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Re: [wsjt-devel] Someone released an Auto CQ mod
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From: Neil Z. <ne...@te...> - 2019-03-31 13:08:30
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The original 'for sale' thread was removed I believe, but the threads about that thread go on and on and on On 3/30/2019 2:49 PM, Tag Loomis (Tag) wrote: > The post has NOT been removed, just the links to the software > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 11:47 AM Tom Melvin <To...@tk... > <mailto:To...@tk...>> wrote: > > 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. > > > -- > 73’s > > Tom > GM8MJV (IO85) > > > > > > On 30 Mar 2019, at 15:23, Topher Petty <ai...@gm... > <mailto: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... >> <mailto: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 >> _______________________________________________ >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> wsj...@li... >> <mailto:wsj...@li...> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> wsj...@li... >> <mailto:wsj...@li...> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsj...@li... > <mailto:wsj...@li...> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
