[WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 234, Issue 7

[Gordon LaPoint]

What is DR?  Do you mean DigiRite?
Thanks,
Gordon - N1MGO

On 6/7/2022 15:04 PM, Alan Maenchen 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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