Yay, my yearly fortnight of moderate stress at work is basically over, and now we move into the season of many interns.

Of course this year we got a puppy to act as a stress multiplier 😂

Here’s Kin the golden retriever. About .9.5 weeks old and made of teeth….

It’s nice to see the RSGB’s response to the Ofcom EMF consultation:

http://rsgb.org/main/files/2020/06/200605_Ofcom-EMF-Consultation_RSGB-Response.pdf

I’ve only skimmed it, but it looks to be detailed and well argued, and recommends some tweaking to license wording, rather than anything more extreme.

In my mind this is why we should be paying our national societies!

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Ohh, WSJT-X 2.2.1 was released with some bug and regression fixes. Get it at http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html

See: https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37031060/ for the announcement.

Release notes at: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt

Looks like it’s worth grabbing for the fixes. It’s interesting that they statically link their own hamblib that’s much more recent than the last release.

#hamradio #amateurradio #ft8

The GQRP club convention is running remotely this year.

I have mixed feelings about this. I’m increasingly of the opinion that if I can’t physically go to the thing then I’m going to find it hard to make time for it.

There’s a survey https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/F7CNQS6 which is also open to interested non-members.

Went to a virtual club meeting last night, which was pretty interesting.

Roy G0VFS’s “VirusPerplexed” bug key is pretty amazing - https://sites.google.com/site/hamradiog0vfs/projects/virusperplexed-key?authuser=0

especially when you consider he made it using photos of Vibroplex keys.

The RSGB posted a pic of it as well: https://rsgb.org/main/blog/radio-amateurs/2020/05/08/roy-bailey-g0vfs-morse-key-lockdown-project/

I’m jealous of all these people with all this free time!

WSJT-X 2.2.0 GA is out.

Details at: https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37027511/

Release notes at: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt

The release cycle seems to have been focused on decoder and hamlib improvements.

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WSJT-X-rc3 is now out, just a few days after rc2.

See https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37024179/ for details.

Primarily hamlib related bug fixes.

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WSJT-X 2.2.0-rc2 is out.

See https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37019565/ for details and https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt for release notes.

Bug fixes and some random improvements, like:

• Significantly reduced the rate of false decodes in FT4 and FT8.

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I have an eBay saved search for “roller inductor”, just so I don’t miss any bargains (😂).

These things are so expensive, but look gorgeous. 1.5kW ATU anyone?

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Oooh, you can use rigctld-wsjtx to toggle a GPIO pin for PTT, with WTJT-X

https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/37008737/

So, you could use a PI (or whatever) without yet another serial device, although you’d want some external circuitry i think.

I think I’ll stick to my working setup for now! And pronouncing rigctld “rigcuttle d” 😂

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