Good morning. I’ve wrote up some instructions with screenshots that will help. Most people use gridtracker in conjunction with WSJTX (or JTDX) and cat control to give a visual view of where other FT8 users are. I’ve included this in the instructions as well as logging a qso to qrz. The QRZ integration is done from the gridtracker settings. Its all about having the correct port numbers set for each application.
WRL Cat Control / WSJTX / GridTracker / QRZ Integration Steps:
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Go to the hamlib site and make sure you’ve got the latest hamlib version installed (this may or may not be necessary BUT it is a step i did) - If your on windows download the .exe - Release Hamlib 4.6.2 · Hamlib/Hamlib · GitHub)
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Start the following apps in the following order. Start WRL Cat Control first (then connect to your radio and make sure its connected then start WSJTX listening after making sure the port is set like in the screenshot labeled “WORKING-WSJTX-WRL-catControl-SETTINGS”), then start Grid Tracker, Then start WSJTX or JTDX (whichever you prefer).
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Then go into the settings for GridTracker and under ‘General’ set the ports to match the screenshot I’ve attached labeled “WORKING-GRIDTRACKER-SETTINGS-1”. Then go to the “Logging” tab and set two things that are highlighted red in the screenshot labeled “WORKING-GRIDTRACKER-SETTINGS-2”. NOTE: since there is no WRL option in GridTracker i enabled the last option that says “HRD Logbook” and tied it to the same port. Again, this may or may not be necessary but this is what I did.
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Then go to your WSJTX / JTDX settings and go to the “Radio” tab and make sure its set to hamlib (and NOT your radio name) as well as click the “Update Hamlib” button at the bottom of the screen (this is highlighted red in the screenshot “WORKING-WSTJX-rigSETTINGS”) NOTE: after clicking the ‘update hamlib’ button you’ll need to close and reopen WSTJX)
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Then reopen the WSTJX Settings and go to the “Reporting” tab in WSJTX and make sure everything is setup the same way it shows in the screenshot “WORKING-WSJTX-reportingSETTINGS”
Then make a contact, once the logging window pops up in WSJTX add your power and comment (if you add this information) and click the ok button to log the QSO. After about a second or so the contact will show up in your WRL logbook and it will show up in your QRZ logbook. I’ve also added a screenshot of the JTDX settings if you prefer to use that instead of WSJTX, if not you can ignore that screenshot.
Let me know if this works
Thanks & 73
Brad K4AZE
