

 It comes down to this, most people set this stuff up once, and then may go months or years before something bad happens. By then, they have forgotten how to set it up and have to start from scratch, drag out the misplaced directions and waste hours & hours trying to get it to work right - again.

But do as you see fit, it was merely a friendly suggestion, made in order to help prevent hair loss. 



73 - John - N7GHZ







On Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 8:35 PM Greg Winterflood <greg.winterflood@...> wrote:

Thanks John,

 

I do know the difference between: “I may, and I can”; but I don’t understand why I “should” do what you suggest.

 

You should stop giving people gratuitous advice 😊

 

Greg - VK8KMD

That bloody stroppy Aussie

 

From: main@WSJTX.groups.io <main@WSJTX.groups.io> On Behalf Of JP Tucson, AZ
Sent: Wednesday, 24 June 2020 19:49
To: main@wsjtx.groups.io
Subject: Re: [WSJTX] Setting up a Yaesu FT-950 for FT8

 

Greg & Jerry,

 

Here's a hint to keep your in's & out's straight...

 

In the device manager - you can & should rename your "usb codec" to "SignaLink USB - transmit out" & "AL receive in" & then it will be easy to remember which goes where in the wsjt-x audio settings (or other app for that matter)!

 

See attached...

 

Hope this helps everyone...

73 - John - N7GHZ

 

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 10:20 PM Jerome Sodus <jsodus@...> wrote:

Hello Bill,
Is there a place to which you can direct me to answer these questions?
Several days ago, you referred a ham to post #5077 regarding setting up a Yaesu FT-450.
I have a Yaesu FT-950 (likely a scaled up FT-450 design) and, having followed those #5077 directions, I think I'm set-up ok; no ALC indication at all.
However, the design-engineer in me wants to understand, by way of a flow-chart, what I am doing and right now I cannot finish up that chart.
1. We start with wsjt-x sending "ones & zeros" to my Signalink; here I presume we have frequencies and also an amplitude level (level set by wsjt-x slider).
2. The Signalink makes audio tones (I can change the amplitude level of the tones with the Tx pot and that pot will be my ultimate power level control).
3. But where in the flow-chart do I put the two sliders (mixer and audio playback) I adjusted?
The window's name for the mixer includes "speaker"; confused why a speaker is involved in the transmitter's output level?
If there is a place on the Internet that explains those controls or the over-all process, I've yet to find it.
TIA for any assistance.
73 jerry km3k



Locked Should I have to enter CLASS and SECTION for every contact when I have Advanced>>Special Operating Activity>>ARRL Field Day selected?

Dave - K7DCJ
 

For Field Day, when Logging a QSO with Advanced>>Special Operating Activity>>ARRL Field Day selected, I have to enter both the "Exch sent" and "Rcvd" manually.

Is this correct?! I have the "FD Exch" set to my values.

Or, is there something else I need to set?

73,
Dave
K7DCJ


Locked Re: Uh OH! Serious bug for Field Day!

K7RA Tad Cook
 

This should be no problem in Field Day. Odd as it may seem, the Field Day rules do not require you to log anything, such as the time for each QSO or the section of the station you are working, although you are required to transmit your ARRL section..

All it requires is a list of stations worked and a summary sheet.

I didn't believe it myself when a few decades ago I went out for Field Day with the Western Washington DX Club.

I was dutifully logging the time of each contact, along with the other station's ARRL Section and callsign, and K7SS asked me what I was doing.

He pointed out that all I needed to do was maintain a dupe sheet, listing the calls worked, but because of the relaxed logging requirements, everything else I was doing was superfluous. In fact he told me, if I missed copying the ARRL Section of any station I was working, do not ask for a repeat because I did not need to log or report it.

"But, but!" I've been told, this is a practice for emergencies, not a contest!

K7SS pointed out that in a real emergency one would not be engaging in any unnecessary communications or unrequired logging..

