[SJRA-Members] HRD logbook and WSJT-x

[JOHN HILL]

Rick,

Check out the following link to the instructions for installation and use of the WSJT-X Decode List window, a feature that was specifically provided for the contest..  Section 5.6 Compatibility with JTAlert explains why you can't use N1MM+ and JT Alert at the same time.

https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/manual-windows/wsjt-x-decode-list-window/ 

I installed and used the WSJT-X Decode List in the contest.  Here is an excerpt from an article that I wrote for GCARC's CrossTalk that explains the challenges of the contest and how the folks at N1MM+ responded.

"What is unique about this contest, other than the need to run WSJT-X or JTDX for FT8/FT4 decoding, is that the multiplier is grid fields, not grid squares.  The world is divided into an 18 x 18 equal grid for a total of 324 grid fields as opposed to a 180 x 180 equal grid for a total of 32,400 grid squares.  Grid fields are much more manageable for a worldwide DX contest than grid squares.  The problem is that grid fields haven’t been used before, so the challenge was making contest logging software identify grid fields that are new, worked or duped on each band.

The N1MM+ approach to this challenge was to provide a “WSJT-X Decode List” that highlights stations in grid fields that are new, worked or duped on each band in red, blue or gray text.  The same background colors are used to highlight the same stations in the “Band Activity” window of a WSJT-X clone.  The clone is opened from within N1MM+ by opening the “Load WSJT/JTDX” window.  Data is exchanged between the two via software linkage.  N1MM+ CAT control must be used and is specified by selecting the rig “DX Lab Suite Commander” in the WSJT-X clone.  There is no need to install “DX Lab Suite Commander”.
One other feature provided is a “Grid Fields Map” added to the “Multipliers” windows."

N1MM+ was also updated to provide the Cabrillo 3.0 file required for the contest.

John W2HUV

> On September 17, 2019 at 9:47 AM Richard Lawn <rjlawn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Does anyone use the combination of HRD logbook, WSJT-X and JT-Alert? I had
> real issues in the contest last weekend because of a flaw I learned of only
> when it came time to submit my log. In short, I learned that JT-Alert was
> putting duplicate entries into the Logbook. I then realized this and just
> deleted one of the entries. Unfortunately it turns out that one of these
> entries was flawed and missing data. And now for the future I found I can’t
> access the settings in JT Alert to change the logging program association
> and for some reason the only way I can quit the app is to force quit from
> the tease manager. Strange as JT Alert used to work just fine.
> 
> Any suggestions or should I just migrate any contest logging to A.C. Log or
> N1MM+?
> 
> It would take too much time to fix my log up so I probably won’t bother to
> sub,it my 52 6m Qs.
> 73
> Rick, W2JAZ
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