Locked Azimuth and Range in Call sign tooltip


John Singler
 
Edited

It seems to me that I used to see the range and azimuth if I moused over a call sign and now I don't. I didn't see anything in the release notes so it is either my memory fault or a setting I can't find. Not a big deal but I found it useful for NA stations that don't show a state or provence.
Windows 10, JTAlert 2.2.8, WSJT-X 2.2.2, HRD5 for logging. Sorry for the edit. 
John
KA5BJC


JTAlert Support (VK3AMA)
 

On 11/07/2020 11:43 pm, John Singler wrote:
It seems to me that I used to see the range and azimuth if I moused over a call sign and now I don't. I didn't see anything in the release notes so it is either my memory fault or a setting I can't find. Not a big deal but I found it useful for NA stations that don't show a state or provence.
Windows 10, JTAlert 2.2.8, WSJT-X 2.2.2, HRD5 for logging. Sorry for the edit. 
John
KA5BJC

Distance and Bearing are automatically determined and displayed in the Callsign tooltip, but only if both your gridsquare and the decoded callsign gridsquare are known.

Check that you have set your Gridsquare in the JTAlert Settings window, Station Callsign section.

de Laurie VK3AMA




John Singler
 

DUH! Because my grid is in the standard messages (from WSJT-), I didn't pay attention to the Call sign screen (even though I did look at it for something else). Old settings probably got wiped when I was trying to solve my slow form update problem.


JTAlert Support (VK3AMA)
 

On 13/07/2020 12:28 am, John Singler wrote:
DUH! Because my grid is in the standard messages (from WSJT-), I didn't pay attention to the Call sign screen (even though I did look at it for something else). Old settings probably got wiped when I was trying to solve my slow form update problem.

John,

The need to set your Grid in JTAlert is historical, dating back to the pre WSJT-X days of JT65-HF.

Already on the todo list is to abandon the need to set your Grid & Station Callsign and use the values passed in the WSJT-X UDP Status message.

de Laurie VK3AMA