Re: [wsjt-devel] FT8: Potential new mode for fast QSOs

[C. G. R. <dc4...@co...>]

Would love you give it a try if there is a OS X version somewhere…Gary KO3F

> On Jun 29, 2017, at 7:28 PM, Laurie, VK3AMA <_vk...@vk...> wrote:
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> On 30/06/2017 9:10 AM, Joe Taylor wrote:
>> Is anyone using "T10"? When I've checked recently, usage seemed to be close to zero.
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>> In any eveny, we had no idea that "~" was being used to flag a T10 decode.  (Or, for that metter, that you were using those flags in JTAlert.)
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>> Maybe you can tell it's FT8 because I (mistakenly) left two spaces between "~" and the start of message, rather than one. :-)
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>>    -- Joe, K1JT 
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> Joe,
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> The 2 spaces hack is not really suitable, since JTAlert uses the mode field passed in the UDP decode packet. I'd rather not code a fix based on a source code error that will likely be corrected in the future.
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> A JTAlert fix is rather trivial, as I already know if the UDP packet is coming from WSJT-X or JTDX, so its a simple application test to determine the true mode.
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> I'll be posting a new JTAlert later today with the fix.
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> Regarding T10 usage, there is only a small number of users, primarily EU based. I have not seen any significant uptake of the mode, there appears to be only a small number of regular spotters of the mode.
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> de Laurie VK3AMA
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