Installation & Setup

Requirements

• WSJT-X or JTDX already installed and working with your radio.
• Windows 10/11 or macOS. (The app also runs from source on Linux.)
• A few hundred MB of disk for the bundled DXCC and LoTW data files.

Installing the application

The packaged builds are distributed from the project's SourceForge page. Download the build for your platform and run it.

• Windows — the app may request administrator privileges. This is needed only for the optional JTDX auto-click feature, which interacts with another window. The app will also prompt you when a new version is available.
• macOS — a standard application bundle; a small menu-bar icon is provided.

Configuring WSJT-X / JTDX

Wait and Pounce talks to WSJT-X over UDP. You must point WSJT-X at the same UDP server.

1. In WSJT-X → File → Settings → Reporting (JTDX: similar dialog):
   • UDP Server: 127.0.0.1 (same machine) — set the address Wait and Pounce listens on.
   • UDP Server port number: 2237 (the default both sides use).
   • Enable Accept UDP requests — this is what lets Wait and Pounce send Reply packets that key your radio.
2. (Optional) If you also run a logging program (Log4OM, N1MM, …) that expects WSJT-X UDP, use Wait and Pounce's secondary UDP forwarding so packets reach both — see Server settings.

"Accept UDP requests" is mandatory

If Accept UDP requests is off, Wait and Pounce can still read decodes but cannot make WSJT-X reply. You'll see decodes light up but no transmissions.

First launch

On first launch (or after an update) the app may download/refresh its data files. From the Tools menu you can force these at any time:

• Update DXCC Info — ClubLog cty.xml
• Update country and region files — CTY_WT_MOD.DAT from country-files.com
• Update LoTW Info — the LoTW user-activity list

See Callsign Lookup & Data Files for what each file does.

Pointing it at your logbook

To get Worked-Before, Marathon and grid tracking, load your ADIF log:

1. Open Settings → Logbook Analysis (ADIF).
2. Select new ADIF File for analysis and pick your master log export.
3. Wait for the analyzer to finish; the summary shows worked calls per year × band.

Your log is monitored for changes (polled every ~5 s) so new contacts are picked up live.

Next: the Quick Start walks through your first pounce.