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[[NEW_FEATURES]]
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=== New in Version {VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}
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- _WSJT-X 2.6_ implements new features supporting the ARRL
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International Digital Contest and its distance based scoring. The
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*Call 1st* checkbox has been replaced by a drop-down control offering
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*CQ Max Dist* as an alternative. A new window labeled *Active
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Stations* displays a list of received but unworked callsigns, sorted
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in decreasing order of potential contest points. With option *CQ Max
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Dist* selected, the program will select the reply to your CQ that
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yields the most contest points. You can click on a line in the Active
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Stations window to call that station.
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- Decoding performance for FT8 and Q65 has been improved in a variety
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of situations with available _a priori_ (AP) information.
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- *Echo* mode now offers a *Clear Avg* button and produces reliable
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measurements of SNR even when Doppler spread is large. Its *Monitor*
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function can be used to measure SNR for a received unmodulated carrier
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such as a key-down test signal emitted by another station and
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reflected from the Moon, and also to measure Sun, Moon, and ground
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noise as aids for optimizing an EME station's performance.
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- New buttons on the main window allow quick changes between modes
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FT4, FT8, MSK144, Q65, and JT65, and toggling FT8 Hound mode ON/OFF.
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- New convenience features allow Fox operators to react more quickly
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to particular QSO situations. A two-column table in Tab 2 provides an
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overview of the queue and of callsigns with QSOs in progress. Fox
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operator can change the ordering of callsigns in the queue, allowing
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reaction to changes in propagation. Fox now responds automatically
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for another two cycles to stations whose report has not been received,
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increasing the success rate for difficult QSOs.
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- The Working frequency table now offers save/restore capability and
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better handling of more than one frequency per mode-band
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combination. You can set preferred frequencies, and WSJT-X will select
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these when you change band or mode. You can label a tabled frequency
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with a description, for example a DXpedition callsign, and set Start
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and End date and time so the frequencies automatically appear and
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disappear from the displayed options. You can load a publicly
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available frequency table from a file, to easily make such DXpedition
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data available to the program.
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- Optional color highlighting is provided for specified DX Call and DX
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Grid, and for messages containing RR73 or 73.
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- New options are provided for writing to file ALL.TXT. You can
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request automatic starting of a new file every month or every year,
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and you can disable writing altogether.
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- Settings for T/R period and Submode are remembered by mode when you
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switch directly between modes: for example, MSK144-15, Q65-60A, or
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FST4-120.
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- Tx and Rx audio frequencies are remembered and restored when you
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return from a mode that sets a default frequency 1500 Hz (MSK144,
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FST4W, Echo, WSPR, FreqCal), then switching back to FT4, FT8, Q65,
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FST4, or JT65.
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- Rig control is provided for some new radios, and bug fixes for
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controlling others.
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- New features in _MAP65_ (available for Windows only) include an aid
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for measuring antenna pointing errors and an ability to read the file
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wsjtx.log (kept by _WSJT-X_) to recognize EME contest dupes. In
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addition, _MAP65_ now sends additional information to file azel.dat
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and offers optional digital scaling of input I/Q data.
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