FYI...
WSJT-X 2.5.3 GA Release (Win64 only)
Dear WSJT-X Users:
As most of you know, we are mourning the recent death of our friend and colleague Bill Somerville, G4WJS, who since 2013 has contributed so much to the WSJT project.
One of Bill's many WSJT-related tasks was creating installation packages for Win32, Win64, Linux (Debian, Fedora, Raspberry Pi, ...), and macOS for each new program release. At present we have a straightforward system for building the Win64 package -- the best choice for the majority of WSJT-X users -- but no systems in place for building Win32, Linux, and macOS packages.
WSJT-X 2.5.3 includes a feature of special interest to users who will enter the ARRL January VHF Contest (January 15-17, 2022). For benefit of those users, we have decided to release WSJT-X version 2.5.3 for Win64 even though we have not yet made prebuilt packages for the other operating systems.
Differences between WSJT-X 2.5.2 and 2.5.3 are minimal and described in the Release Notes:
https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1..._Notes.txt
The new feature for the ARRL VHF contests is an enhanced macro facility for Tx messages, aimed at making it easier to ask another station to QSY to a new band. The feature is described briefly here in the User Guide:
https://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar...l#TXMACROS
Additional information will likely appear on VHF-contest-related forums.
A link for the Win64 installation package for WSJT-X 2.5.3 is now available on the WSJT-X web page:
https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
Pre-built packages for Win32, Linux, and macOS will be added when we have created new means for creating them.
-- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; and Nico, IV3NWV