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  • [VK2KFJ] WSJT-X 2.5.4 GA Release

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    WSJT-X 2.5.4 GA Release

    Posted: 03 Jan 2022 05:08 PM PST https://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2022/01/wsjt-x-254-ga-release.html


    WSJT-X 2.5.4 GA ReleasePlease welcome two new members of the core WSJT Development group: ChetFennell, KG4IYS, and Uwe Risse, DG2YCB. Each brings important skillsand experience to the project, after the loss of Bill Somerville, G4WJS.The newly constituted group has been working to redefine standardoperating procedures for new releases. WSJT-X 2.5.4, a bug-fix releasecorrecting these two flaws in release 2.5.3, is now available as aGeneral Availability (GA) release.Changes from v2.5.3 are:WSJT-X: Repair a defect that caused occasional crashes when in QSO withstations using nonstandard callsigns.MAP65: Correct a bug that prevented "Best-fit Delta
    phi" solutions frombeing displayed to the user.Links to WSJT-X 2.5.4 installation packages for Windows and Linux areavailable here:http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.htmlThanks to John
    Nelson, G4KLA, the installation package for macOS will beadded soon.You can also download the packages from our SourceForge site:https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/files/It may take a short time
    for the SourceForge site to be updated.WSJT-X is licensed under the terms
    of Version 3 of the GNU GeneralPublic License (GPL). Development of this software is a cooperativeproject to which many amateur radio operators have contributed. If youuse our code, please have the courtesy to let us know
    about it. If youfind bugs or make improvements to the code, please report
    them to us ina timely fashion.The authors and Copyright holders of WSJT-X request that derivativeworks should not publish programs based on features
    in WSJT-X beforethose features are made available in a General Availability (GA) releaseof WSJT-X. We will cease making public Release Candidate (RC)pre-releases for testing and user early access purposes if this
    requestis ignored.Bugs should be reported by following instructions found
    here in the UserGuide:https://www.physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.5.4.html#_bug_reportsWe
    hope you will enjoy using WSJT-X 2.5.4. -- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve,
    K9AN; Nico, IV3NWV; Chet, KG4IYS; and Uwe, DG3YCB.

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