[Elecraft] K3 FT8 Problem VP6D

[Don Butler]

Same intermittent problem here.   I finally found that the ‘Decode only 77 bit messages’ box seems to be checked by default when you go to fox/hound mode in WSJT-X V 2.0.0 RC3 … when it is ‘unchecked’ VP6D’s transmissions will suddenly be decoded …. BUT that unchecked box cannot be saved … the next time you launch and go in fox hound mode the box seems to be checked again by default …. So when decoding of VP6D transmissions seems to stop … go to advanced settings and uncheck that box and the messages will reappear …  it is obviously a bug that needs to be fixed in the software …. And apparently something different that VP6D seems to be doing with its transmitted messages ???

Don, N5LZ

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From: Carl Yaffey
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 8:27 AM
To: engineercm
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 FT8 Problem VP6D

I worked them. Like you, I heard many “hounds” and no VP6 for quite a while. Then suddenly, there they were, responding. I think it’s propagation. Keep calling.
73

> On Oct 30, 2018, at 10:00 AM, engineercm <clark.macaulay at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not able to decode any transmissions from VP6D but can decode
> transmissions of those calling VP6D.
> 
> I have limited experience with FT8 but have been successful before.  Current
> version: 1.9.1.  Getting red/yellow blobs (love that term) where hounds are
> calling.  Have read/re-read Don's job aid, Cady's book, and the several
> WSJT-X resources.  Hound mode is checked. Green bar between 30-38.  Rx All
> Freqs checked.
> 
> So, is it simply propagation between my QTH (Atlanta) and VP6D?  Is it my
> modest antenna?  Or is there a setting somewhere that I've missed? 
> Listening and looking at the on 17m at the time of this message.  Many are
> calling but I have yet to see a message confirming a QSO.  
> 
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated!
> 

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