[Ham-Mac] WSJT on Mac with Boot Camp?

C. Mark Burlingame kb9tvd at arrl.net
Mon Sep 1 17:21:51 EDT 2008


I gave it a try.  The configure stage bombed because I don't have a  
Fortran compiler installed.  I tried installing the Mac Ports version  
of G95, but that failed during the build of odcctools (one of the  
prerequisites).

Bob, N7XY

On Aug 29, 2008, at 7:50 PM, John L Merrill wrote:

> Thanks. I just found it on the net, too. The website implies it  
> might work with OSX.
>
> To use WSJT you will need a computer equipped with a sound card and  
> running the Microsoft Windows, Linux, or FreeBSD, or  Macintosh OS  
> Xoperating system.  Volunteers capable of making installable binary  
> packages for any of these platforms are solicited!
>
> James Duffey wrote:
>> Weak Signal Joe Taylor software written by K1JT, Joe Taylor, that  
>> does encoding and decoding of signals for weak signal meteor  
>> scatter, troposcatter, moonbounce and other weak signal  
>> applications. It gives a 20 to 30 dB advantage over CW. Current  
>> implementation is on Windows and LINUX, but I think that people  
>> who have tried to port the LINUX version to the Mac have not had  
>> success. - Duffey
>> On Aug 29, 2008, at 8:38 PM, John L Merrill wrote:
>>
>>> Refesh me....what is WSJT?
>>>
>>> James Duffey wrote:
>>>> I am interested in hearing from anybody who has gotten WSJT up  
>>>> and running on a Mac with Boot Camp. Or alternately with one of  
>>>> the virtualization packages. I am interested in what you are  
>>>> using for rigs and interfaces as well as the success you have  
>>>> had with it. I am thinking of taking the plunge and buying a  
>>>> Windows OS for my MacBook Pro, but I would like to know what is  
>>>> involved in getting WSJT up and running with it.
>>>>
>>>> I understand that getting WSJT up and running on a Mac using the  
>>>> underlying UNIX BSD has not been successful? - Duffey
>>>> -- 
>>>> KK6MC
>>>> James Duffey
>>>> Cedar Crest NM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>> James Duffey
>> Cedar Crest NM
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