[CQ-Contest] World Wide Digi DX Contest Results.

[DXer]

Hi Jim,

Back to the discussion, after a virtual glass of Ki-Suco, the Kool-Aid 
PY equivalent of my youth. LOL

K9YC wrote:

"I strongly disagree with setup instructions in the WSJT-X operator's 
guide. The audio level indicated by the green bar is the top of the A/D 
converter; if a strong signal -- say 40 dB over S9 -- takes over the 
AGC, causing any signal weaker than 10 dB over S9 to fall below the 
level of the decoder!

Far better to set the green bar so that, with the strongest signals it 
stays as close as practical to the top of it's dynamic range (75-80 dB) 
but NEVER turning Red. Now, signals 80 dB weaker than that 40 dB over S9 
signal can be decoded. 40 dB is 8 S-units if you like 5 dB/S-unit, 
meaning you can decode an S2 signal, or almost 7 S-units if you like the 
6 dB/S-unit, meaning you can decode a signal between S3 and S4."

I talked about that a long time ago, after empirically reaching the same 
conclusion. But since I was neither an expert nor a vigorous participant 
in anything, I was put in my place right away. That 'experience' was 
partly the reason I was so happy when I found out about JTDX. In 
addition to being a very good fork for the DX minded user, the exchange 
of ideas was more fluid in that 'camp'.

Incidentally, the JTDX developer has informed the beta testers a couple 
of weeks ago to set the audio to around 70 db for best decoding results.

JTDX does not support contesting. He was not going to support FT4 
either, because the initial 'impression' was that it would not be 
enabled except in contest mode.

Anybody with experience using JS8Call? I wonder if it would be a better 
FT-x variation for contests. The developer seems very open to feedback.
I played with it a little, but since it's geared to the ragchewer, I did 
not pursue it any further.

73 de Vince, VA3VF