WSJT-X Improved shows the current SWR. I have seen, that the SWR in WSJT-X is > 4, when I do a rigctl query, that is confirmed. WFView however (and the meter on the IC7300) shows an SWR of 1).
The antenna is a G5RV, which always needs a tuner.
I am using the latest unix version from WFview, downloaded last friday, never seen that before.
Thomas, DL3EL
Let’s just suppose that the value in WSJT-X is incorrect
If you want, send us a log file with Debug and CommDebug enabled (checkboxes in the log window) during the time where WSJT-X is querying the SWR. We can then take a look at what it is sending and perhaps change it. The error could be on the WSJT-X side as well, but we will check.
https://wfview.org/wfview-user-manual/how-to-send-a-logfile/
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de W6EL
The current master branch will report an invalid SWR, this is fixed in my dev branch which will be merged with master soon.
Thomas,
I would suggest that the app that is out of step - i.e. WSJT-X improved is the one that is wrong. Or are you suggesting WFView is sending the wrong SWR value to WSJT-X improved. How are you connecting WSJT-X(i) to WFView?
73 Phil GM3ZZA
Thanks Phil, that is what I was assuming.
Thomas, DL3EL
Phil,
it looked like WFView (and is already confirmed). Because you could see it with rigctl (independent from WSJT-X) as well.
Thomas, DL3EL
Just to explain what was happening, the wfview rigctld was requesting the wrong value for the SWR meter. It was requesting the S meter, which is always 0 during transmit!
I telneted directly to port 4532 and retrieved the SWR using “l SWR”. I can confirm that the value was greater than 1, even when not transmitting.