Re: [wsjt-devel] Someone released an Auto CQ mod

[Tom M. <To...@tk...>]

Hi All

Don’t want to get into a protected discussion on this as I suspect the Dev list is not suitable for some of it.

Take the automatic QSO Mod (I thought JTDX did that already) out of the equation, there are a couple of other features I saw in the posting that could be incorporated into the mainstream release:

Filter to exclude some prefixes - perhaps a local always on (JTDX Robot), want to filter, great add the callsign to a filter list, supports (simple) wildcard, want to ignore all Scotland, for example, add GM* - They won’t appear.

Noise issues - filter station above and below a certain Db reports.

Can’t cope with the colour settings, can display new calls only - filter out worked before to narrow down the ‘hit’ list.

Those three I can see being helpful and useful.

While I am against the Auto CQ option - would like to point out - the station posting on QRZ is European, in the UK at least, extract from Licence:

> 10(1) The Licensee may conduct Unattended Operation of Radio Equipment provided that any such operation is consistent with the terms of this Licence. Additional restrictions which apply to the Unattended Operation of Beacons are specified in Schedule 2 to this Licence.



So in some parts of the world it’s legal, In looking at schedule 2 - I would watch calling WSPR a beacon. UK licence excludes any form of beacons between 3.6Mhz and 28Mhz - even then the 80m and 10m bands it is only for DF hunting. Basically 4m upwards with a pile of other restrictions is ok - So any form of WSPR on HF is (as far as I can tell - would love to be corrected) illegal if its called a beacon.

Tom

P.S. I don’t like censorship so if the QRZ post has been removed it is a little worrying at what else are we not being told - It may be against FCC regs but not all of us are governed by them.


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73’s

Tom
GM8MJV (IO85)





On 30 Mar 2019, at 15:23, Topher Petty <ai...@gm...> wrote:

> That's not only against the spirit of Amateur Radio, but it's also against FCC rules regarding unattended operation. FT8 is NOT a beacon, and doesn't fall under those rules.
> 
> Anyone who uses this deserves to be flogged repeatedly with a wet noodle, and, if they're in the States, fined to the fullest extent of the regulations.
> 
> WSPR is a beacon, FT8 is not. This pisses me off to no end.
> 
> de AI8W, Chris
> 
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 2:28 PM Tag Loomis <tag...@gm...> wrote:
> Sorry, but some [expletive deleted] released an Auto CQ and Auto Responder mod to WSJT-X
> 
> https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wsjt-x-full-auto-mod.652050/
> 
> I know there’s not much to be done about it, but man this makes me mad!
> 
> 
> -Stephen ‘Tag’ Loomis / N0TTL 
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