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Content preview: Hi Warren, Install WSJT-X into its own directory (the suggested default is C:\WSJTX) rather than the conventional C:\Program Files\WSJTX. -- Joe, K1JT [...] Content analysis details: (-2.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -2.3 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, medium trust [128.112.128.214 listed in list.dnswl.org] -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.4 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Scan-Signature: fbdd513523001863775249cfaf215eac Subject: Re: LF: WSJT-X v0.5 r2783 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1db40950b65d180caf X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none Hi Warren, Install WSJT-X into its own directory (the suggested default is C:\WSJTX) rather than the conventional C:\Program Files\WSJTX. -- Joe, K1JT On 11/28/2012 1:14 PM, Warren Ziegler wrote: > Hello the list, > > I have installed WSJT-X from Prof. Taylor's web site on my Win XP machine. > When I click on the WSJT-X icon I get a pop-up "Error starting or > running program C:\Program Files \wsjtx\jt9-s " > and then the Windows error reporting box pops up. > > Do I need something other than Windows XP Professional Service pack 3 ? > > 73& tnx! > Warren K2ORS > > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Joe Taylor wrote: >> To: Users of WSJT-X >> From: Joe Taylor, K1JT >> >> A new revision of the experimental program WSJT-X has been posted. As >> usual, a link to it appears on the WSJT web site: >> >> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjt.html >> >> The following is a direct link to the installation file: >> >> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/WSJTX_05r2783.exe >> >> This revision has an unusually large number of changes relative to the >> previous release, v0.4 r2746. These changes include: >> >> 1. PTT control via COM ports COM10 and higher is enabled. >> >> 2. Improved decoder performance: higher speed as well as better chances of >> success. Moderate amounts of frequency drift are detected and compensated. >> Computed S/N values are more reliable. Time offsets from -2.5 to +5 s are >> now supported, which makes JT9 usable for EME. (EME tests on 144 MHz have >> been successful, and performance on that propagation mode appears to be >> good.) >> >> 3. Tx Frequency now tracks the selected QSO Frequency (unless you hold down >> the CTRL key when setting QSO Frequency via mouse-clicks or the F11/F12 >> keys). >> >> 4. Decoded text containing "CQ " is highlighted with green background; text >> including "MyCall" is highlighted in red. >> >> 5. In previous versions, signal reports were required to be in the range -30 >> to -01 dB. In v0.5 r2782 the range has been extended to -50 to +49 dB. >> There is backward compatibility for the range -30 to -01, but reports in the >> range -50 to -31 and 0 to +49 will NOT be decoded correctly by previous >> program versions. It is important to upgrade! >> >> 6. Items "Save Synced" and "Save Decoded" are now implemented. >> >> 7. UTC Date, JT9 submode, and a parameter related to the decoding procedure >> are now included in file wsjtx_rx.log. >> >> 8. Editing of Tx messages (in any of the six Tx message boxes) is complete >> when you hit "Tab" or "Return". The message is then parsed and converted to >> the form in which it will be displayed if decoding is successful. Free-text >> messages are trimmed to 13 characters and highlighted with a pink >> background. >> >> 9. The most recent transmitted message is displayed in the right-most label >> on the status bar. This can be useful if you have lost track of where you >> were in a QSO. >> >> 10. By default, the program now starts with Monitor ON. An option on the >> Setup menu allows you to select "Monitor OFF at startup". >> >> 11. Better scaling is provided for the red "JT9 Sync" curve. Note that JT9 >> signals in the active sub-mode should appear in this plot as a bump of width >> equal to the total signal bandwidth, with a narrow and slightly higher bump >> at the left edge. The narrow bump is the frequency of the Sync tone, which >> is defined as the nominal frequency of the JT9 signal. >> >> 12. Basic QSO information is now written to file wsjt.log when you click the >> "Log QSO" button. >> >> 13. The WSJT-X User's Guide has been updated. >> >> 14. Other known bugs have been fixed. There will probably be new ones! >> When you find one, or if you know of any old ones that have NOT been fixed, >> please send me email. >> >> Summary of Present Status >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> I believe that WSJT-X is now a stable and very usable program. Many >> thousands of QSOs have been made with JT9-1, mostly at HF -- I have made >> nearly 100, myself. Also a number of QSOs have also been completed at MF, >> and successful tests have been made on 2m EME, etc. A number of QSOs have >> also been made with JT9-2. >> >> As far as I know the slower modes (JT9-5, JT9-10, and JT9-30) also work >> correctly. (Certainly they do in my laboratory test setup.) Most people >> will find these modes too slow for "everyday" use, and they require high >> frequency stability. It remains to be seen whether they will be widely >> used. >> >> An alternative approach to obtaining improved sensitivity would be to give >> the decoder an ability to average over several successive transmissions. >> For example, the average of five JT9-1 transmissions could reach a decoding >> threshold around -32 dB, only 2 dB worse than a single JT9-5 transmission. >> Because of QSB, the shorter transmissions may actually succeed in less total >> time. Stability requirements would be those of JT9-1, much less stringent >> than those of JT9-5. >> >> Program development is not finished, by any means. I will be grateful for >> your feedback on performance issues, as well as your "wish-list" of features >> to be added. As always, example recordings of files that you think should >> have decoded, but did not, will be much appreciated. >> >> I hope to find time for more work on WSJT-X soon. Later this week, however, >> my radio time will be focused primarily on the ARRL International EME >> Contest. >> >> With best wishes, >> >> -- 73, Joe, K1JT >> > > >