I had a copy of the rules with me, and sure enough, he was correct.  I've operated this way ever since. It is much simpler.

Of course you do have to log the times that you start operating and stop, to make sure you do not violate the time limits for the event.

And this year there is a rule change, allowing Class D stations operating from home to work each other. But there has never been any requirement to log each QSO.

73,

Tad Cook, K7RA




  

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 2:20 PM JP Tucson, AZ <samcat88az@...> wrote:
Hi Bill,

Yes, both the .adi & .cbr files appear to have the section recorded.

Thanks & sorry for the unneeded alarm.


Question though, why does the regular log file record the class, but not the section?  I guess that is what led to my confusion - not a contester & this will be my first FD on my own & running wsjt-x.

Thanks for the clarification.



73 - John - N7GHZ

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 1:23 PM Bill Somerville <g4wjs@...> wrote:
On 24/06/2020 21:20, JP Tucson, AZ wrote:
> Guys, I think we have a major problem here!!!
>
> Last night, a fellow member of my local club told me about the
> nationwide FT8 testing, so I got on just to verify everything was ok.
>
> I was pretty happy as I thought everything was ok, it is NOT!
>
> When I reviewed my log, it took me a few seconds, but I realized that
> something is wrong... and it is...
> I finally realized that the log is not logging correctly, as the
> station class is being logged, but not the Section!
>
> Here is what my log captured:
>
> 2020-06-24,02:04:45,2020-06-24,02:04:45,K7DEZ,CN85,14.091352,FT8,1D,1D,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:05:00,2020-06-24,02:05:45,AA2MF,EL87,14.091352,FT8,1D,3D,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:06:45,2020-06-24,02:07:45,N0DL,,14.091352,FT8,1D,2D,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:07:45,2020-06-24,02:08:45,AA2MF,,14.091352,FT8,1D,3D,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:08:45,2020-06-24,02:12:15,KJ6VCP,,14.091352,FT8,1D,1E,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:15:45,2020-06-24,02:16:45,KM6DOV,CM87,7.075352,FT8,1D,1D,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:18:00,2020-06-24,02:19:15,K7EAZ,,7.075352,FT8,1D,1D,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:21:45,2020-06-24,02:22:45,KI6X,,7.075352,FT8,1D,1D,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:30:08,2020-06-24,02:31:22,KB1EFS,FN42,14.081202,FT4,1D,+02,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:32:46,2020-06-24,02:33:30,NL7D,DM42,14.081202,FT4,-09,-09,,,
> 2020-06-24,02:35:31,2020-06-24,02:36:00,N5TIT,EM12,14.081202,FT4,+08,+05,,,
>
>
> I also included a few FT4 contacts, because after the test, I reverted
> back to FT4 to make sure it was working, it was,
> and the log posted as normal (we were not in FD mode there)...

John,

please check the Cabrillo log export. Also the ADIF log wsjtx_log.adi
should have the correct information.

73
Bill
G4WJS.





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Seattle, WA
k7ra@...


Locked Re: WSJT-X on an RPi3

chmims <chmims@...>
 

Can’t say about Yaesu but my Icom ic7100 works just like that. Linux came with the necessary serial to usb driver.

Charles KG5ZLH


Locked Re: Any issues with WSJT-X in Linux?

Gwen Patton <ardrhi@...>
 

I run it on GalliumOS, a Linux distro for reflashing Chromebooks. The rig I use it on is a Midnight Design Solutions 40m Phaser. It works great, so long as you use a USB sound dongle, as the built-in Chromebook sound system might as well be a crisp, tasty waffle.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
73,
Gwen, NG3P


On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:44 PM Jim Shorney <jshorney@...> wrote:

Of course that is true but I think it is way out of proportion.

73

-Jim
NU0C

On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:27:43 +0000 (UTC)
"Jim Bacher - WB8VSU" <wb8vsu@...> wrote:

> There are more people running Windows than Linux, so there will be more Windows complaints than Linux complaints. 


