[Fourlanders] Fwd: [GARS] Explanation of 'Best S & P' from Joe Taylor himself

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From: "Bob Hensey, K4VBM" <ptcorners at gmail.com> 
Date: 07/18/2019  11:46 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: nfarl <nfarl at groups.io>, GARS at groups.io 
Subject: [GARS] Explanation of 'Best S & P' from Joe Taylor himself 


    A quote by Joe Taylor:
    
    QUOTE
    Evidently you have not participated in testing recent RC# (beta
    release) versions of WSJT-X that include FT4.  The FT4 mode is
    designed for HF contesting.  The "Best S+P" button (not yet
    described in the User Guide) is an aid for contest operating. 
    You're not in a contest, but choosing to playing with FT4 anyway;
    the button is not particularly useful in your situation. 
    
    Clicking "Best S+P" during an Rx cycle arms the program to examine
    all CQ messages decoded at the end of the Rx sequence.  The program
    will select the best potential QSO partner (from a contesting
    perspective), and treat it as if you had double-clicked on that line
    of decoded text. Here “best potential QSO partner” means “New
    Multiplier” (1st priority) or “New Call on Band” (2nd priority). 
    “New Multiplier” is currently interpreted to mean “New DXCC”; a more
    broadly defined multiplier category (for the ARRL RTTY Roundup
    rules) will be implemented in due course.  We might also provide
    additional priority rankings, for example “New Grid on Band” (useful
    for North American VHF contests), sorting by signal strength, etc. 
    
    "Best S+P" can be used sensibly only if you have defined what "Best"
    is supposed to mean.  That's done by configuring things suitably on
    the Settings | Colors tab.  It's not the colors themselves that
    matter; it's which ones are selected, and in what order.  These
    things determine what potential QSO partners are "best" in the sense
    used by the "Best S+P" button.  The best choices may be very
    different for different contests. 
    
    For example, under the RTTY Roundup rules, you should select ONLY
    the following: "My Call in message", "New DXCC", "New Call on Band",
    "CQ in message" and "Transmitted message" (reading from top to
    bottom). 
    
        -- 73, Joe, K1JT
    
    UNQUOTE
      
    So the color settings in WSJT-X impact how the 'Best S & P'
    button works.
    As I mentioned before, FT4 is really to be used for contesting as it
    uses more bandwidth than FT8 and the short cycles are for maximum
    QSO throughput.
    
    I wanted to play with it to see how it works, and was impressed by
    what the Joe Taylor team has created.
    Please be mindful and considerate as you always are when you use FT4
    in a non-contesting mode.
    
    Bob
    K4VBM
    
  
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