Final (?) edits to Release Notes in advance of the 2.6.0-rc5 release.

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Joe Taylor 2022-11-21 11:02:26 -05:00
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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ In program WSJT-X:
- The Working frequency table now offers the following options:
- Better handling of more than one frequency per band.
- Set your prefered frequencies, WSJT-X always comes back to these
- Set your preferred frequencies, WSJT-X always comes back to these
QRGs when changing band or mode.
- You can label your frequencies with discriptions (e.g. DXp AB0YXZ).
- Option to set Start and End Date/Time, so that the frequencies
@ -38,21 +38,29 @@ In program WSJT-X:
- In Fox mode, there are now a few additional functions that allow
operators to react even better to different QSO situations:
- A new two-column table in Tab 2 provides a better overview of
the queue and of the callsigns in QSO.
- The operator can now change the order of QSOs in the queue so
that he can react if there is only a narrow time slot for a
particular QSO due to propagation.
- The Fox now responds for another two cycles to stations whose
report was not received, increasing the success rate for a QSO.
the queue and of the callsigns with QSOs in progress.
- Fox operator can now change the ordering of callsigns in the
queue so that he can react if there is only a narrow time slot
for a particular QSO due to propagation.
- Fox now responds for another two cycles to stations whose
report was not received, increasing the success rate for a
difficult QSO.
- Correct a flaw in Hound mode that sometimes prevented QSOs with
non-standard calls.
- Correct a flaw in Hound mode that sometimes prevented completion of
QSOs with non-standard calls.
- Improvements to EME Echo mode:
- New control "Avg" sets the number of Echo cycles to be averaged.
- New capability to display measurements of wideband noise power as
a function of time. This can be useful for measuring Sun noise,
antenna tracking errors, and the like.
- Several minor bug fixes
- Correct a flaw that prevented WSJT-X from always initializing
correctly when special operating activities were enabled.
- Correct a flaw that caused wrong frequencies to be written to
ALL.TXT for Tx.
- Correct a flaw that caused wrong Tx frequencies to be written to
ALL.TXT.
- The GUI has been improved regarding some details. The controls now
scale better at different font sizes and on different operating
@ -65,16 +73,16 @@ In program WSJT-X:
- Click the "FT8" button (or use the Settings menu). It brings
you back to the default FT8 QRG.
- A7 decodes are now disabled when "Enable AP" is not checked, and
during the first period after a band change.
- Decodes flagged as 'a7' are now disabled when "Enable AP" is not
checked, and during the first period after a band change.
- The network address of the UDP server is now checked for errors
before accepting it.
before being accepted.
- Some improvements to the DX Lab Suite Commander interface.
- Correct some possible flaws that could cause segfault errors in
certain situations.
certain unusual situations.
- Warnings on dropped audio have been disabled for now, as detection
has turned out to be not reliable enough.
@ -82,30 +90,17 @@ In program WSJT-X:
- Correct a long-standing flaw which caused the "Transmit digital gain"
overlay toappear somewhere on the screen.
- Highlight DX Call now also works when the other station is <...>.
- "Highlight DX Call" now also works when the other station is <...>.
- CQ messages without a grid are now sent to PSK reporter.
- Further improvements to Echo mode:
- Some improvements on the Echo-mode averaging.
- Single-echo SNR measurement has been added.
- On the Wide Graph, a total-power plot has been added.
- Don't allow decoding depth to be changed just because Echo mode
was entered.
- Adjust the UTC wrap-around problem to yield time difference
within +/- 12 hours.
- New MAP65 feature: read wsjtx.log to recognize EME contest dupes.
- Some other minor corrections (tool tips, etc.).
In program MAP65 (Windows only):
- Update to version 3.0.1.
- A feature for measuring antenna pointing errors has been added.
- Writing an invalid datetime to map65_rx.log is now prevented.
- Correct a flaw in the definition of the variable nts_jt65.
- Use "Force center freq" also for data read from disk.
- Several other minor corrections (tool tips, etc.).
Program MAP65 (Windows only) includes several minor bug fixes and two
tentative new features:
- an aid for measuring antenna pointing errors
- an ability to read the file wsjtx.log (kept by WSJT-X) to recognize
EME contest dupes.
