[WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 234, Issue 7

[Jeff Stai]

DR does have a place where you can say "Log anyway" or something like that.
I didn't get to play in the IDC so my memory is fuzzy... I think it's in a
right click someplace.

I did my playing with the auto mode in daily operation just to see how it
worked - which is pretty well but it had its quirks and at the end of the
proverbial day you get a higher score if you pick the station to work.

Someday soon I hope to have time to dive into the DR code and make some of
these little mods, and maybe remove the auto mode so it is cleaner for
contesting.

Thanks and 73 - jeff wk6i


On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 12:04 PM Alan Maenchen <ad6e at arrl.net> wrote:

> Jeff, WK6I wrote:
>
> >
> > I am noticing postings where people refer to FT software that is not
> > WSJT-X.
> >
> > If you did use something other than WSJT-X, if you could please share
> with
> > me what software you did use and why you chose that.
> >
> > I'll compile them as part of my QST writeup. Thanks - jeff wk6i
> >
> >
>
>
> Jeff,
>
> I used DR in full SO2R mode for FT4. It worked fine although I'd like to
> see some improvements. Namely:
> 1)  Reduce timeout from five tries (cycles) to two for contests  (user
> selectable)
> 2)  For things like in this contest, identify when someone sends a signal
> report instead of grid, I don't know of a good solution other than just
> ignoring it. Send GRID?  Or send S/N and hope to get the grid next cycle?
> Or dump the caller from the queue?
>
> The user interface for DR is way superior to WSJT although WSJT may be more
> capable of sending random text such as GRID?   Not sure since I didn't try
> that in DR. I'm not very familiar with WSJT, but I hear complaints about
> situations where DR simply works and WSJT gets stuck in the sequences. For
> example, if a QSO fails to complete and I move on to make other QSOs, then
> the missing station comes through with their final - DR will complete the
> QSO and log it while WSJT won't.  I'm not 100% sure of that, but I think
> that was the case.
>
> I also tried out the FULL AUTO feature in DR just to see how it plays. It
> did quite well with SO2R although it got stuck a couple of times when
> getting a signal report instead of grid. I could do a little better with
> manually controlling call priority based on S/N and point value, and
> stopping unworkable QSOs before wasting more cycles. Granted, that makes my
> log illegal, but I wasn't serious in the contest and I wanted to see how it
> played.
>
> 73, Alan  AD6E / KH6TU
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