Hi Ty, Others have mentioned that it is a VHF contest mode to gather grids only. I understand that now, but this was on the HF bands and not in a contest. So, I guess that I will just log it anyway...

#TechnicalHelpQuestion

This has happened to me a couple of times now where I am calling a station and the responder has that additional "R" between their call and grid. It causes the program to think the QSO is done and dis

#TechnicalHelpQuestion

——— The software could even pop a message up if a Hound tried to call in the wrong time sequence or below 1000 Hz. ——— WSJT-X forces the hound to be on the correct time slot. I’m not sure about the WS

#FoxAndHound

Chuck brings up a critical problem. If your computer is a bit too slow it will miss decode cycles. I had to retire my not that old HP computer because it was just not fast enough to always finish comp

#AudioIssues

It’s all relative…. WSJT-X doesn’t need the time to be that close. Sounds like it should work just fine. Bill WB6JJJ

#Timesync

I never had the problem when using FT8 because it is on a completely different contest frequency. But the FT4 contest mode is on the standard FT4 frequency where a lot of people have normal QSOs. I wi

#ContestMode

Then there are a few HF and VHF contests that exchange only grid squares, no signal report. Bill WB6JJJ

#QSO_practices

But WSJT-X can decode two signals on the same frequency... It's nice to have a clear frequency but on many bands that is not possible with >60 signals flowing down the waterfall. The program does amaz

#FT8

I get these comments once in a while, especially from friends. I think the lack of response is because most people don’t know how to use this feature. Bill WB6JJJ

#FT8

I believe it was changed to the current configuration because if the receiving station decoded your first call he would be confused as to the correct signal report if you changed it mid QSO. Anyway, y

#QSO_practices

The count down timer is in the lower right corner of the WSJTx screen. Five minutes in normal mode and I believe two minutes in Fox/Hound mode. Bill WB6JJJ

#macOS

John, I think if you are close, like next door to him, it will assume the 73 was for you. Bill WB6JJJ

#IssueReport

Why should I need to set up a separate configuration for one QSO? Still, evoking F/H should not change my radio’s frequency. Bill WB6JJJ

I also found this problem… why move the radio back to the normal frequency when that is not supposed to be allowed in F/H mode. It caught me a few times recently with the numerous DXpeditions using F/

Every time we (S9OK) had a F/H QSO, they moved me down to one of their streams - just like normal F/H mode. I was transmitting above 1 KHz. Bill WB6JJJ

#FoxAndHound

Hmmm, my IC-7610 states more than 3500 Hz and does receive that entire bandwidth. I have never restricted the width. There are times that I receive similar TX and RX reports but they are rare. Maybe m

#GeneralGroupInfo

I don’t feel so bad…. I have been giving +10 to +20 but receiving -15 to -20 dB. Bill WB6JJJ

#GeneralGroupInfo

You didn’t state which frequency. If it was 14.070 or 14.090 then it may have been FT8 in Fox/Hound mode. Bill WB6JJJ

#modes

Adding /7 should work OK. There will be “< call >” in the decode window but that is normal for a non-standard call. Is there a good reason for adding portable 7? In most cases it is not needed since y

#FT8 #wsjt-x

I haven’t used it for a while but the JTDX program will display what you want. I don’t know if it up to date with WSJT-X revisions. Bill WB6JJJ