Hi Steve:
I should preface my remarks by saying I may have missed something in my testing
and use of WSJT-x over the last several months.
You can add a "/R" to your call in WSJT-x via the general tab of the settings
menu. In my experience that doesn't always mean that WSJT-x will simply add
"/R" to your call during each transmission and otherwise work as it did before.
To recap a prior post, my suggestion is that anyone planning on running WSJT-x
with "/R" after their call try it out first before a contest (preferably with
two radios and two computers.) There is at least one other configuration
setting (besides the call sign field) that seems to influence how WSJT-x
handles this use case.
If other Rovers who need to add "/R" to their calls are happy with the
functionality I'm fine with that and don't want to rain on anyone's parade so
to speak. To recap it is possible I may have missed something vis a vis WSJT-x
operation with a "/R" call during my rove with a prior version of WSJT-x during
the sept contest or during my test session this morning (while running FT8)
with what I believe is the current version so I'd rather not get into a
detailed discussion on this list about my results. I believe the WSJT yahoo
group is probably a better forum for that type of discussion in any event.
I'm quite sure one can make QSO's with WSJT-x with a "/R" call. Ideally I just
would like the program to work essentially the same way it does without the
"/R" call (other than appending "/R" to my call.) Based on what I have seen, in
my opinion there is some potential for confusion while running WSJT-x with a
"/R" call. In light of that I'm personally hesitant to run WSJT-x in a
contest with a "/R" call. I realize others have reportedly done so and have
been happy so clearly there can be differences of opinion re this.
All in all I'm a happy WSJT-x user and appreciate the efforts of the
development team. To recap I expect rovers who need to use calls with "/R"
(who also want to run WSJT-x) make up a small fraction of the VHF and up users
of WSJT-x who are in turn only a portion of the overall user base of WSJT-x so
I don't want to blow this concern of mine out of proportion.
73
Mark S
VE7AFZ
mark@alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099
> On Jan 23, 2018, at 10:25 PM, Steve Stahl <ke7ihg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mark
> I do get your point.....and I don't understand why we can't add the 2 extra
> characters to the string.
>
> Steve K7SWS
>
>> On Jan 23, 2018 22:02, "Mark Spencer" <mark@alignedsolutions.com> wrote:
>> Hi Steve:
>>
>> My take on the rules is that sending "/R" is a requirement for Rovers.
>> Hence my interest in the "/R" issue vis a vis me using digital modes while
>> Roving.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Mark S
>> VE7AFZ
>>
>>
>> mark@alignedsolutions.com
>> 604 762 4099
>>
>> Mark Spencer
>>
>> Aligned Solutions Co.
>> mark@alignedsolutions.com
>> 604 762 4099
>> > On Jan 23, 2018, at 9:33 PM, Steve Stahl <ke7ihg@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Well here is crazy idea.....If your a rover and using FT8, just use it as
>> > would normally would and have it count.
>> > Forget the /r for all digital contacts.
>> > You could work stations multiple times since your in a different grid
>> > square.
>> > I see the dupe problem but I think it could work.
>> >
>> > Steve K7SWS
>> >
>> > On Jan 23, 2018 21:21, "Alan Larson" <wa6azp@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > It is part of the principle of the contests that we give more multipliers
>> > for making more difficult contacts. We get a few for local contacts, and
>> > more for the distant ones that require more skill.
>> >
>> > FT8 (and some of the other digital modes) makes the distant contacts and
>> > large number of multipliers much easier.
>> >
>> > Perhaps we should disallow using those digital contacts for multiplier
>> > credit. You still could get QSO points for the contact, but to get the
>> > multiplier for the distant contact, you need to use the more difficult
>> > mode. This suggestion is unlikely to fly in this form, but perhaps as an
>> > alternate, limit the number of multipliers from digital to 5 or 10 percent
>> > of the total multipliers on a band. Say if you get 30 multipliers on 6
>> > meters, you can only claim 3 of them from digital contacts. That way, it
>> > will allow digital for the really hard ones, but the ones that can be done
>> > on traditional modes would be.
>> >
>> > Or perhaps having digital contests or entries be separate from the
>> > non-computer processed modes.
>> >
>> > Alan
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