Hello, 

 

I often leave the sBitx in FT8 just listening in order to collect data on what can I hear on what band during what time of the day. Right now I am doing this with WSJT-X because I can then go into the decode window, Ctrl-A select everything and then paste it into a text file. I wrote myself scripts which go through this data and and extract all uniq(ue) grids and sort them. This gives me an idea of what I can expect at some time of the day.

 

Now, there are a few mapping applications on the web which expect a log file format and will plot the grids on a map. However this is only possible for logged contacts.

 

- would it be possible to add a save function for FT8 (and other) decodes in the sbitx software?

 

I don't like using wsjt-x because of the screen problems.  This way I could then massage the data and turn it into one of the popular log formats just for mapping purposes. Or perhaps there is a better way to do the mapping of decodes only, I know that mapping contacts is supported in mapping software.

 

Best regards.