FYI
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Dear WSJT-X Users:
As most of you know, we are mourning the recent death of our
friend and colleague Bill Somerville, G4WJS, who since 2013 has
contributed so much to the WSJT project.
One of Bill's many WSJT-related tasks was creating installation
packages for Win32, Win64, Linux (Debian, Fedora, Raspberry Pi,
...), and macOS for each new program release. At present we have a
straightforward system for building the Win64 package -- the best
choice for the majority of WSJT-X users -- but no systems in place
for building Win32, Linux, and macOS packages.
WSJT-X 2.5.3 includes a feature of special interest to users who
will enter the ARRL January VHF Contest (January 15-17, 2022). For
benefit of those users, we have decided to release WSJT-X version
2.5.3 for Win64 even though we have not yet made prebuilt packages
for the other operating systems.
Differences between WSJT-X 2.5.2 and 2.5.3 are minimal and
described in the Release Notes:
https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt
The new feature for the ARRL VHF contests is an enhanced macro
facility for Tx messages, aimed at making it easier to ask another
station to QSY to a new band. The feature is described briefly
here in the User Guide:
https://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.5.3.html#TXMACROS
Additional information will likely appear on VHF-contest-related
forums.
A link for the Win64 installation package for WSJT-X 2.5.3 is now
available on the WSJT-X web page:
https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
Pre-built packages for Win32, Linux, and macOS will be added when
we have created new means for creating them.
-- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; and Nico, IV3NWV
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