From 25ae16af1a6e9297545d1c4eea83cd3b985ea267 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Taylor Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:01:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] A few more updates to Release Notes and NEWS. --- NEWS | 11 ++++++++++- Release_Notes.txt | 11 ++++++++++- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8b925637a..022539f42 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Copyright 2001 - 2024 by Joe Taylor, K1JT, and the WSJT Development Team WSJT-X 2.7.0 Release Candidate 7 brings significant improvements for the new SuperFox mode. It introduces a new verification system which replaces the previous one, and works for both the SuperFox mode and -for old-style Fox and Hound operation. +for old-style Fox and Hound operation. All code for SuperFox +operation is now open source. IMPORTANT: OpenSSL v1.1.1 or higher is required for the real-time verification of Fox and SuperFox messages. @@ -80,6 +81,14 @@ Improvements to SuperFox/Hound operation: - A flaw resulting in sub-optimal SuperFox QSO rates has been corrected. + - SuperFox decoder now does a more thorough job of rejecting QRM from + non-SuperFox signals. + + - Fields in the SuperFox payload not otherwise used in a particular + transmission are now set to known nonzero values. Do NOT use RC6 or + earlier versions to decode SuperFox transmissions from RC7 or + later. + - Old-style Fox stations can now transmit free text messages (up to 13 characters) by using an available stream. diff --git a/Release_Notes.txt b/Release_Notes.txt index 4c2db2898..307e6634b 100644 --- a/Release_Notes.txt +++ b/Release_Notes.txt @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Copyright 2001 - 2024 by Joe Taylor, K1JT, and the WSJT Development Team WSJT-X 2.7.0 Release Candidate 7 brings significant improvements for the new SuperFox mode. It introduces a new verification system which replaces the previous one, and works for both the SuperFox mode and -for old-style Fox and Hound operation. +for old-style Fox and Hound operation. All code for SuperFox +operation is now open source. IMPORTANT: OpenSSL v1.1.1 or higher is required for the real-time verification of Fox and SuperFox messages. @@ -80,6 +81,14 @@ Improvements to SuperFox/Hound operation: - A flaw resulting in sub-optimal SuperFox QSO rates has been corrected. + - SuperFox decoder now does a more thorough job of rejecting QRM from + non-SuperFox signals. + + - Fields in the SuperFox payload not otherwise used in a particular + transmission are now set to known nonzero values. Do NOT use RC6 or + earlier versions to decode SuperFox transmissions from RC7 or + later. + - Old-style Fox stations can now transmit free text messages (up to 13 characters) by using an available stream.