LHS Episode #528: JTDX Deep Dive

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Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

• JTDX Improved Deep Dive

• Decription

• jtdx_improved is an enhanced version of JTDX by Igor Chernikov et al. (https://sourceforge.net/projects/jtdx/)). Both my and Igor’s forks are based on the excellent WSJT-X software by Joe Taylor K1JT, Steve Franke K9AN, Bill Somerville G4WJS and others (https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/)). After the succes of my wsjt-x_improved project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt-x-improved/)) I thought it was time to implement some of its enhancements now also to JTDX …

• Features

• The GUI of the main window has been optimized. It is now similar to that of wsjt-x_improved AL. But there is also a version with JTDX’s default GUI.

• “FT8”, “FT4”, and “JT” buttons make it easy to switch between the frequently used modes (useful when menus are hidden).

• In the Wide Graph window, text of “Control” checkbox has been removed to prevent accidental ticking when setting lower audio frequencies.

• Band Hopping for FT8, FT4 and JT65

• Option to highlight all messages with My Call by a yellow or cyan background (like WSJT-X).

• Highlight messages with DX Call / DX Grid.

• Play individual alert sounds as notifications (“New DXCC”, “New Grid”, “Calling You” and so on)

• Let JTAlert highlight individual callsigns, grids or DT values. Works from JTAlert version 2.51.3 as with WSJT-X or wsjt-x_improved.

• New: Doubleclick on the Lookup button searches on QRZ.com for the callsign from the DX Call box.

• New: Optimized Dark Style sheet.

• Builds Provided

• Win32/Win64

• RPi - armhf/arm64

• Linux - rpm/deb

• macOS - x86_64 builds only

• Resources

• https://lhs.fyi/EI (Sourceforge)

• https://lhs.fyi/E5 (Forum)

Segment 2 (Announcements & Feedback)

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