2020.12.04 There is rc153 we are going to share on December 7th around 10:00 UTC if there is no major defects reported. Source code is merged into public jtdx and jtdxhamlib branches and available now for cloning from GitHub repository. rc153 changelog: - disable rig power on/off option if other than Hamlib CAT selected - ignore 'TemporaryError' message for starting JTDX on Mac Big Sur - added DX Call notification by the font color change to Other standard messages color - a bit faster displaytext processing - show CQ and 73 messages marker char with CQ color for LoTW users - reworked displaying frequency value in waterfall - some more Dark style implementation in widegraph - more correct fix to GCC10 support, Linux builds affected - allow to enter 19-char directional CQ message into macro edit line in Configuration settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020.11.28 There is rc153_4, changelog: - "Call higher than new calls priority callsigns" option is implemented to AutoSeq 4+, control is in AutoSeq tab of main window UI, option name translation is needed, please - fixing build error with multiple definitions of stack on newer Linux systems - option for displaying frequency value in waterfall, "Freq" checkbox is added to waterfall UI, is translation needed? - move Bars and Freq checkboxes to controls widget of waterfall - ALLCALL7.TXT update as of 20201127, big cty as of November 12th, LoTW list is updated - translation updates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020.11.20 There is rc153_3, changelog: - implemented DT weighting and decoding pass weighting to FT8 candidate list thinning option, resulted in improved decoding efficiency. User can now select median DT value in DT spinBox of main window UI to get best FT8 decoder performance under candidate list thinning option, DT median default value is 0.0 sec. Median DT value of decoded signals depends on accuracy of system clock synchronization, in SDR setups it can also depend on RX audio delay. On overcrowded bands median DT value is usually close to average DT of decoded signals. Updated tooltip to CL spinBox and added tooltip to DT spinBox, need in translation, please. - INSTALL file is updated with disabling INDI support in hamlib - fix 4m band default frequency at hound mode checking - fix removing last wav on mode change - fix WSPR crash when 'Save None' audio wav files option is selected - added 70cm band FT8 frequency, frequency list reset in Configuration settings is needed to get it displayed in the list ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020.11.12 There is rc153_2, changelog: - FT8 candidate list thinning option is implemented for usage with slow CPUs to let user get acceptable Lag value, "CL" spinBox is added in mainwindow UI with tooltip, the tooltip translation is needed, please. Default value is 100% (no thinning). Candidate list thinning should be used together with "minimum" wideband FT8 decoder sensitivity setting. FT8 candudate list thinning being not applied to the QSO RX frequency. Factor 3.0 being used for thinning under frequency "Filter" option, for instance if CL spinBox set to 30% then thinning factor will be 90% (0.9) under frequency "Filter" option. - display estimated lag at decoding FT8 or FT4 wav files, estimation can have acceptable accuracy starting from 2nd even or 2nd odd interval while playing pack of consecutive wav files - FT8 decoder fast/medium/deep options are obsolete now and deleted, FT8 decoder running now in deep mode. - FT8 mode: Hint group of decoders is always used, access to Hint button is blocked - recovered source code Qt 5.5 compatibility to future WinXP & Vista JTDX builds - prevent saving WSPR files if "Save None" is selected - fill in the FT8 candidate list at valid DT range - pick up some dropped FT8 candidates at one- and two-thread decoding - QTH grid for /P /MM /A /M callsigns shall not be taken from CALL3.TXT file - translation updates - ALLCALL7.TXT update as of 20201023, big cty updated as of 20201102, LoTW list updated as of 20201110 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is rc153_1, changelog: - multiple changes to FT8 signal synchronization in decoder: improved FT8 decoder efficiency on overcrowded bands - dark style correction in Configuration screen - patch: prevent crash with callsign index in chkfalse8.f90 - simplified Hint decoder control - do not make unneeded rig_close/open on accept configuration - fixed bug on cqz and ituz notifications - allow 160m crossband with South Korea - a bit improved decoding of FT8 signals in 'use subpass' option - track Monitor button state at Configuration settings changes and tuning - forbid RRR message transmission in FT4 mode for compatibility with WSJT-X FT4 message protocol - multiple code changes towards Qt 5.15.1 transition - better handling of large vertical size of the main UI window - QTH grid for /MM callsigns shall not be taken from CALL3.TXT file - changed automatic thread number selection algorithm in FT8 decoder: number of logical cores/number of decoder threads 1 / 1 2-4 / -1 5-8 / -2 >8 / -3 - translation updates - ALLCALL7.TXT update as of 20200924, big cty version as of 20200901 - JTDX 2.2.0-rc153_1 is built with modified Hamlib, source code taken from Hamlib commit 1c379029b34e0e4562c3d72a4461d125174e1211 as of October 21st, 2020 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------