Also for info, Allen has now stopped sending out email updates. He explains why:
Weekly email update distributions has ended. Apparently it is more convenient for people to mark my emails, that they signed up to receive, as spam versus just selecting the unsubscribe link. That caused my provider to suspend my account. Sorry for the inconvenience to the rest of you.
I’ve appreciated all the feedback regarding FT8 activity this week. The most common comment I’ve received is about failed connections. For reasons I haven’t quite pinned down yet (but I’m sure the answer is out there), WSJT-X in Fox/Hound and Super Fox modes only sends out my full compound call sign some of the time. I suspect it’s trying to save bits and shortens to just my regular call sign for certain transmissions.
The danger in that? If someone stumbles upon the pileup sees all the activity and clicks only on “KH7AL” instead of my full “KH7AL/KH9” call sign, they’ll get ignored when they attempt to call. My Fox station is specifically listening for the full call sign to decode. The result? More interference for other stations and wasted time for the Hounds.
A kind ham recently let me know that you can’t manually edit
the Fox information once it’s double-clicked from the list (at least in
WSTJ-X). That means you must click on the correct call sign (KH7AL/KH9) from the start.
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So, if you have worked him using his HOME QTH CALL in MT (KH7AL), before, or even after, uploading to LoTW, make sure you append the "/KH9" to his call before re-uploading for proper credit.