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"Bouncing" Filters Group in DX Commander


 

I have observed this behavior while never noticing it before.
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My transceiver is an IC7300.? I am on FT8 with WSJT.? A CW DX spot comes out, and I double-click in spot collector.? Commander changes to the correct frequency, mode, and filter bandwidth.? (It seem sometimes I have to stop monitoring on WSJT, and sometimes not, or it will grab me back to the FT8 frequency, but that's not what this is about).? When I return to FT8 by re-enabling the monitor in WSJT, I see that the bandwidth is 2.7 kHz.? Before that, it was 3+ kHz on the waterfall.? I then change the Filters Group setting back to Normal (or Wide), and the bandwith goes back to the 3+ kHz.? But now, the Group bandwidth display periodic bounces from normal to narrow, about 1 to 2 times per second.? I can change the filter to wide, same bouncing.? I can change it to narrow (where it was on CW immediately prior to coming back to FT8), and there is no bounce.? There is some kind of polling going on and the state it keeps trying is Narrow. I don't hear any bandwidth changes on the radio while this is going on, and I don't see any change in the WSJT spectrum.
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Once I shut down commander and restart, this behavior disappears and "normal" is the constant state of the filter group.
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Any ideas what's going on?
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73,
Dean W8ZF


 

+ AA6YQ comments below

My transceiver is an IC7300. I am on FT8 with WSJT. A CW DX spot comes out, and I double-click in spot collector. Commander changes to the correct frequency, mode, and filter bandwidth. (It seem sometimes I have to stop monitoring on WSJT, and sometimes not, or it will grab me back to the FT8 frequency, but that's not what this is about). When I return to FT8 by re-enabling the monitor in WSJT, I see that the bandwidth is 2.7 kHz. Before that, it was 3+ kHz on the waterfall. I then change the Filters Group setting back to Normal (or Wide), and the bandwith goes back to the 3+ kHz. But now, the Group bandwidth display periodic bounces from normal to narrow, about 1 to 2 times per second. I can change the filter to wide, same bouncing. I can change it to narrow (where it was on CW immediately prior to coming back to FT8), and there is no bounce. There is some kind of polling going on and the state it keeps trying is Narrow. I don't hear any bandwidth changes on the radio while this is going on, and I don't see any change in the WSJT spectrum.

+ So that I can see what's going on, please do the following:

1. on the Configuration window's General tab, check the "Log debugging info" box

2. terminate Commander

3. start Commander

4. replicate the misbehavior you describe above

5. on the Configuration window's General tab, uncheck the "Log debugging info" box

6. attach the errorlog.txt file from your Commander folder to an email message, and send that message to me via

aa6yq (at) ambersoft.com

73,

Dave, AA6YQ


 

Will do, thanks!