Release: WSJT-X 2.6.0-rc4
September 8, 2022

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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ In program WSJT-X:
- The Working frequency table now offers the following options:
- Better handling of more than one frequency per band.
- Set your prefered frequencies, WSJT-X always comes back to these
- Set your preferred frequencies, WSJT-X always comes back to these
QRGs when changing band or mode.
- You can label your frequencies with discriptions (e.g. DXp AB0YXZ).
- Option to set Start and End Date/Time, so that the frequencies
@ -38,21 +38,29 @@ In program WSJT-X:
- In Fox mode, there are now a few additional functions that allow
operators to react even better to different QSO situations:
- A new two-column table in Tab 2 provides a better overview of
the queue and of the callsigns in QSO.
- The operator can now change the order of QSOs in the queue so
that he can react if there is only a narrow time slot for a
particular QSO due to propagation.
- The Fox now responds for another two cycles to stations whose
report was not received, increasing the success rate for a QSO.
the queue and of the callsigns with QSOs in progress.
- Fox operator can now change the ordering of callsigns in the
queue so that he can react if there is only a narrow time slot
for a particular QSO due to propagation.
- Fox now responds for another two cycles to stations whose
report was not received, increasing the success rate for a
difficult QSO.
- Correct a flaw in Hound mode that sometimes prevented QSOs with
non-standard calls.
- Correct a flaw in Hound mode that sometimes prevented completion of
QSOs with non-standard calls.
- Improvements to EME Echo mode:
- New control "Avg" sets the number of Echo cycles to be averaged.
- New capability to display measurements of wideband noise power as
a function of time. This can be useful for measuring Sun noise,
antenna tracking errors, and the like.
- Several minor bug fixes
- Correct a flaw that prevented WSJT-X from always initializing
correctly when special operating activities were enabled.
- Correct a flaw that caused wrong frequencies to be written to
ALL.TXT for Tx.
- Correct a flaw that caused wrong Tx frequencies to be written to
ALL.TXT.
- The GUI has been improved regarding some details. The controls now
scale better at different font sizes and on different operating
@ -65,16 +73,16 @@ In program WSJT-X:
- Click the "FT8" button (or use the Settings menu). It brings
you back to the default FT8 QRG.
- A7 decodes are now disabled when "Enable AP" is not checked, and
during the first period after a band change.
- Decodes flagged as 'a7' are now disabled when "Enable AP" is not
checked, and during the first period after a band change.
- The network address of the UDP server is now checked for errors
before accepting it.
before being accepted.
- Some improvements to the DX Lab Suite Commander interface.
- Correct some possible flaws that could cause segfault errors in
certain situations.
certain unusual situations.
- Warnings on dropped audio have been disabled for now, as detection
has turned out to be not reliable enough.
@ -82,30 +90,17 @@ In program WSJT-X:
- Correct a long-standing flaw which caused the "Transmit digital gain"
overlay toappear somewhere on the screen.
- Highlight DX Call now also works when the other station is <...>.
- "Highlight DX Call" now also works when the other station is <...>.
- CQ messages without a grid are now sent to PSK reporter.
- Further improvements to Echo mode:
- Some improvements on the Echo-mode averaging.
- Single-echo SNR measurement has been added.
- On the Wide Graph, a total-power plot has been added.
- Don't allow decoding depth to be changed just because Echo mode
was entered.
- Adjust the UTC wrap-around problem to yield time difference
within +/- 12 hours.
- New MAP65 feature: read wsjtx.log to recognize EME contest dupes.
- Some other minor corrections (tool tips, etc.).
In program MAP65 (Windows only):
- Update to version 3.0.1.
- A feature for measuring antenna pointing errors has been added.
- Writing an invalid datetime to map65_rx.log is now prevented.
- Correct a flaw in the definition of the variable nts_jt65.
- Use "Force center freq" also for data read from disk.
- Several other minor corrections (tool tips, etc.).
Program MAP65 (Windows only) includes several minor bug fixes and two
tentative new features:
- an aid for measuring antenna pointing errors
- an ability to read the file wsjtx.log (kept by WSJT-X) to recognize
EME contest dupes.
Release: WSJT-X 2.6.0-rc4
September 8, 2022