From 8eecf98972362272439e39e0b6e6579713854528 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Taylor Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 11:38:35 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Starting work on User Guide updates for GA release of v2.6.0. Here, updates for Section 1.1. --- doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc | 57 +++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc b/doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc index 5bc46628e..234d636f0 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc @@ -4,26 +4,43 @@ - _WSJT-X 2.6_ implements new features supporting the ARRL International Digital Contest and its distance based scoring. The *Call 1st* checkbox has been replaced by a drop-down control offering -*CQ Max Dist* as an alternative. With this option selected, the -program will select the reply to your CQ that yields the most contest -points. In addition, a new window labeled *Active Stations* displays -a list of received but unworked callsigns, sorted in decreasing order -of potential contest points. Click on a line in this window to call -that station. +*CQ Max Dist* as an alternative. A new window labeled *Active +Stations* displays a list of received but unworked callsigns, sorted +in decreasing order of potential contest points. With option *CQ Max +Dist* selected, the program will select the reply to your CQ that +yields the most contest points. You can click on a line in the Active +Stations window to call that station. - Decoding performance for FT8 and Q65 has been improved in a variety of situations with available _a priori_ (AP) information. - *Echo* mode now offers a *Clear Avg* button and produces reliable measurements of SNR even when Doppler spread is large. Its *Monitor* -function can be used to measure SNR for a received unmodulated -carrier such as a key-down test signal emitted by another station and -reflected from the Moon, and to measure Sun, Moon, and ground noise as -aids for optimizing an EME station's performance. +function can be used to measure SNR for a received unmodulated carrier +such as a key-down test signal emitted by another station and +reflected from the Moon, and also to measure Sun, Moon, and ground +noise as aids for optimizing an EME station's performance. - New buttons on the main window allow quick changes between modes -FT4, FT8, MSK144, Q65, and JT65. Another new button allows toggling -FT8 Hound mode ON or OFF. +FT4, FT8, MSK144, Q65, and JT65, and toggling FT8 Hound mode ON/OFF. + +- New convenience features allow Fox operators to react more quickly +to particular QSO situations. A two-column table in Tab 2 provides an +overview of the queue and of callsigns with QSOs in progress. Fox +operator can change the ordering of callsigns in the queue, allowing +reaction to changes in propagation. Fox now responds automatically +for another two cycles to stations whose report has not been received, +increasing the success rate for difficult QSOs. + +- The Working frequency table now offers save/restore capability and +better handling of more than one frequency per mode-band +combination. You can set preferred frequencies, and WSJT-X will select +these when you change band or mode. You can label a tabled frequency +with a description, for example a DXpedition callsign, and set Start +and End date and time so the frequencies automatically appear and +disappear from the displayed options. You can load a publicly +available frequency table from a file, to easily make such DXpedition +data available to the program. - Optional color highlighting is provided for specified DX Call and DX Grid, and for messages containing RR73 or 73. @@ -33,17 +50,19 @@ request automatic starting of a new file every month or every year, and you can disable writing altogether. - Settings for T/R period and Submode are remembered by mode when you -switch directly between (for example) MSK144-15, Q65-60A, JT65-C, or +switch directly between modes: for example, MSK144-15, Q65-60A, or FST4-120. - Tx and Rx audio frequencies are remembered and restored when you return from a mode that sets a default frequency 1500 Hz (MSK144, FST4W, Echo, WSPR, FreqCal), then switching back to FT4, FT8, Q65, -JT65, or FST4. +FST4, or JT65. -- Other changes include bug fixes and rig control for some new radios. - -- _MAP65 3.0_ (available for Windows only) now sends additional -information to file azel.dat and offers digital scaling of input I/Q -data. +- Rig control is provided for some new radios, and bug fixes for +controlling others. +- New features in _MAP65_ (available for Windows only) include an aid +for measuring antenna pointing errors and an ability to read the file +wsjtx.log (kept by _WSJT-X_) to recognize EME contest dupes. In +addition, _MAP65_ now sends additional information to file azel.dat +and offers optional digital scaling of input I/Q data.