Locked Re: Any issues with WSJT-X in Linux?

Jim Shorney
 

Of course that is true but I think it is way out of proportion.

73

-Jim
NU0C

On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:27:43 +0000 (UTC)
"Jim Bacher - WB8VSU" <wb8vsu@...> wrote:

There are more people running Windows than Linux, so there will be more Windows complaints than Linux complaints.


Locked Re: Any issues with WSJT-X in Linux?

Jim Shorney
 

Kubuntu 18.04 here, rock solid. Been running Linux since before my first JT65 contact in 2014. Kubuntu is one of the more visually appealing distros if you like that. You can, of course, turn all the eye candy and geeky animations off. If you do run into trouble help is just a search engine away.

73
-Jim
NU0C

On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:14:07 +0100
groups@... wrote:

On 24/06/2020 01:55, Williams, G (af8c) wrote:
All,

Yes I am aware of the number of types of Linux releases out there.

Is there any history of  "works fine" with Linux rather than dealing
with Windows 10?  I'm especially curious about  hardware interface issues.

--73, Glenn, AF8C
WSJTX works with 100% reliabilty on my Kubuntu and has never been
affected by any update.

As far as I know all the USB drivers for the various rigs are native to
Linux which is an added benefit.

Roger, G4HZA


Locked No audio after installing 2.2

Bill Murrell
 

Just installed the latest release on a Win10 laptop.  Now input audio is not adjustable and no decodes on Ft8.  Any ideas?

Bill Murrell
AD4DN


Locked Very embarrassed and humbled

Jon Ermels
 

Joe, Bill and Steve. I'm feel pretty stupid for jumping in with my header problem.  I should have read the previous messages but was in a hurry to snag the next QSO.
73
Jon N0IGU


Locked WSJT to N1MM Logging.

Rick Ellison
 

Sometime tomorrow there will be either a new full build or an Experimental
version of N1MM built for interaction with WSJT for the upcoming Field Day.
It was brought to the developers attention tonight that the Exchanges that
WSJT-X used last year for logging the FD exchange information were not the
same this year. So the class and section were not being logged correctly. I
went back thru all of the revision notes for WSJT-X and I find this
mentioned no place in those notes. This is not something that should have
been missed a couple of days before the contest. Unless the N1MM team is
notified of changes that need to be made there would have been a lot of un
happy users this weekend.

73 Rick N2AMG




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Locked Re: WSJT-X on an RPi3

VE3KTN
 

Thanks Bill, and to everyone who has responded so far.  I did get a private email from one of the wsjt group members who steered me in the right direction for installing the armhf package and I now have V2.2.2 loaded and launching on my Pi.  The issues I have yet to figure out are the correct usb port ID's, settings and other necessities to get the Pi installation conversing with my ft-991a.  I've had my Windows7 and -10 rigs working for quite some time and have no trouble between them and the 991, but things are rather different with the Pi setup.  Mainly trying to find out which audio i/o is correct (there's about a dozen selections that are available and the default doesn't work) and which usb port is which.  So far, I've not been able to get a green TEST CAT and even worse, under some circumstances the Pi will key my radio and not return a green TEST CAT.  In fact, it doesn't even give me a red TEST CAT.  So something is communicating, it's not right, and I have more work to do to figure it out.

Here's a question:  With my Windows rigs, I have Yaesu drivers which install as virtual COM ports which facilitate CAT and communicate with the sound card that's part of my radio - all over one USB line.  I don't think that's the case with Linux installs, so is it still possible to have both CAT control AND use the radio's sound card over one USB linw?  I REALLY don't want to mess with making up a separate audio cable to the radio's DIN multi-pin interface.  If the Pi setup needs a USB and separate audio lines, then I'm afraid this experiment will be a no-go and it's back to Windows.

Richard, W4PID, thanks for the link.  I'll look into that - maybe the answers lie in there.

Cheers,

Hugo, ve3ktn.