[Fourlanders] WSJT-X 2.2.2 GA Release

[Jim Worsham]

Good info everyone. I will try this during FD this weekend. I will be on 6 on and off during the weekend. Hope for some more great conditions like we had during the VHF test two weeks again.

73
Jim, W4KXY

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> On Jun 25, 2020, at 11:34 PM, Ron Rogers <ww8rr at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> From the man himself.....
> 
> "Perhaps it's worth mentioning that our advice for all WSJT-related 
> programs has always been to disable the receiver AGC (if possible) and 
> turn the RF gain control well down, thereby minimizing AGC action.
> 
> If you do this and follow instructions in the User Guide about setting the 
> signal level coming into the sound card (or equivalent device), there's 
> plenty of dynamic-range "headroom" still available for nearly all 
> situations.
> 
> The decoders know how to handle widely different signal levels, and they 
> appreciate having a reliably constant baseline noise level during an Rx 
> sequence."
> 
> -- Joe, K1JT
> 
> Ron
> WW8RR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fourlanders [mailto:fourlanders-bounces+ww8rr=charter.net at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Worsham
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 11:24 PM
> To: Kim
> Cc: Fourlanders
> Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] WSJT-X 2.2.2 GA Release
> 
> Got a question for the FT8 knowledgeable on here. During the VHF contest a couple of weeks ago someone mentioned that you should turn AGC off on your RX. Any truth to that and why?
> 
> 73
> Jim, W4KXY
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Jun 22, 2020, at 10:18 AM, Kim <whensley11 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> F.Y.I.  New release.
>> 
>> 73, Kim
>> 
>>> WSJT-X 2.2.2 is a bug-fix release, mainly to incorporate the new RAC
>>> section PE (Prince Edward Island) into the FT8/FT4/MSK144 Contest Mode
>>> messages for ARRL Field Day.  Several minor fixes and additions are
>>> described at the top of the Release Notes here:
>>> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt
>>> Upgrading from earlier versions of WSJT-X should be seamless.  There is
>>> no need to uninstall a previous version or move any files.
>>> Links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh are
>>> available here:
>>> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
>>> You can also download the packages from our SourceForge site:
>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/files/
>>> It may take a short time for the SourceForge site to be updated.
>>> WSJT-X is licensed under the terms of Version 3 of the GNU General
>>> Public License (GPL).  Development of this software is a cooperative
>>> project to which many amateur radio operators have contributed.  If you
>>> use our code, please have the courtesy to let us know about it.  If you
>>> find bugs or make improvements to the code, please report them to us in
>>> a timely fashion.  Follow instructions in the WSJT-X User Guide here:
>>> http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.2.0.html#SUPPORT
>>> We hope you will enjoy using WSJT-X Version 2.2.2.
>>>    -- 73 from Joe, K1JT, Steve, K9AN, and Bill, G4WJS,
>>>            for the entire WSJT Development Group
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