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Locked V2.2.0 rc1 - Extraneous 'VHF features warning'

Rick Hall - K5GZR
 

Problem: Extraneous display of popup window with message: 'VHF features warning.... VHF/UHF/Microwave features is enabled on a lower frequency band.
This situation is not limited to just the two configurations I will mention here... trying to be specific with just them.
Configuration 1:  6 meters FT8 - I have selected 50.313 MHz, which is a valid VHF frequency
Configuration 2:  HF FT8 - I have selected 18.100 MHz, which is a valid non-VHF frequency
When I start at configuration 1 and switch to configuration 2, everything works as expected.
However, when I then switch back to configuration 1, I receive the popup error message as described at the top of this message.  The frequency box shows 50.313 which is not 'a lower frequency band'.
Yes, I can click on it and it goes away.
But... it gets to be annoying after a while, having to erase an error message that indicates a condition that doesn't exist when I am erasing it.  Annoying and confusing.
I went back to V2.1.2 and the error does occasionally pop up, but very rarely.  Maybe there is not enough time delay between the time the configuration's remembered frequency is sent to the radio and the time the test for this message is occurring.  
Maybe the 'remembered' frequency should have priority over the previous radio frequency when a switch to a different configuration has just occurred.
Thanks, Rick - K5GZR
Tom Melvin
 

Hi Rick

Do you have that option set on 6m?

Generally not needed on the lower VHF bands unless you are into EME and the likes.

Tom

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73

Tom
GM8MJV (IO85)





On 12 May 2020, at 17:13, Rick Hall <k5gzr@...> wrote:

Problem: Extraneous display of popup window with message: 'VHF features warning.... VHF/UHF/Microwave features is enabled on a lower frequency band.
This situation is not limited to just the two configurations I will mention here... trying to be specific with just them.
Configuration 1:  6 meters FT8 - I have selected 50.313 MHz, which is a valid VHF frequency
Configuration 2:  HF FT8 - I have selected 18.100 MHz, which is a valid non-VHF frequency
When I start at configuration 1 and switch to configuration 2, everything works as expected.
However, when I then switch back to configuration 1, I receive the popup error message as described at the top of this message.  The frequency box shows 50.313 which is not 'a lower frequency band'.
Yes, I can click on it and it goes away.
But... it gets to be annoying after a while, having to erase an error message that indicates a condition that doesn't exist when I am erasing it.  Annoying and confusing.
I went back to V2.1.2 and the error does occasionally pop up, but very rarely.  Maybe there is not enough time delay between the time the configuration's remembered frequency is sent to the radio and the time the test for this message is occurring.  
Maybe the 'remembered' frequency should have priority over the previous radio frequency when a switch to a different configuration has just occurred.
Thanks, Rick - K5GZR

Joe
 

What feature are you trying to enable by using "Enable VHF/UHF/Microwave features" on 6 meters?

The nattering message that seems to be annoying you is asking, in effect, "Are you sure you want this optional feature to be enabled?

General advice: it's usually best not to select an optional feature until you know what it does and why you might want to use that capability.

  -- 73, Joe, K1JT
Rick Hall - K5GZR
 

FWIW, User's Guide 8.1.VHF Setup - first bullet says '... check Enable VHF/UHF/Microwave features...'
In general I understand what those features are, but I couldn't list them all in detail... there have been a lot of additions and changes in the past 10 years!
My note here was just to report that WSJT-X is displaying a confusing message.  Confusing because it happens to describe a transient condition that no longer exists by the time a user can read it and tries to determine the appropriate action to take based on the message content.
Thanks, Rick - K5GZR
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