qso-graph-sim
Replays what a ham radio program sends on the network, from its own log, so you can build and test whatever receives it without a radio, an antenna or the program itself.
We start with WSJT-X. Give it an ALL.TXT, the log WSJT-X keeps of every decode, and it sends those decodes over UDP exactly as WSJT-X does: Heartbeat, Status and Decode messages, one cycle every 15 seconds. Anything that listens to WSJT-X, such as QSO Graph Desktop's Monitor, sees a live band.
It needs nothing but Python: no dependencies, no audio and no radio.
Install
uv tool install qso-graph-sim
Or pipx install qso-graph-sim. Either puts the qso-graph-sim command on your PATH, on Windows, Linux and macOS alike. From 0.1.0, the first release; to run the newest code instead, see Development.
Quick start
Point it at the computer and port your receiver listens on. WSJT-X's own default port is 2237.
qso-graph-sim --wsjtx --to 192.168.1.50:2237
With no --file it plays a sample that comes with it: almost two busy minutes of 20 m FT8: 120 decodes in 7 cycles. To play your own log, give it WSJT-X's ALL.TXT:
| Platform | Where WSJT-X keeps ALL.TXT |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\WSJT-X\ALL.TXT |
| Linux | ~/.local/share/WSJT-X/ALL.TXT |
| macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/WSJT-X/ALL.TXT |
qso-graph-sim --wsjtx --to 192.168.1.50:2237 --file ALL.TXT --from 260407_233000 --call KI7MT --grid DN13
It stops at the end of the log (or keeps going with --loop), or when you press Ctrl+C. Either way it sends Clear and Close, as WSJT-X does when it shuts down.
What it sends
Per cycle, in the order WSJT-X sends them:
| Message | When |
|---|---|
| Heartbeat | every 15 seconds |
| Status | as decoding starts and as it ends, with the log's dial frequency and mode, and your --call and --grid |
| Decode | one per line of the log, stamped with the cycle it is played in, so the band looks live |
| Clear, Close | on the way out |
It also answers Replay, the message a receiver sends to ask for the decodes WSJT-X already has: every decode played so far, marked not new, then a Status. It listens only to the address it was pointed at, and only to messages for its own Id.
The protocol is WSJT-X's own, as described in Network/NetworkMessage.hpp, schema 3. A Tx line in the log is skipped: these are decodes, not your own transmissions.
Options
qso-graph-sim --wsjtx --to IP:PORT [--file PATH] [--from YYMMDD_HHMMSS]
[--id NAME] [--call CALL] [--grid GRID] [--speed N] [--loop]
| Option | Meaning |
|---|---|
--wsjtx |
the program to play as. WSJT-X is the first; more follow |
--to IP:PORT |
the receiver's address. An IP address, not a host name |
--file PATH |
the log to play; the sample if left out |
--from YYMMDD_HHMMSS |
start at this time in the log |
--id NAME |
the instance name to send as; WSJT-X's default is WSJT-X. Run two with different names to look like two rigs |
--call, --grid |
your callsign and grid, sent in Status |
--speed N |
play N times faster than real time, for automated tests; more than 0, up to 1000 |
--loop |
start again at the end |
Testing with WSJT-X itself
To test with the real program and still no radio, run WSJT-X with Rig: None, then use Help → Download Samples and File → Open to play a recording. WSJT-X decodes it and sends the same messages it sends on the air, marked as off air.
Development
git clone https://github.com/qso-graph/qso-graph-sim.git
cd qso-graph-sim
uv sync --group dev
uv run pytest
Part of QSO-Graph
This package is part of qso-graph, tools for amateur radio. See qso-graph.io for documentation.
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